Swimming & Water Sports

This ranking compares how well a country works for swimming and water sports. It rates bathing places, diving, surfing, sailing and marina offers, usable lakes and coastlines, sports and leisure infrastructure, and practical travel and payment usability.
1 Australia100 points 100 points 100
2 Spain98 points 98 points 98
3 France96 points 96 points 96
3 Italy96 points 96 points 96
5 Japan95 points 95 points 95
5 New Zealand95 points 95 points 95
5 United States95 points 95 points 95
8 Maldives94 points 94 points 94
9 Greece92 points 92 points 92
9 Portugal92 points 92 points 92
11 Tahiti90 points 90 points 90
12 Croatia89 points 89 points 89
13 Seychelles88 points 88 points 88
13 Turks and Caicos Islands88 points 88 points 88
15 Chinese Taipei86 points 86 points 86
15 Cyprus86 points 86 points 86
15 Indonesia86 points 86 points 86
15 Korea Republic86 points 86 points 86
15 Malta86 points 86 points 86
15 Thailand86 points 86 points 86
21 Israel85 points 85 points 85
22 Brazil84 points 84 points 84
22 Fiji84 points 84 points 84
22 Mauritius84 points 84 points 84
22 Mexico84 points 84 points 84
22 Philippines84 points 84 points 84
27 Netherlands83 points 83 points 83
27 Norway83 points 83 points 83
29 Bahamas82 points 82 points 82
29 Cayman Islands82 points 82 points 82
29 Costa Rica82 points 82 points 82
29 Egypt82 points 82 points 82
33 Aruba81 points 81 points 81
33 Bermuda81 points 81 points 81
33 Denmark81 points 81 points 81
33 Germany81 points 81 points 81
33 Malaysia81 points 81 points 81
33 Monaco81 points 81 points 81
33 United Kingdom81 points 81 points 81
40 Canada80 points 80 points 80
40 Martinique80 points 80 points 80
40 Puerto Rico80 points 80 points 80
40 U.S. Virgin Islands80 points 80 points 80
40 United Arab Emirates80 points 80 points 80
45 Ireland79 points 79 points 79
46 Barbados78 points 78 points 78
46 Bulgaria78 points 78 points 78
46 Guadeloupe78 points 78 points 78
46 Jamaica78 points 78 points 78
46 Montenegro78 points 78 points 78
46 Sweden78 points 78 points 78
52 Belgium77 points 77 points 77
52 British Virgin Islands77 points 77 points 77
52 Curacao77 points 77 points 77
52 Dominican Republic77 points 77 points 77
52 Hong Kong77 points 77 points 77
52 New Caledonia77 points 77 points 77
52 Panama77 points 77 points 77
52 Singapore77 points 77 points 77
52 Slovenia77 points 77 points 77
52 South Africa77 points 77 points 77
52 Turkey77 points 77 points 77
63 Antigua and Barbuda76 points 76 points 76
63 Réunion76 points 76 points 76
65 Colombia75 points 75 points 75
65 Saint Lucia75 points 75 points 75
67 Estonia74 points 74 points 74
67 Finland74 points 74 points 74
67 Iceland74 points 74 points 74
67 Saint-Martin74 points 74 points 74
67 Trinidad and Tobago74 points 74 points 74
72 Anguilla73 points 73 points 73
72 Chile73 points 73 points 73
72 Sint Maarten73 points 73 points 73
75 Cook Islands72 points 72 points 72
75 Saint Kitts and Nevis72 points 72 points 72
77 Belize71 points 71 points 71
77 Cuba71 points 71 points 71
77 Guam71 points 71 points 71
77 Poland71 points 71 points 71
77 Uruguay71 points 71 points 71
82 American Samoa70 points 70 points 70
82 Argentina70 points 70 points 70
82 Ecuador70 points 70 points 70
82 Georgia70 points 70 points 70
82 Gibraltar70 points 70 points 70
82 Grenada70 points 70 points 70
82 Latvia70 points 70 points 70
82 Lithuania70 points 70 points 70
82 Palau70 points 70 points 70
82 Peru70 points 70 points 70
82 Qatar70 points 70 points 70
82 Romania70 points 70 points 70
82 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines70 points 70 points 70
82 Vietnam70 points 70 points 70
96 Sri Lanka69 points 69 points 69
97 Brunei68 points 68 points 68
97 Cape Verde68 points 68 points 68
97 Morocco68 points 68 points 68
97 Oman68 points 68 points 68
101 Albania67 points 67 points 67
101 India67 points 67 points 67
101 Tunisia67 points 67 points 67
104 Dominica66 points 66 points 66
104 Northern Mariana Islands66 points 66 points 66
106 Bahrain65 points 65 points 65
106 China65 points 65 points 65
106 French Guiana65 points 65 points 65
106 Kenya65 points 65 points 65
106 Mayotte65 points 65 points 65
106 Montserrat65 points 65 points 65
112 Faroe Islands64 points 64 points 64
112 Macau64 points 64 points 64
112 Samoa64 points 64 points 64
112 Saudi Arabia64 points 64 points 64
112 Tanzania64 points 64 points 64
112 Venezuela64 points 64 points 64
112 Zanzibar64 points 64 points 64
119 Bosnia and Herzegovina63 points 63 points 63
120 Honduras62 points 62 points 62
120 Niue62 points 62 points 62
122 Lebanon61 points 61 points 61
123 Austria60 points 60 points 60
123 Cambodia60 points 60 points 60
123 Czech Republic60 points 60 points 60
123 El Salvador60 points 60 points 60
123 Guatemala60 points 60 points 60
