In the annual report that the European Environment Agency makes to control the quality of water for bathing, it is written that in Albania, 67% of beaches (80 of them) are classified as excellent quality.
The European agency has checked 119 points in our country during 2022 and classified beaches with excellent quality, good quality, sufficient and poor quality.
23 percent of beaches are of good quality, 2 percent are of sufficient quality and 7 percent of beaches are of poor quality.

It is noted that excellent quality beaches have declined from 2020, falling one category below, being classified as good quality. While the percentage of beaches with sufficient and poor quality continue to be the same as a year ago.
Meanwhile, the checks revealed that eight beaches continue to be problematic in Albania, for which the environmental agency must notify vacationers not to bathe because of various bacteria that cause diseases.
Two of the points are in Durrës, in the area of Plepa, while the other 3 points are located in Vlorë. Two in Pogradec and a small lake in Çorovode.
Meanwhile, in Albania, the number of bathing water areas with poor quality has decreased significantly since 2015, when 31 bathing areas (39.1%) were rated as poor.