Season by season

Each bathing season every site is sampled and classified. The table shows how many sites fell into each class, all countries together.

11 seasons

Season	Sites	Excellent	Good	Sufficient	Good or Sufficient	Poor	Not classified	Excellent, % of classified
2022	13,019	11,321	1,008	242	—	172	276	88.8
2021	12,931	11,215	1,027	233	—	163	293	88.7
2020	12,771	11,124	995	221	—	123	308	89.3
2019	12,681	11,140	942	223	—	127	249	89.6
2018	12,553	10,990	955	235	—	124	249	89.3
2017	12,429	10,734	970	276	—	119	330	88.7
2016	12,270	10,575	1,013	291	—	111	280	88.2
2015	12,154	10,383	1,079	285	—	135	272	87.4
2014	12,028	10,120	1,149	278	46	145	290	86.2
2013	11,897	9,911	1,117	297	61	164	347	85.8
2012	11,753	9,235	596	199	931	149	643	83.1

“Good or Sufficient” was used in the first seasons of the revised directive, before four years of samples were available.