123 Liechtenstein60 points 60 points 60
123 Luxembourg60 points 60 points 60
123 Switzerland60 points 60 points 60
123 Tonga60 points 60 points 60
132 Marshall Islands59 points 59 points 59
132 Slovakia59 points 59 points 59
132 Vanuatu59 points 59 points 59
135 Azerbaijan58 points 58 points 58
135 Jordan58 points 58 points 58
135 Namibia58 points 58 points 58
135 Nicaragua58 points 58 points 58
139 Hungary57 points 57 points 57
139 Senegal57 points 57 points 57
141 Andorra56 points 56 points 56
141 Greenland56 points 56 points 56
141 Micronesia56 points 56 points 56
141 São Tomé and Príncipe56 points 56 points 56
141 Ukraine56 points 56 points 56
141 Wallis and Futuna56 points 56 points 56
147 Russia55 points 55 points 55
148 Ghana54 points 54 points 54
148 Kiribati54 points 54 points 54
148 Kuwait54 points 54 points 54
148 Tuvalu54 points 54 points 54
152 Comoros53 points 53 points 53
152 Madagascar53 points 53 points 53
152 Solomon Islands53 points 53 points 53
155 Guyana52 points 52 points 52
155 Ivory Coast52 points 52 points 52
155 Papua New Guinea52 points 52 points 52
155 Suriname52 points 52 points 52
159 Iran51 points 51 points 51
159 Mozambique51 points 51 points 51
159 Saint Pierre and Miquelon51 points 51 points 51
159 San Marino51 points 51 points 51
159 Serbia51 points 51 points 51
164 Gabon50 points 50 points 50
164 Gambia50 points 50 points 50
166 Algeria49 points 49 points 49
166 Armenia49 points 49 points 49
166 North Macedonia49 points 49 points 49
166 Pakistan49 points 49 points 49
166 Timor-Leste49 points 49 points 49
171 Nauru48 points 48 points 48
172 Nigeria46 points 46 points 46
173 Bangladesh45 points 45 points 45
173 Benin45 points 45 points 45
173 Togo45 points 45 points 45
176 Belarus44 points 44 points 44
176 Cameroon44 points 44 points 44
176 Djibouti44 points 44 points 44
176 Equatorial Guinea44 points 44 points 44
176 Kazakhstan44 points 44 points 44
176 Sierra Leone44 points 44 points 44
182 Liberia43 points 43 points 43
183 Congo42 points 42 points 42
183 Kosovo42 points 42 points 42
183 Libya42 points 42 points 42
183 Myanmar42 points 42 points 42
187 Angola41 points 41 points 41
187 Bolivia41 points 41 points 41
187 Guinea41 points 41 points 41
187 Guinea-Bissau41 points 41 points 41
187 Moldova41 points 41 points 41
187 Palestine41 points 41 points 41
193 Malawi38 points 38 points 38
193 Mauritania38 points 38 points 38
193 Mongolia38 points 38 points 38
193 Uzbekistan38 points 38 points 38
197 Kyrgyzstan37 points 37 points 37
197 Paraguay37 points 37 points 37
199 Botswana36 points 36 points 36
199 Haiti36 points 36 points 36
199 Nepal36 points 36 points 36
202 Bhutan35 points 35 points 35
203 Congo DR34 points 34 points 34
203 Eritrea34 points 34 points 34
203 Iraq34 points 34 points 34
203 Tajikistan34 points 34 points 34
207 Laos33 points 33 points 33
207 Rwanda33 points 33 points 33
207 Zambia33 points 33 points 33
210 Korea DPR32 points 32 points 32
210 Somalia32 points 32 points 32
210 Syria32 points 32 points 32
210 Western Sahara32 points 32 points 32
210 Yemen32 points 32 points 32
215 Uganda31 points 31 points 31
215 Zimbabwe31 points 31 points 31
217 Sudan30 points 30 points 30
217 Swaziland30 points 30 points 30
219 Lesotho29 points 29 points 29
219 Turkmenistan29 points 29 points 29
221 Ethiopia28 points 28 points 28
222 Burkina Faso23 points 23 points 23
223 Mali20 points 20 points 20
224 Burundi19 points 19 points 19
224 Niger19 points 19 points 19
226 Chad18 points 18 points 18
227 Central African Republic17 points 17 points 17
228 Afghanistan16 points 16 points 16
229 South Sudan15 points 15 points 15

Last rating: June 25th, 2026

How the Raw Value Is Calculated

The raw value is a 0-100 point value for swimming and water sports from a visitor perspective. 100 means very good opportunities for swimming, diving, surfing, sailing, boating or other water-based activities.

The calculation combines beach quality, sports and leisure infrastructure, visitor outdoor activities, tourist information quality, airport-to-destination transfer, payment infrastructure, digital travel services and a limited destination-maturity component.

Public source families include Blue Flag for beaches, marinas and sustainable tourism boats, OpenStreetMap and Overpass for swimming, marina and water-sport places, Wikidata and national tourism portals for surf, diving, sailing and lake regions, Natural Earth coastline context, and maintained Nomadino indicators on beaches, sports, infrastructure and visitor usability.

Landlocked countries can receive points through lakes and water-sport offers, but they are capped where no strong bathing or coastal foundation is visible. The rating equals the rounded raw value; higher values improve the ranking.