Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2024, Italy's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare increased by 14.2% compared to 2023, reaching 39.4.

Italy accounts for 100.5% of the EU-27 total of 39.2.

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 49.8% (from 26.3 in 2019).

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