Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2025, Finland's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare decreased by 10.4% compared to 2024, reaching 43.2.

Finland accounts for 106.7% of the EU-27 total of 40.5.

Finland ranks 13th 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 20.7% (from 35.8 in 2020).

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