Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2010, Malta's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare increased by 9.5% compared to 2009, reaching 9.20.

Malta accounts for 32.3% of the EU-27 total of 28.5.

Malta ranks 19th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 100.0% (from 4.60 in 2005).

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