Bathing sites with excellent water quality in France
France: Bathing sites with excellent water quality was 71.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Bathing sites with excellent water quality in France, 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 France stood at 71.0%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and down 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bathing sites with excellent water quality in France peaked at 95.1% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 16.0%, in 1992.
France ranks 17th of 27 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 42.6% | 16.0% | 63.1% | 8 |
| 2000s | 65.7% | 52.5% | 95.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 66.1% | 47.8% | 76.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 72.3% | 70.6% | 74.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near France
More environment data for France
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 378.12 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 5.52 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 42.25 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 2.45 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 3.31 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.1015 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 66.98 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.1903 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.1859 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 18.44 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bathing sites with excellent water quality in France?
- Bathing sites with excellent water quality in France was 71.0% 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 France?
- The highest recorded value was 95.1% in 2008.
- What is the lowest bathing sites with excellent water quality recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.0% in 1992.
- How does France rank for bathing sites with excellent water quality?
- France ranks 17th out of 27 countries with data for 2025.
- Is bathing sites with excellent water quality rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this France 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.