Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Switzerland
Switzerland: Bathing sites with excellent water quality was 84.4% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Switzerland, 2009–2025
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 Switzerland is 84.4%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 67.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bathing sites with excellent water quality in Switzerland peaked at 84.4% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 10.1%, in 2012.
That places Switzerland 11th 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 17 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 84.0% | 84.0% | 84.0% | 1 |
| 2010s | 57.8% | 10.1% | 82.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 79.1% | 72.0% | 84.4% | 6 |
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More environment data for Switzerland
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 42.99 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 4.77 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 4.05 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.2549 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 1.29 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0203 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 5.94 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0476 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0228 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.2474 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bathing sites with excellent water quality in Switzerland?
- Bathing sites with excellent water quality in Switzerland was 84.4% 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 Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 84.4% in 2025.
- What is the lowest bathing sites with excellent water quality recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.1% in 2012.
- How does Switzerland rank for bathing sites with excellent water quality?
- Switzerland ranks 11th out of 27 countries with data for 2025.
- Is bathing sites with excellent water quality rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 67.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Switzerland 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.