Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Czechia
Czechia: Bathing sites with excellent water quality was 79.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Czechia, 2004–2025
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 Czechia stood at 79.7%.
The figure is up 4.3% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bathing sites with excellent water quality in Czechia peaked at 82.5% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 36.1%, in 2004.
Czechia ranks 15th of 27 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Czechia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 36.1% | — |
| 2005 | 43.0% | +19.3% |
| 2006 | 53.2% | +23.6% |
| 2007 | 54.3% | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 51.6% | -4.9% |
| 2009 | 63.1% | +22.3% |
| 2010 | 53.2% | -15.7% |
| 2011 | 63.4% | +19.1% |
| 2012 | 75.0% | +18.3% |
| 2013 | 76.4% | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 76.3% | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 79.1% | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 82.5% | +4.3% |
| 2017 | 81.8% | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 81.7% | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 81.0% | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 81.7% | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 81.3% | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 76.9% | -5.4% |
| 2023 | 79.1% | +2.8% |
| 2024 | 76.5% | -3.3% |
| 2025 | 79.7% | +4.3% |
Czechia compared with similar countries
- Czechia's 79.7% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 80.0%, 100% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Czechia's 79.7% is below the median for high income countries, which is 80.4%, 99% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 50.2% | 36.1% | 63.1% | 6 |
| 2010s | 75.0% | 53.2% | 82.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 79.2% | 76.5% | 81.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Czechia
More environment data for Czechia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.82 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2.99 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.63 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.97 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -0.4193 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -7.77 % 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 -0.1206 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bathing sites with excellent water quality in Czechia?
- Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Czechia was 79.7% 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 Czechia?
- The highest recorded value was 82.5% in 2016.
- What is the lowest bathing sites with excellent water quality recorded in Czechia?
- The lowest recorded value was 36.1% in 2004.
- How does Czechia rank for bathing sites with excellent water quality?
- Czechia ranks 15th out of 27 countries with data for 2025.
- Is bathing sites with excellent water quality rising or falling in Czechia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Czechia 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.