Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Lithuania
Lithuania: Bathing sites with excellent water quality was 84.6% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Lithuania, 2004–2025
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 Lithuania is 84.6%, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and down 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bathing sites with excellent water quality in Lithuania peaked at 89.5% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 27.5%, in 2004.
Lithuania ranks 10th of 27 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Lithuania, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 27.5% | — |
| 2005 | 39.3% | +43.1% |
| 2006 | 45.8% | +16.5% |
| 2007 | 47.1% | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 61.4% | +30.3% |
| 2009 | 60.4% | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 45.9% | -24.0% |
| 2011 | 71.4% | +55.6% |
| 2012 | 70.4% | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 84.4% | +19.8% |
| 2014 | 85.4% | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 85.4% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 84.7% | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 84.7% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 84.2% | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 85.1% | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 84.6% | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 89.4% | +5.7% |
| 2022 | 89.5% | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 89.5% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 83.8% | -6.4% |
| 2025 | 84.6% | +1.0% |
Lithuania compared with similar countries
- Lithuania's 84.6% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 80.0%, 1.1× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Lithuania's 84.6% is above the median for high income countries, which is 80.4%, 1.1× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Lithuania 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +55.6% | 45.9% | 71.4% |
| 2005 | +43.1% | 27.5% | 39.3% |
| 2008 | +30.3% | 47.1% | 61.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 46.9% | 27.5% | 61.4% | 6 |
| 2010s | 78.2% | 45.9% | 85.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 86.9% | 83.8% | 89.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Lithuania
More environment data for Lithuania
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.889 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.41 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 22.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -0.1849 % 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 -0.1333 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bathing sites with excellent water quality in Lithuania?
- Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Lithuania was 84.6% 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 Lithuania?
- The highest recorded value was 89.5% in 2022.
- What is the lowest bathing sites with excellent water quality recorded in Lithuania?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.5% in 2004.
- How does Lithuania rank for bathing sites with excellent water quality?
- Lithuania ranks 10th out of 27 countries with data for 2025.
- Is bathing sites with excellent water quality rising or falling in Lithuania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lithuania 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.