This indicator shows the total public spending on early childhood education (ISCED11 level 0) as a % of GDP. It should be noted that early childhood education as defined in ISCED11 is not equal to child care. In order to qualify as early childhood education, programmes provided in crèches, daycare centres, nurseries, etc. need to be designed to provide an organized and purposeful set of learning activities.
Available flags:
b | break in time series | c | confidential |
d | definition differs, see metadata | e | estimated |
f | forecast | i | see metadata |
m | imputed | n | not significant |
p | provisional | r | revised |
s | Eurostat estimate | u | low reliability |
x | dropped due to insufficient sample size | y | unreliable due to small sample size |
z | not applicable |