Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2024, Sweden's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare increased by 1.4% compared to 2023, reaching 57.7.

Sweden accounts for 147.2% of the EU-27 total of 39.2.

Sweden ranks 6th 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 8.7% (from 53.1 in 2019).

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