Among the EU Member States in 2015, the process of early childhood education began the most intensively at the age of 2 in Denmark (91%) and Sweden (87%), while at the age of 5 in most EU Member States over 90% of children of this age were enrolled in kindergartens.
Med državami članicami EU sta se v 2015 najintenzivneje lotili vključevanja otrok v vrtce pri starosti 2 let Danska (91 %) in Švedska (87 %). Pri starosti 5 let je bilo vključenih v zgodnje oblike izobraževanja v večini držav več kot 90 % vseh otrok te starosti.