Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2023, Latvia's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare increased by 6.7% compared to 2022, reaching 34.9.

Latvia accounts for 93.6% of the EU-27 total of 37.3.

Latvia ranks 14th 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 42.4% (from 24.5 in 2018).

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