Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Poland
Poland: Bathing sites with excellent water quality was 56.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Poland, 2005–2025
Source: European Environment Agency (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Poland recorded 56.7% for bathing sites with excellent water quality in 2025.
That represents a change of down 1.2% on the previous year and down 12.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bathing sites with excellent water quality in Poland peaked at 83.3% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 6.2%, in 2005.
That places Poland 24th out of 27 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Poland, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 6.2% | — |
| 2006 | 34.1% | +454.2% |
| 2007 | 42.4% | +24.2% |
| 2008 | 44.6% | +5.1% |
| 2009 | 44.8% | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 29.5% | -34.2% |
| 2011 | 58.0% | +96.6% |
| 2012 | 64.7% | +11.5% |
| 2013 | 60.7% | -6.2% |
| 2014 | 52.6% | -13.3% |
| 2015 | 64.9% | +23.4% |
| 2016 | 74.1% | +14.2% |
| 2017 | 83.3% | +12.4% |
| 2018 | 26.7% | -68.0% |
| 2019 | 18.7% | -29.8% |
| 2020 | 18.8% | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 44.8% | +138.5% |
| 2022 | 57.7% | +28.8% |
| 2023 | 54.9% | -4.9% |
| 2024 | 57.4% | +4.6% |
| 2025 | 56.7% | -1.2% |
Poland compared with similar countries
- Poland's 56.7% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 80.0%, 71% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Poland's 56.7% is below the median for high income countries, which is 80.4%, 71% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Poland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +454.2% | 6.2% | 34.1% |
| 2021 | +138.5% | 18.8% | 44.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 34.4% | 6.2% | 44.8% | 5 |
| 2010s | 53.3% | 18.7% | 83.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 48.4% | 18.8% | 57.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Poland
More environment data for Poland
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.777 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.06 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 4.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -1.73 % 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 0.1029 % 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 Poland?
- Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Poland was 56.7% 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 Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 83.3% in 2017.
- What is the lowest bathing sites with excellent water quality recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.2% in 2005.
- How does Poland rank for bathing sites with excellent water quality?
- Poland ranks 24th out of 27 countries with data for 2025.
- Is bathing sites with excellent water quality rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Poland 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.