Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2016, Italy's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare increased by 26.0% compared to 2015, reaching 34.4.

Italy accounts for 103.0% of the EU-27 total of 33.4.

Italy 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 36.5% (from 25.2 in 2011).

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