Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Hungary
Hungary: Bathing sites with excellent water quality was 64.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Hungary, 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 Hungary stood at 64.0%.
The figure is down 4.4% on the previous year and down 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bathing sites with excellent water quality in Hungary peaked at 72.3% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 4.3%, in 2004.
That places Hungary 21st out of 27 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 43.2% | 4.3% | 63.1% | 6 |
| 2010s | 62.4% | 41.0% | 72.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 64.4% | 60.2% | 69.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Hungary
More environment data for Hungary
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 60.45 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 6.32 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 3.44 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.4767 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 2.08 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0174 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 10.7 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.027 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0172 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 4.63 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bathing sites with excellent water quality in Hungary?
- Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Hungary was 64.0% 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 Hungary?
- The highest recorded value was 72.3% in 2018.
- What is the lowest bathing sites with excellent water quality recorded in Hungary?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.3% in 2004.
- How does Hungary rank for bathing sites with excellent water quality?
- Hungary ranks 21st out of 27 countries with data for 2025.
- Is bathing sites with excellent water quality rising or falling in Hungary?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Hungary 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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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.