Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Netherlands
Netherlands: Bathing sites with excellent water quality was 70.4% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Netherlands, 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 Netherlands is 70.4%, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 1.6% on the previous year and down 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bathing sites with excellent water quality in Netherlands peaked at 74.0% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 11.5%, in 1995.
That places Netherlands 18th 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 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 34.5% | 11.5% | 60.4% | 8 |
| 2000s | 60.8% | 53.3% | 70.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 66.1% | 44.4% | 74.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 72.1% | 70.4% | 73.5% | 6 |
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More environment data for Netherlands
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 145.01 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 8.06 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 12.14 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.2748 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 1.43 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0143 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 17.05 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.1323 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0619 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 2.92 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bathing sites with excellent water quality in Netherlands?
- Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Netherlands was 70.4% 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 Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 74.0% in 2015.
- What is the lowest bathing sites with excellent water quality recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.5% in 1995.
- How does Netherlands rank for bathing sites with excellent water quality?
- Netherlands ranks 18th out of 27 countries with data for 2025.
- Is bathing sites with excellent water quality rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Netherlands 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.