Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Denmark
Denmark: Bathing sites with excellent water quality was 94.3% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Denmark, 1992–2025
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 Denmark stood at 94.3%.
The figure is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bathing sites with excellent water quality in Denmark peaked at 97.5% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 61.7%, in 1992.
That places Denmark 6th out of 27 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 74.3% | 61.7% | 82.4% | 8 |
| 2000s | 83.5% | 72.9% | 89.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 91.8% | 82.4% | 95.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 95.1% | 93.3% | 97.5% | 6 |
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More environment data for Denmark
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 38.26 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 6.4 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 6.34 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.2865 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.5045 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0088 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 8.07 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.1091 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.014 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.8057 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bathing sites with excellent water quality in Denmark?
- Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Denmark was 94.3% 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 Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 97.5% in 2022.
- What is the lowest bathing sites with excellent water quality recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 61.7% in 1992.
- How does Denmark rank for bathing sites with excellent water quality?
- Denmark ranks 6th out of 27 countries with data for 2025.
- Is bathing sites with excellent water quality rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Denmark 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.