Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2025, Slovakia's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare decreased by 64.7% compared to 2024, reaching 1.80.

Slovakia accounts for 4.4% of the EU-27 total of 40.5.

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 59.1% (from 4.40 in 2020).

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