Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2024, Slovakia's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare increased by 410.0% compared to 2023, reaching 5.10.

Slovakia accounts for 13.0% of the EU-27 total of 39.2.

Slovakia ranks 27th 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 16.4% (from 6.10 in 2019).

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