Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2025, Latvia's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare increased by 81.1% compared to 2024, reaching 45.1.

Latvia accounts for 111.4% of the EU-27 total of 40.5.

Latvia ranks 11th 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 86.4% (from 24.2 in 2020).

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