Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2023, Spain's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare increased by 14.8% compared to 2022, reaching 55.8.

Spain accounts for 149.6% of the EU-27 total of 37.3.

Spain ranks 8th 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 10.5% (from 50.5 in 2018).

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