Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2019, Latvia's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare increased by 4.5% compared to 2018, reaching 25.6.

Latvia accounts for 73.1% of the EU-27 total of 35.0.

Latvia ranks 19th 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 29.3% (from 19.8 in 2014).

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