Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Sweden
Sweden: Bathing sites with excellent water quality was 82.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Sweden, 1995–2025
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 Sweden is 82.1%, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.7% on the previous year and up 18.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bathing sites with excellent water quality in Sweden peaked at 88.2% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1995.
Sweden ranks 12th of 27 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 50.6% | 0.0% | 69.0% | 5 |
| 2000s | 78.0% | 64.4% | 88.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 75.4% | 62.8% | 86.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 80.2% | 78.5% | 82.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
More environment data for Sweden
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 52.57 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 4.97 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 3.79 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.3307 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.2101 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.2019 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 8.12 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.1974 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0287 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 3.35 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bathing sites with excellent water quality in Sweden?
- Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Sweden was 82.1% 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 Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 88.2% in 2008.
- What is the lowest bathing sites with excellent water quality recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1995.
- How does Sweden rank for bathing sites with excellent water quality?
- Sweden ranks 12th out of 27 countries with data for 2025.
- Is bathing sites with excellent water quality rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sweden 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.