Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Spain
Spain: Bathing sites with excellent water quality was 53.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Spain, 1992–2025
Source: European Environment Agency (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, bathing sites with excellent water quality in Spain stood at 53.1%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.0% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bathing sites with excellent water quality in Spain peaked at 55.9% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 25.5%, in 1992.
That places Spain 26th out of 27 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 35.5% | 25.5% | 39.7% | 8 |
| 2000s | 40.4% | 35.5% | 45.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 47.3% | 31.8% | 52.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 54.0% | 52.2% | 55.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Spain
More environment data for Spain
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 285.64 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 5.85 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 27.33 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.8102 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 1.37 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.104 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 42.81 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.1099 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.1597 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 12.89 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bathing sites with excellent water quality in Spain?
- Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Spain was 53.1% 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 Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 55.9% in 2022.
- What is the lowest bathing sites with excellent water quality recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.5% in 1992.
- How does Spain rank for bathing sites with excellent water quality?
- Spain ranks 26th out of 27 countries with data for 2025.
- Is bathing sites with excellent water quality rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain 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.