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.
Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 100.0% | — |
| 2008 | 50.0% | -50.0% |
| 2009 | 75.0% | +50.0% |
| 2010 | 100.0% | +33.3% |
| 2011 | 25.0% | -75.0% |
| 2012 | 100.0% | +300.0% |
| 2013 | 75.0% | -25.0% |
| 2014 | 100.0% | +33.3% |
| 2015 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 25.0% | -75.0% |
| 2018 | 25.0% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 25.0% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 2021 | 100.0% | — |
| 2022 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 100.0% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 80.0%, 1.2× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 100.0% is above the median for high income countries, which is 80.4%, 1.2× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Bulgaria changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +300.0% | 25.0% | 100.0% |
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 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
More environment data for Bulgaria
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.39 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.573 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.18 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -6.02 % 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 -0.7509 % change on previous year (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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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.