SE · 2025 · tps00185

Formal child care by duration and age group

Sweden, 2025

Formal child care by duration and age group
40.3
Sweden, 2025
▼ 4.7% vs 2024 (42.3)
Analysis

In 2025, Sweden's formal child care by duration and age group decreased by 4.7% compared to 2024, reaching 40.3.

Sweden accounts for 67.8% of the EU-27 total of 59.4.

Sweden ranks 24th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 12.2% (from 45.9 in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset tps00185, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2025
#24 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2025
67.8%
EU-27: 59.4
Sweden timeline (last 15 years)
2014 2025