Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2023, Sweden's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare increased by 4.6% compared to 2022, reaching 56.9.

Sweden accounts for 152.5% of the EU-27 total of 37.3.

Sweden ranks 5th 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 15.2% (from 49.4 in 2018).

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