European Environment Agency · seasons 2012–2022
Where the water is excellent
Official classifications for 13,000 bathing sites in 19 European countries — excellent, good, sufficient or poor — season by season.
87.0%of 13,019 sites were rated excellent in the 2022 season
Classification in 2022
- Excellent11,32187.0%
- Good1,0087.7%
- Sufficient2421.9%
- Poor1721.3%
- Not classified2762.1%
Countries
Share of bathing sites rated excellent in 2022.
France75.9%2,558 excellent of 3,370Germany90.2%2,068 excellent of 2,292Spain88.2%2,000 excellent of 2,268Greece96.6%1,624 excellent of 1,682Denmark94.3%980 excellent of 1,039Croatia97.3%840 excellent of 863Finland89.4%271 excellent of 303Austria96.9%252 excellent of 260Switzerland78.1%153 excellent of 196Czechia76.9%120 excellent of 156Belgium76.6%98 excellent of 128Cyprus99.2%119 excellent of 120Albania67.2%80 excellent of 119Bulgaria92.7%89 excellent of 96Estonia64.6%42 excellent of 65Poland41.9%13 excellent of 31Netherlands42.9%9 excellent of 21Hungary42.9%3 excellent of 7Portugal66.7%2 excellent of 3