Proportion of coastal and inland bathing waters of excellent quality in EU-27, Albania and Switzerland, season 2023

The assessment covers 22,081 bathing waters in Europe that were reported to the EEA for the 2023 season. In the EU, there were a total of 21,766 bathing waters. Only 77% of Poland’s bathing waters were assessed for quality. A significant share of Poland's waters were newly identified and complete sets of samples, which would have allowed an assessment and classification compliant with the BWD’s requirements, were not available.

For landlocked countries (Austria, Czechia, Hungary, Luxembourg, Slovakia, Switzerland), data on coastal waters are not relevant (cannot exist).
Data on inland waters are reported by all countries, except Cyprus and Malta.