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New database table is published in the statistics on early childhood education and care.
Read more about the changeEarly childhood education and care 2024
Eighty per cent of children participated in early childhood education and care in 2024
releaseAccording to Statistics Finland, 80 per cent of children aged 1 to 6 participated in early childhood education and care in 2024, altogether 235,200 children. Examined by age group, children aged five and four participated most, their participation share was over 90 per cent.
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- The share of children participating in early childhood education and care has increased.
- Municipalities organise the majority of early childhood education and care.
- Fourteen per cent of children participating in early childhood education and care spoke a language other than Finnish, Swedish or Sami as their native language in 2024.
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Early childhood education and care [online publication].
Reference period: 2024. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 22.6.2026].
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