Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2013, Malta's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare increased by 16.8% compared to 2012, reaching 20.2.

Malta accounts for 74.8% of the EU-27 total of 27.0.

Malta ranks 17th 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 41.3% (from 14.3 in 2008).

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