Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2025, Malta's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare increased by 5.7% compared to 2024, reaching 55.9.

Malta accounts for 138.0% of the EU-27 total of 40.5.

Malta ranks 9th 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 88.2% (from 29.7 in 2020).

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