FI · 2025 · tps00185

Formal child care by duration and age group

Finland, 2025

Formal child care by duration and age group
56.7
Finland, 2025
▲ 9.5% vs 2024 (51.8)
Analysis

In 2025, Finland's formal child care by duration and age group increased by 9.5% compared to 2024, reaching 56.7.

Finland accounts for 95.5% of the EU-27 total of 59.4.

Finland ranks 15th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 11.7% (from 64.2 in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset tps00185, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2025
#15 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2025
95.5%
EU-27: 59.4
Finland timeline (last 15 years)
2014 2025