{"id":1291565,"name":"Percentage of coastal bathing sites with excellent water quality","unit":"%","createdAt":"2026-07-16T15:31:32.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-07-16T15:31:32.000Z","coverage":"","timespan":"1990-2025","datasetId":8069,"shortUnit":"%","columnOrder":0,"shortName":"sdg_14_40_pct_ex_c","catalogPath":"grapher/wash/2026-07-02/bathing_water/bathing_water#sdg_14_40_pct_ex_c","descriptionShort":"Share of bathing water sites by the sea or ocean that are of excellent quality. This means contamination levels of certain bacteria are below a strict threshold.","descriptionProcessing":"The EEA provides quality data for each bathing site separately, we aggregate this data to the country level and calculate the number and percentage of bathing sites with excellent water quality.","type":"float","datasetName":"European Bathing Water Quality","updatePeriodDays":365,"datasetVersion":"2026-07-02","nonRedistributable":false,"display":{"unit":"%","shortUnit":"%","numDecimalPlaces":1},"schemaVersion":2,"processingLevel":"major","presentation":{"attributionShort":"EEA","topicTagsLinks":["Clean Water"]},"descriptionKey":["Coastal bathing water sites are areas of water by the sea or ocean that are used by the public for bathing.","Excellent water quality means that contamination levels of E. coli and intestinal enterococci are below a strict threshold. The thresholds are as follows:","Escherichia coli (E. coli): The E. coli count must not exceed 250 cfu (colony-forming units) per 100 ml of water in more than 95% of the samples taken over a period of four bathing seasons. This means that in at least 95% of the samples, the E. coli levels must be below this threshold.","Intestinal enterococci: The count for intestinal enterococci must not exceed 100 cfu per 100 ml of water in more than 95% of the samples taken over a period of four bathing seasons."],"dimensions":{"years":{"values":[{"id":2013},{"id":2014},{"id":2015},{"id":2016},{"id":2017},{"id":2018},{"id":2019},{"id":2020},{"id":2021},{"id":2022},{"id":2023},{"id":2024},{"id":2025},{"id":1990},{"id":1991},{"id":1992},{"id":1993},{"id":1994},{"id":1995},{"id":1996},{"id":1997},{"id":1998},{"id":1999},{"id":2000},{"id":2001},{"id":2002},{"id":2003},{"id":2004},{"id":2005},{"id":2006},{"id":2007},{"id":2008},{"id":2009},{"id":2010},{"id":2011},{"id":2012}]},"entities":{"values":[{"id":16,"name":"Albania","code":"ALB"},{"id":4,"name":"Belgium","code":"BEL"},{"id":39,"name":"Bulgaria","code":"BGR"},{"id":165,"name":"Croatia","code":"HRV"},{"id":163,"name":"Cyprus","code":"CYP"},{"id":161,"name":"Denmark","code":"DNK"},{"id":156,"name":"Estonia","code":"EST"},{"id":115117,"name":"European Union (27)","code":"OWID_EU27"},{"id":155,"name":"Finland","code":"FIN"},{"id":3,"name":"France","code":"FRA"},{"id":6,"name":"Germany","code":"DEU"},{"id":149,"name":"Greece","code":"GRC"},{"id":2,"name":"Ireland","code":"IRL"},{"id":8,"name":"Italy","code":"ITA"},{"id":122,"name":"Latvia","code":"LVA"},{"id":119,"name":"Lithuania","code":"LTU"},{"id":212,"name":"Malta","code":"MLT"},{"id":215,"name":"Montenegro","code":"MNE"},{"id":5,"name":"Netherlands","code":"NLD"},{"id":11,"name":"Poland","code":"POL"},{"id":95,"name":"Portugal","code":"PRT"},{"id":92,"name":"Romania","code":"ROU"},{"id":83,"name":"Slovenia","code":"SVN"},{"id":9,"name":"Spain","code":"ESP"},{"id":10,"name":"Sweden","code":"SWE"}]}},"origins":[{"id":15789,"title":"European Bathing Water Quality","description":"This data shows the number and proportion of coastal and inland bathing waters with excellent quality. The Bathing Water Directive requires Member States to identify and assess the quality of all inland and marine bathing waters and to classify these waters as 'poor', 'sufficient', 'good' or 'excellent'.\n\nMore information and metadata available at:\nhttps://sdi.eea.europa.eu/catalogue/datahub/api/records/070d9baa-448d-4168-8514-7dadb3ad876d/formatters/xsl-view","producer":"European Environment Agency","citationFull":"European Environment Agency (2026). State of Bathing Waters in 2025.","attributionShort":"EEA","urlMain":"https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/maps-and-charts/state-of-bathing-waters-in-2025","urlDownload":"https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/datashare/s/mBEEM7LmkgwEFKR/download","dateAccessed":"2026-07-02","datePublished":"2026-06-02","license":{"url":"https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/legal-notice#copyright-notice","name":"CC BY 4.0"}}]}