Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2025, Estonia's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare decreased by 5.4% compared to 2024, reaching 34.8.

Estonia accounts for 85.9% of the EU-27 total of 40.5.

Estonia ranks 16th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 30.3% (from 26.7 in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_sp210, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.