Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2023, Italy's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare increased by 11.7% compared to 2022, reaching 34.5.

Italy accounts for 92.5% of the EU-27 total of 37.3.

Italy 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 grown by 34.2% (from 25.7 in 2018).

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