Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2021, Finland's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare increased by 9.2% compared to 2020, reaching 39.1.

Finland accounts for 103.4% of the EU-27 total of 37.8.

Finland ranks 10th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 32.1% (from 29.6 in 2016).

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