Kindergartens, 2010, preliminary figures

For children aged 1-2 years, there was an increase of nearly 4 800 children, and for children aged 3-5 years there were almost 2 200 more children. In these age-groups, there were 98 700 and 175 200 children respectively in kindergarten.

In 2010, the proportion of children aged 1-2 who attended kindergarten was 79 per cent; an increase of 1.6 percentage points from 2009. For children aged 3-5, 96 per cent attended kindergartens.

At the end of 2010, almost 87 400 people were employed in kindergartens, and in total they worked

70 200 man-years. The proportion of directors and educational leaders with approved pre-school teacher education or other college education was 85 per cent.

Tables:

• Table 1 Kindergartens, children and employees by county. 2010
• Table 2 Children in kindergartens, by age and county. 2010
• Table 3 Children in kindergartens, by weekly attendance, ownership structure of kindergarten and county. 2010
• Table 4 Children in kindergartens, by hours of attendance per week and different age groups. 2010