Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2019, Italy's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare increased by 2.3% compared to 2018, reaching 26.3.

Italy accounts for 75.1% of the EU-27 total of 35.0.

Italy ranks 18th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 14.8% (from 22.9 in 2014).

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