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.
Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Finland, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 42.7% | — |
| 1996 | 79.6% | +86.2% |
| 1997 | 58.3% | -26.8% |
| 1998 | 77.3% | +32.7% |
| 1999 | 71.6% | -7.4% |
| 2000 | 81.9% | +14.4% |
| 2001 | 82.8% | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 71.5% | -13.7% |
| 2003 | 71.6% | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 74.6% | +4.2% |
| 2005 | 73.5% | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 68.0% | -7.4% |
| 2007 | 78.7% | +15.6% |
| 2008 | 89.0% | +13.1% |
| 2009 | 90.6% | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 87.2% | -3.7% |
| 2011 | 80.3% | -7.9% |
| 2012 | 88.1% | +9.7% |
| 2013 | 79.8% | -9.4% |
| 2014 | 83.0% | +3.9% |
| 2015 | 90.2% | +8.7% |
| 2016 | 92.0% | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 91.4% | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 91.1% | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 94.2% | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 94.7% | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 95.5% | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 95.1% | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 94.7% | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 93.8% | -1.0% |
| 2025 | 94.7% | +1.0% |
Finland compared with similar countries
- Finland's 94.7% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 80.0%, 1.2× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Finland's 94.7% 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 Finland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +86.2% | 42.7% | 79.6% |
| 1998 | +32.7% | 58.3% | 77.3% |
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
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 3.9 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 4.25 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.986 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.94 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 5.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -2.4 % 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 0.3579 % change on previous year (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.