Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Italy
Italy: Bathing sites with excellent water quality was 87.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Italy, 1992–2025
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 Italy is 87.7%, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bathing sites with excellent water quality in Italy peaked at 91.6% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 39.2%, in 2009.
Italy ranks 9th 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 | 67.8% | 59.1% | 74.4% | 8 |
| 2000s | 55.5% | 39.2% | 70.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 82.8% | 58.3% | 91.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 87.7% | 86.4% | 88.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More environment data for Italy
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 371.17 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 6.3 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 21.92 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 2.28 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 4.49 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0558 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 44.9 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.1973 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.3495 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 15.57 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bathing sites with excellent water quality in Italy?
- Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Italy was 87.7% 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 Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 91.6% in 2016.
- What is the lowest bathing sites with excellent water quality recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 39.2% in 2009.
- How does Italy rank for bathing sites with excellent water quality?
- Italy ranks 9th out of 27 countries with data for 2025.
- Is bathing sites with excellent water quality rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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.