zuhd.news ← Map
SOUTHEAST EUROPE

Bosnia and Herzegovina

BA

Sarajevo · pop. 3M · Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian · Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark

Trajectories

economic complexity

#45

A major climb in export sophistication, from #67 in 1995.

2024 · 0.66

Harvard Growth Lab · thin line is the world’s median
the numbers30
whenvaluechange
1995low0.21
19960.59+0.38 pts
19970.50−0.09 pts
19980.29−0.21 pts
19990.47+0.17 pts
20000.36−0.11 pts
20010.33−0.03 pts
20020.34+0.01 pts
20030.38+0.04 pts
20040.59+0.21 pts
20050.42−0.18 pts
20060.39−0.03 pts
20070.44+0.05 pts
20080.440 pts
20090.39−0.05 pts
20100.34−0.05 pts
20110.31−0.03 pts
20120.45+0.14 pts
20130.40−0.05 pts
20140.41+0.01 pts
20150.36−0.05 pts
20160.43+0.07 pts
20170.430 pts
20180.51+0.08 pts
20190.57+0.06 pts
20200.53−0.04 pts
20210.57+0.04 pts
20220.58+0.01 pts
20230.580 pts
2024latest0.66+0.08 pts

economic momentum

$9,359

Quadrupled since 2000. GDP per head in 2024, in current US dollars.

2024 · $9,359

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median
the numbers35
whenvaluechange
1990$1,743
1991$1,373−21.2%
1992$1,118−18.6%
1993$930−16.8%
1994low$337−63.7%
1995$502+49.0%
1996$719+43.1%
1997$914+27.1%
1998$1,007+10.2%
1999$1,135+12.7%
2000$1,338+18.0%
2001$1,388+3.7%
2002$1,607+15.8%
2003$2,034+26.6%
2004$2,453+20.6%
2005$2,740+11.7%
2006$3,166+15.6%
2007$3,931+24.2%
2008$4,842+23.2%
2009$4,540−6.2%
2010$4,506−0.7%
2011$4,983+10.6%
2012$4,694−5.8%
2013$5,035+7.3%
2014$5,206+3.4%
2015$4,662−10.4%
2016$4,929+5.7%
2017$5,345+8.4%
2018$6,048+13.1%
2019$6,122+1.2%
2020$6,130+0.1%
2021$7,295+19.0%
2022$7,656+4.9%
2023$8,663+13.2%
2024latest$9,359+8.0%

prices

1.7%

A year’s rise in consumer prices, in 2024. The world’s median was 3.1%.

2024 · 1.7%

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median
the numbers19
whenvaluechange
20066.1%
20071.5%−4.62 pts
20087.4%+5.93 pts
2009−0.4%−7.81 pts
20102.0%+2.38 pts
20113.7%+1.68 pts
20122.1%−1.62 pts
2013−0.1%−2.15 pts
2014−0.9%−0.80 pts
2015−1.0%−0.14 pts
2016low−1.6%−0.55 pts
20170.8%+2.39 pts
20181.4%+0.61 pts
20190.6%−0.85 pts
2020−1.1%−1.61 pts
20212.0%+3.03 pts
2022high14.0%+12.0 pts
20236.1%−7.91 pts
2024latest1.7%−4.41 pts

demographic curve

1.5 children per woman

Below replacement: shrinking in the long run unless migration offsets it.

2024 · 1.5

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median · rule marks replacement (2.1)
the numbers65
whenvaluechange
1960high4.0
19613.9−1.9%
19623.8−2.1%
19633.7−2.8%
19643.6−2.7%
19653.5−1.9%
19663.4−3.9%
19673.2−5.2%
19683.1−4.4%
19693.0−4.0%
19702.8−5.5%
19712.7−1.5%
19722.7−2.8%
19732.5−5.0%
19742.5−3.3%
19752.4−2.6%
19762.3−3.1%
19772.2−5.1%
19782.1−5.3%
19792.0−4.2%
19802.0−0.7%
19812.0+2.2%
19822.1+1.4%
19832.0−0.1%
19842.0−1.7%
19852.0−2.7%
19861.9−2.6%
19871.9−1.6%
19881.8−1.6%
19891.8−3.1%
19901.8−0.3%
19911.8−0.2%
19921.8−1.3%
19931.7−1.6%
19941.7−1.8%
19951.7−1.7%
19961.7−1.0%
19971.7+2.1%
19981.6−7.4%
19991.4−12.5%
20001.3−6.1%
20011.2−4.1%
20021.2+0.1%
20031.2−1.0%
20041.2+0.2%
20051.2−1.5%
2006low1.2−1.9%
20071.2+0.8%
20081.2+1.7%
20091.3+4.7%
20101.3−0.6%
20111.2−4.0%
20121.3+3.6%
20131.3+2.1%
20141.3−1.3%
20151.3+4.8%
20161.4+2.9%
20171.4+4.3%
20181.5+6.0%
20191.5+0.3%
20201.5+0.4%
20211.5−1.7%
20221.5−0.6%
20231.5+0.3%
2024latest1.5+0.4%

Metrics

  1. population
    3M
    134 of 176
    REST Countries · UN data
  2. gdp
    $28B
    109 of 170
    World Bank · latest available
  3. gdp per capita
    $8,663
    71 of 170
    World Bank · latest available
  4. military spending
    $197M
    122 of 151
    SIPRI via World Bank
  5. military % of gdp
    0.7%
    131 of 148
    SIPRI via World Bank
  6. area
    51K km²
    129 of 176
    REST Countries
  7. population density
    59 /km²
    98 of 176
    zuhd — derived from population and area
  8. life expectancy
    77.8 yr
    50 of 175
    World Bank · latest available
  9. internet access
    83%
    75 of 166
    ITU via World Bank
  10. co₂ per capita
    6.4 t
    32 of 163
    World Bank · Climate Watch
  11. urbanisation
    53%
    115 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
  12. fertility rate
    1.5
    118 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
  13. foreign-born share
    1.1%
    124 of 167
    World Bank · UN DESA
  14. remittances % of gdp
    10.7%
    21 of 155
    World Bank · IMF BOP
  15. r&d % of gdp
    0.2%
    87 of 123
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
  16. researchers per million
    705
    63 of 118
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
  17. scientific articles / yr
    1,083
    86 of 168
    NSF / World Bank
  18. high-tech exports %
    6%
    74 of 153
    World Bank · UN Comtrade
  19. gini inequality
    30
    29 of 139
    World Bank · PovcalNet
  20. youth unemployment
    28%
    147 of 166
    ILO via World Bank
  21. adult literacy
    97%
    25 of 109
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
  22. democracy (v-dem)
    0.34
    82 of 163
    V-Dem via Our World in Data
  23. clean government
    33
    100 of 164
    Transparency International via Our World in Data
  24. press freedom
    28.3
    51 of 163
    RSF via Our World in Data
  25. human development
    0.804
    62 of 164
    UNDP via Our World in Data

Recent coverage · 1

  1. Dodik’s Party Wins Despite Ban politics