Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Latvia
Latvia: Bathing sites with excellent water quality was 80.8% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Latvia, 2005–2025
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 Latvia is 80.8%, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 16.7% on the previous year and up 26.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bathing sites with excellent water quality in Latvia peaked at 87.0% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 51.3%, in 2009.
That places Latvia 13th out of 27 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 63.6% | 51.3% | 78.4% | 5 |
| 2010s | 72.5% | 61.1% | 87.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 70.8% | 66.7% | 80.8% | 6 |
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More environment data for Latvia
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 11.64 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 6.24 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 1.09 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.18 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.1936 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0199 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 2.07 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0208 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0044 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.5531 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bathing sites with excellent water quality in Latvia?
- Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Latvia was 80.8% 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 Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 87.0% in 2017.
- What is the lowest bathing sites with excellent water quality recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 51.3% in 2009.
- How does Latvia rank for bathing sites with excellent water quality?
- Latvia ranks 13th out of 27 countries with data for 2025.
- Is bathing sites with excellent water quality rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latvia 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.