Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2017, Italy's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare decreased by 16.9% compared to 2016, reaching 28.6.

Italy accounts for 83.6% of the EU-27 total of 34.2.

Italy 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 40.9% (from 20.3 in 2012).

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