Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Finland
Finland: Bathing sites with excellent water quality was 94.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Finland, 1995–2025
Source: European Environment Agency (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bathing sites with excellent water quality in Finland is 94.7%, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bathing sites with excellent water quality in Finland peaked at 95.5% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 42.7%, in 1995.
Finland ranks 5th of 27 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 65.9% | 42.7% | 79.6% | 5 |
| 2000s | 78.2% | 68.0% | 90.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 87.7% | 79.8% | 94.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 94.7% | 93.8% | 95.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Finland
More environment data for Finland
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 48.68 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 8.66 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 2.36 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.4939 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.1291 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.1431 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 10.76 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.1555 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0276 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 7.42 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bathing sites with excellent water quality in Finland?
- Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Finland was 94.7% 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 Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 95.5% in 2021.
- What is the lowest bathing sites with excellent water quality recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 42.7% in 1995.
- How does Finland rank for bathing sites with excellent water quality?
- Finland ranks 5th out of 27 countries with data for 2025.
- Is bathing sites with excellent water quality rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Finland 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.