Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Bathing sites with excellent water quality was 100.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Bulgaria, 2007–2025
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 Bulgaria stood at 100.0%. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, bathing sites with excellent water quality in Bulgaria peaked at 100.0% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2020.
That places Bulgaria 1st out of 27 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 75.0% | 50.0% | 100.0% | 3 |
| 2010s | 67.5% | 25.0% | 100.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 83.3% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 6 |
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More environment data for Bulgaria
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 46.68 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 7.25 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 2.05 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.2479 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.7282 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0131 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 7.37 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.022 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0476 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 4.26 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bathing sites with excellent water quality in Bulgaria?
- Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Bulgaria was 100.0% 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 Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2007.
- What is the lowest bathing sites with excellent water quality recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2020.
- How does Bulgaria rank for bathing sites with excellent water quality?
- Bulgaria ranks 1st out of 27 countries with data for 2025.
- Is bathing sites with excellent water quality rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bulgaria 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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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.