Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2025, Spain's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare increased by 3.3% compared to 2024, reaching 56.8.

Spain accounts for 140.2% of the EU-27 total of 40.5.

Spain ranks 7th 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 24.8% (from 45.5 in 2020).

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