Proportion of bathing waters classified as excellent quality in 2023 (in the EU Member States, Albania and Switzerland)

Notes: 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 bathing waters in Poland were assessed for quality. A significant share of these waters were newly identified and complete sets of samples, which would allow an assessment compliant with BWD requirements, were not available for classification.

Source: WISE bathing water quality database (data from 2023 annual reports by EU-27 Member States, Albania and Switzerland).