Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Estonia
Estonia: Bathing sites with excellent water quality was 71.4% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Estonia, 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 Estonia stood at 71.4%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 13.8% on the previous year and down 16.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bathing sites with excellent water quality in Estonia peaked at 92.9% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 53.3%, in 2004.
Estonia ranks 16th 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 67.3% | 53.3% | 81.6% | 6 |
| 2010s | 81.6% | 71.4% | 92.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 79.0% | 71.4% | 82.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Estonia
More environment data for Estonia
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 14.13 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 10.3 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.8405 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.1338 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.0778 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0016 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 1.63 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0311 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0082 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.539 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bathing sites with excellent water quality in Estonia?
- Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Estonia was 71.4% 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 Estonia?
- The highest recorded value was 92.9% in 2011.
- What is the lowest bathing sites with excellent water quality recorded in Estonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 53.3% in 2004.
- How does Estonia rank for bathing sites with excellent water quality?
- Estonia ranks 16th out of 27 countries with data for 2025.
- Is bathing sites with excellent water quality rising or falling in Estonia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Estonia 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.