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Bosnia & Herzegovina

Headline economic indicators for Bosnia & Herzegovina, with the most recent official readings.

Prices

Prices — Bosnia & Herzegovina
Indicator Value Change
Inflation rate · 4.0% +2.29 (+135.1%)
Consumer price index · 135.4 +5.18 (+4.0%)
GDP deflator inflation · 3.0% -1.30 (-30.1%)

GDP

GDP — Bosnia & Herzegovina
Indicator Value Change
GDP growth rate · 2.1% -1.10 (-34.0%)
GDP per capita · 10,381.85 +983.94 (+10.5%)
GDP growth, quarter on quarter · 1.0% +0.30 (+42.9%)
GDP growth, year on year (quarterly) · 2.4% +0.20 (+9.1%)
Industrial production, year on year (monthly) · -0.4% -0.30 (-300.0%)
Retail sales volume, year on year (monthly) · 1.2% +2.60 (+185.7%)
GDP per capita, long-run history · 12,143 +589.10 (+5.1%)
GDP · 32,599,982,936.39 +2,862,619,833 (+9.6%)
GDP, PPP · 81,059,241,793 +1,484,566,723 (+1.9%)
GDP per capita, PPP · 25,814 +666.25 (+2.6%)
GDP per capita growth · 2.9% -0.99 (-25.4%)
GNI per capita · 9,940 +1,130 (+12.8%)
Agriculture to GDP · 4.4% -0.14 (-3.1%)
Industry to GDP · 21.5% -0.90 (-4.0%)
Manufacturing to GDP · 12.0% -0.67 (-5.3%)
Services to GDP · 57.7% +1.04 (+1.8%)
Household consumption to GDP · 69.4% +0.45 (+0.7%)
Gross capital formation to GDP · 28.7% +1.37 (+5.0%)
Gross savings to GDP · 20.2% -1.14 (-5.4%)

Labour

Labour — Bosnia & Herzegovina
Indicator Value Change
Unemployment rate · 11.0% +0.35 (+3.2%)
Unemployment rate (monthly) · 11.4% +0.00 (+0.0%)
Labour force participation rate · 49.0% -0.25 (-0.5%)
Female labour force participation rate · 39.2% -0.16 (-0.4%)
Youth unemployment rate · 28.2% +0.87 (+3.2%)
Employment to population ratio · 43.6% -0.39 (-0.9%)
Employment in agriculture · 16.7% -0.41 (-2.4%)
Employment in industry · 30.6% -0.04 (-0.1%)
Employment in services · 52.7% +0.44 (+0.9%)

Money

Money — Bosnia & Herzegovina
Indicator Value Change
Real interest rate · 1.1% +1.15 (+1,166.1%)
Real effective exchange rate (monthly) · 108.1 -0.42 (-0.4%)
Nominal effective exchange rate (monthly) · 113.7 +0.04 (+0.0%)
Broad money to GDP · 72.8% +1.11 (+1.5%)
Private sector credit to GDP · 50.5% +2.45 (+5.1%)
Lending rate · 4.1% -0.11 (-2.6%)
Bank deposit rate · 1.9% +0.28 (+17.4%)
Bank nonperforming loans · 3.2% -0.67 (-17.4%)
Official exchange rate · 1.74 -0.07 (-4.0%)

Trade

Trade — Bosnia & Herzegovina
Indicator Value Change
Current account to GDP · -4.0% -0.42 (-11.7%)
Exports to GDP · 41.0% +0.30 (+0.7%)
Imports to GDP · 54.1% +0.06 (+0.1%)
Trade to GDP · 95.1% +0.36 (+0.4%)
Exports of goods and services · 13,366,489,381.94 +1,262,581,028 (+10.4%)
Imports of goods and services · 17,643,126,767.61 +1,567,856,957 (+9.8%)
Trade balance, goods and services (annual) · -4,245,275,150.97 -230,924,818 (-5.8%)
Current account balance (annual) · -1,318,798,606.94 -241,667,478 (-22.4%)
Foreign direct investment to GDP · 2.6% -0.66 (-20.1%)
Remittances received to GDP · 10.7% +0.21 (+2.0%)
Total reserves, including gold · 9,418,858,050.23 +213,941,216 (+2.3%)
Reserves in months of imports · 6.5 -0.16 (-2.4%)
External debt to GNI · 49.2% -1.40 (-2.8%)

Government

Government — Bosnia & Herzegovina
Indicator Value Change
Government debt to GDP · 39.7% -0.57 (-1.4%)
Government revenue to GDP · 37.6% +1.06 (+2.9%)
Government expense to GDP · 35.3% +1.87 (+5.6%)
Tax revenue to GDP · 20.2% +1.16 (+6.1%)
Government budget balance to GDP · -1.5% -0.53 (-54.6%)
Government consumption to GDP · 20.3% +0.73 (+3.7%)
Education spending to GDP · 3.2% +0.28 (+9.3%)
Health spending to GDP · 8.9% +0.21 (+2.4%)

Demography

Demography — Bosnia & Herzegovina
Indicator Value Change
Population · 3,140,095 -24,158 (-0.8%)
Population, long-run history · 3,876 -44.85 (-1.1%)
Population growth · -0.8% -0.11 (-16.9%)
Life expectancy · 78.0 +0.19 (+0.2%)
Fertility rate · 1.49 +0.01 (+0.4%)
Birth rate · 7.7 +0.01 (+0.1%)
Death rate · 13.5 +0.06 (+0.5%)
Urban population share · 52.7% +0.57 (+1.1%)
Population aged 65 and over · 22.9% +0.63 (+2.8%)
Under-five mortality rate · 6.9 +0.90 (+15.0%)
Population density · 61.8 -0.41 (-0.7%)
Net migration · -6,994 -2,497 (-55.5%)
Gini index · 30.3 -2.60 (-7.9%)

Source: Bank for International Settlements (BIS). Translated titles are not official BIS translations.

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

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