Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Austria
Austria: Bathing sites with excellent water quality was 96.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Austria, 1997–2025
Source: European Environment Agency (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, bathing sites with excellent water quality in Austria stood at 96.5%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bathing sites with excellent water quality in Austria peaked at 98.5% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 65.8%, in 2002.
Austria ranks 4th of 27 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Austria, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 85.2% | — |
| 1998 | 77.6% | -8.9% |
| 1999 | 78.4% | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 68.5% | -12.7% |
| 2001 | 74.2% | +8.4% |
| 2002 | 65.8% | -11.4% |
| 2003 | 81.2% | +23.4% |
| 2004 | 84.7% | +4.3% |
| 2005 | 83.2% | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 77.2% | -7.3% |
| 2007 | 72.8% | -5.7% |
| 2008 | 71.6% | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 74.6% | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 69.0% | -7.5% |
| 2011 | 83.5% | +21.0% |
| 2012 | 73.7% | -11.8% |
| 2013 | 87.6% | +18.9% |
| 2014 | 88.7% | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 90.2% | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 95.1% | +5.4% |
| 2017 | 95.1% | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 97.3% | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 98.5% | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 97.7% | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 97.7% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 96.9% | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 96.9% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 95.8% | -1.2% |
| 2025 | 96.5% | +0.8% |
Austria compared with similar countries
- Austria's 96.5% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 80.0%, 1.2× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Austria's 96.5% is above the median for high income countries, which is 80.4%, 1.2× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 80.4% | 77.6% | 85.2% | 3 |
| 2000s | 75.4% | 65.8% | 84.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 87.9% | 69.0% | 98.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 96.9% | 95.8% | 97.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Austria
More environment data for Austria
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.98 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.4 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.529 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.17 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 10.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -0.833 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.0096 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bathing sites with excellent water quality in Austria?
- Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Austria was 96.5% in 2025, according to European Environment Agency (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest bathing sites with excellent water quality recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 98.5% in 2019.
- What is the lowest bathing sites with excellent water quality recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 65.8% in 2002.
- How does Austria rank for bathing sites with excellent water quality?
- Austria ranks 4th out of 27 countries with data for 2025.
- Is bathing sites with excellent water quality rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Austria data come from?
- The figures come from European Environment Agency (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Bathing sites with excellent water quality. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Share of bathing water sites in lakes or rivers that are of excellent quality. This means contamination levels of certain bacteria are below a strict threshold.