Early childhood education and care
Statistics related to topics:Education and research
Statistics on early childhood education and care includes data on children participating in early childhood education and care and on operators and place of activities of early childhood education and care. Data are obtained from the Finnish National Agency for Education’s Varda database and Åland’s data from Statistics and Research Åland (ÅSUB). The data are published once a year.
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New database tables published on early childhood education and care statistics.
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Children having participated in early childhood education and care by mode of organising early childhood education and care in 1985 to 2022
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Share of children having participated in early childhood education and care by age in 2022
Children having participated in early childhood education and care by origin in Mainland Finland in 2022
Foreign-language children participating in early childhood education and care by native language in Mainland Finland in 2022, largest language groups
Share of children having participated in early childhood education and care in the population of the same age in 2015 to 2022
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Go to documentation of the statisticsReferencing instructions
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Early childhood education and care [online publication].
Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 5.10.2024].
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