01/11/2026
In 2024, 94.4% of children in the EU aged between 3 years and the starting age of compulsory primary education were participating in early childhood education. 📚👩🏫
🔹There were 20 regions in the EU where practically every child between the age of 3 and the age for starting compulsory primary education participated in early childhood education.
🔹Participation in early childhood education was below 85.0% in 17 of the 198 regions with available data.
ℹ️ Note that the map includes EU countries, EFTA and candidate countries with available data. The ranking in the caption is based on EU countries only.
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