Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2024, Latvia's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare decreased by 28.7% compared to 2023, reaching 24.9.

Latvia accounts for 63.5% of the EU-27 total of 39.2.

Latvia ranks 20th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 2.7% (from 25.6 in 2019).

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