BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Capital Sarajevo
Area (km2) 51 197
Total population (thousands, 2013) 3 531
Population density (per km2) 69
National currency Convertible mark (BAM)
National statistical office www.bhas.ba
Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Women in the labour force, 2017
   percentage of total for both sexes 39%
Gender pay gap
   monthly earnings ..
   hourly wage ..
Women in part-time employment, 2017
   percentage of employed women 10%
Female tertiary students, 2016
   percentage of total for both sexes 57%
Female victims of homicide, 2016
   percentage of total for both sexes 33%
Women researchers, 2016
   percentage of total for both sexes 47%
Life expectancy at birth, 2017
   females, years 79.7
   males, years 74.7
Life expectancy at 65, 2014
   females, years 18.1
   males, years 15.9
Total fertility rate, 2017
   average number of children per woman 1.3
Adolescent fertility rate, 2013
   number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 11.7
Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2017
   age in years 27.3
 
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
Employment
 (% change over previous year)
-0.2
1.0
-1.2
1.2
-2.6
1.9
Unemployment rate
 (%)
28.0
27.5
27.5
27.7
25.4
20.5
Youth unemployment rate
 (%)
63.1
59.1
62.7
62.3
54.3
45.8
GDP
   current prices, millions of US dollars, PPP, 2017 46 033
GDP, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2017 13 126
Exports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2017 40.1
Imports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2017 56.4
Final consumption expenditure, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2017 12 984
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
   BAM per USD, US=1, 2017 0.682
Forest resources
   Area of forest
 (percentage of land area, 2015)
 43
   Wood volume
 (m3 per inhabitant)
 ..
Transport infrastructure, road accidents and traffic
   Railways
      total length in kilometres, 2017 1 018
   Motorways
      total length in kilometres, 2017 172
   Persons injured in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2017 2 900
   Persons killed in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2017 86
   Traffic, railways
      million passenger-kilometres, 2017 29
      million tonne-kilometres, 2017 1 116
   Traffic, roads
      million passenger-kilometres, 2015 1 690
      million tonne-kilometres, 2015 3 405