BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Capital Sarajevo
Area (km2) 51 197
Total population (thousands, 2021) 3 453
Population density (per km2) 67
National currency Convertible mark (BAM)
National statistical office www.bhas.ba
Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Women in the labour force, 2023
   percentage of total for both sexes 42%
Gender pay gap
   monthly earnings ..
   hourly wage ..
Women in part-time employment, 2021
   percentage of employed women 4%
Female tertiary students, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 60%
Female victims of homicide, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 22%
Women researchers, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 49%
Life expectancy at birth, 2021
   females, years 77.5
   males, years 73.1
Life expectancy at 65, 2021
   females, years 15.6
   males, years 12.7
Total fertility rate, 2021
   average number of children per woman 1.2
Adolescent fertility rate, 2021
   number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 8.7
Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2021
   age in years 28.1
 
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
Employment
 (% change over previous year)
3.7
3.1
1.4
-1.0
0.9
2.0
Unemployment rate
 (%)
20.5
18.4
15.7
15.9
17.4
16.9
Youth unemployment rate
 (%)
45.8
38.8
33.8
36.6
35.1
..
GDP
   current prices, millions of US dollars, PPP, 2023 74 600
GDP, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2023 21 466
Exports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2022 48.1
Imports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2022 61.9
Final consumption expenditure, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2022 16 782
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
   BAM per USD, US=1, 2023 0.667
Forest resources
   Area of forest
 (percentage of land area, 2015)
 43
   Wood volume
 (m3 per inhabitant)
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Transport infrastructure, road accidents and traffic
   Railways
      total length in kilometres, 2022 1 018
   Motorways
      total length in kilometres, 2022 231
   Persons injured in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2021 2 848
   Persons killed in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2021 75
   Traffic, railways
      million passenger-kilometres, 2022 31
      million tonne-kilometres, 2022 1 249
   Traffic, roads
      million passenger-kilometres, 2015 1 690
      million tonne-kilometres, 2015 3 405