Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2024, Spain's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare decreased by 1.4% compared to 2023, reaching 55.0.

Spain accounts for 140.3% of the EU-27 total of 39.2.

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 fallen by 4.2% (from 57.4 in 2019).

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