Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2021, Italy's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare stood at 33.4.

Italy accounts for 88.4% of the EU-27 total of 37.8.

Italy ranks 11th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 2.9% (from 34.4 in 2016).

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