Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Belgium
Belgium: Bathing sites with excellent water quality was 70.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Belgium, 1992–2025
Source: European Environment Agency (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bathing sites with excellent water quality in Belgium is 70.0%, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and down 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bathing sites with excellent water quality in Belgium peaked at 82.2% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 27.4%, in 1992.
Belgium ranks 19th of 27 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 46.2% | 27.4% | 69.4% | 8 |
| 2000s | 44.9% | 35.5% | 54.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 71.0% | 29.6% | 82.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 71.0% | 68.5% | 74.0% | 6 |
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More environment data for Belgium
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 107.82 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 9.09 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 6.62 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.2815 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 2.68 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0377 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 11.74 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0561 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0383 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 1.98 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bathing sites with excellent water quality in Belgium?
- Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Belgium was 70.0% 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 Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 82.2% in 2018.
- What is the lowest bathing sites with excellent water quality recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.4% in 1992.
- How does Belgium rank for bathing sites with excellent water quality?
- Belgium ranks 19th out of 27 countries with data for 2025.
- Is bathing sites with excellent water quality rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium 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.