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The indicator is part of the EU Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) indicator set. It is used to monitor progress towards SDG 4 on ensuring inclusive and quality education for all.

SDG 4 seeks to ensure people have access to equitable and quality education through all stages of life, from early childhood education and care, through primary and secondary schooling, to technical, vocational training and tertiary education.

Early childhood education and care (ECEC) is increasingly recognised as an integral part of the education and training system. The EU therefore aims for all children between four years old and the age of compulsory primary education to be able to access and benefit from high quality education and care and included the benchmark of a participation rate of at least 95 % in its ET 2020 framework 

The indicator measures the share of the children between the age of four and the starting age of compulsory primary education who participated in early childhood education.

% of the age group between 4-years-old and the starting age of compulsory education

Calendar year

The indicator is produced according to the high-level quality standards of European Statistics. Details on accuracy can be found in the metadata of the source datasets (see link to related metadata).

ESS

Data source: European Statistical System (ESS)

Data provider: Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, based on data reported by the countries.

Every year

Indicator is disseminated annually.

T+2 years

New data points are disseminated within two years after the reference year.

All EU MS

Data are presented for all EU Member States plus the United Kingdom, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland, North Macedonia and Turkey.

All EU MS

Data are comparable between all EU Member States respectively other presented countries.

> 10 years

Presented times series (including EU aggregates) starts in 2000.

> 4 data points

Length of comparable time series without methodological break is more than 4 data points.

Analysis of indicator is presented in Eurostat's annual monitoring report on Sustainable development in the EU (progress towards SDGs in the EU context).

see table  sdg_04_30

Eurostat dedicated section on SDGs: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/sdi/overview

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