'Forbes': Albania is last for the purity of sea water

A recent article published by the prestigious magazine "Forbes" has ranked Albania in the last place for the cleanliness of the sea waters.

The first place is held by Croatia as the country with the cleanest sea water.

The European Environment Agency (EEA), in collaboration with the European Commission, has just released its latest report, which covers 22,081 sites across all EU member states, as well as Albania and Switzerland. Countries are ranked based on the cleanliness of their swimming waters using data collected in rigorous annual assessments that monitor bacterial contaminants such as Escherichia coli and intestinal enterococci.

Ranked: Europe's cleanest coastal waters

1. Croatia (894 water bodies) – 99.1%

2. Cyprus (123 bodies of water) – 97.6%

3. Greece (1728 bodies of water) – 95.8%

4. Slovenia (21 water bodies) – 95.2%

5. Belgium (41 bodies of water) – 94.6% (tie)

5. Bulgaria (92 bodies of water) – 94.6% (tie)

7. Denmark (920 bodies of water) – 93.9%

8. Spain (1994 water bodies) – 92.2%

9. Malta (87 bodies of water) – 92%

10. Portugal (509 bodies of water) – 91.9%

11. Italy (4853 bodies of water) – 90.6%

12. Germany (362 bodies of water) – 87.6%

13. Lithuania (16 water bodies) – 87.5%

14. The Netherlands (91 bodies of water) – 80.2%

15. Latvia (33 water bodies) – 78.8%

16. France (2075 bodies of water) – 76.3% (tie)

16. Ireland (139 bodies of water) – 76.3% (tie)

18. Romania (49 water bodies) – 69.4%

19. Sweden (263 bodies of water) – 68.4%

20. Finland (78 bodies of water) – 65.4%

21. Poland (187 water bodies) – 55.1%

22. Estonia (30 bodies of water) – 46.7%

23. Albania (113 water bodies) – 41.6%

 

Ranked: Europe's cleanest waters overall

1. Cyprus (123 bodies of water) – 97.6%

2. Austria (260 bodies of water) – 96.9%

3. Croatia (936 water bodies) – 96.7%

4. Greece (1731 bodies of water) – 95.8%

5. Bulgaria (96 water bodies) – 94.8% (tie)

5. Ireland (96 bodies of water) – 94.8% (tie)

7. Denmark (1044 bodies of water) – 94%

8. Malta (87 bodies of water) – 92%

9. Spain (2275 bodies of water) – 87.6%

10. Portugal (667 bodies of water) – 86.2%

11. Germany (2291 bodies of water) – 90.3% (tie)

11. Italy (5533 bodies of water) – 90.3% (tie)

13. Lithuania (121 water bodies) – 89.3%

14. Luxembourg (17 bodies of water) – 88.2%

15. Finland (304 bodies of water) – 87.2%

16. Czech Republic (153 water bodies) – 79.1%

17. Slovenia (47 water bodies) – 78.7%

18. France (3361 bodies of water) – 74.9%

19. Latvia (59 water bodies) – 74.6%

20. Switzerland (196 bodies of water) – 74.5%

21. Sweden (468 bodies of water) – 72.9%

22. The Netherlands (746 bodies of water) – 72.3%

23. Slovakia (32 bodies of water) – 71.9%

24. Romania (50 bodies of water) – 70%

25. Belgium (130 bodies of water) – 67.7%

26. Estonia (65 water bodies) – 66.2%

27. Hungary (283 bodies of water) – 62.5%

28. Poland (739 bodies of water) – 54.9

29. Albania (119 water bodies) – 41.2%