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.
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 |
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More environment data for Poland
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 348.19 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 9.52 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 20.04 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 3.31 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 14.09 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.1103 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 43.1 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.1143 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.2154 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 5.21 Mt CO2e (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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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.