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Browse additional economic indicators and data sets, selected by Global Finance editors, to learn more about Bosnia and Herzegovina economic outlook, debt to GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends. Rankings of the country best banks and safest banks are also available.
Bosnia-Herzegovina competes aggressively with other Balkan countries to attract foreign investment.
USD 6.8 billion (2018)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved October 2019
USD 19.9 billion (2018, estimate)
Intl$ 47.3 billion (2018, estimate)
2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
6% | 5.6% | -0.8% | 0.8% | 0.9% | -0.7% | 2.4% |
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* | ||
1.2% | 3.1% | 3.2% | 3% | 3.1% |
*Estimate
1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2019* |
N/A | N/A | 0.04% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
*Estimate
(2018 estimate)
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
-1% | -1.6% | 0.8% | 1.4% | 1.1% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
27.7% | 25.4% |
20.5% |
18.4% | 18% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
45.5% | 44.1% | 39.2% | 34.3% | 33.3% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
-0.2% | 0.3% | 1.8% | 1.7% | 1.3% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: B
Moody's: B3
Standard & Poor's / Moody's
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
N/A | N/A | N/A |
-4.1 % (2018 estimate)
41.4% (2018)
0.04% (2018)
0.04% (2018)
Machinery and equipment, chemicals, fuels, foodstuffs
Germany 14.7%, Croatia 11.8%, Italy 11.1%, Serbia 10%, Slovenia 9%, Austria 8.3% (2017)
Germany 11.6%, Italy 11.3%, Serbia 11.1%, Croatia 10.1%, China 6.5%, Slovenia 5%, Russia 4.7%, Turkey 4.2% (2017)
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 319 million | USD 448 million | USD 468 million |
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 35 million | USD 76 million | USD 18 million |
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
N/A
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Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking:
90 out of 190 countries
Subcategories:
Starting a Business: 184 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 173 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 74 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 96 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 67 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 88 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 141 out of 190 countries
Trading across Borders: 27 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 93 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 37 out of 190 countries
92 out of 141 countries
(2019)
Ranking: 83 / Score: 61.9 (Moderately free)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
Bosnian (official) 52.9%, Serbian (official) 30.8%, Croatian (official) 14.6%, other 1.6%, no answer 0.2% (2013 est.)
Muslim 50.7%, Orthodox 30.7%, Roman Catholic 15.2%, atheist 0.8%, agnostic 0.3%, other 1.2%, undeclared/no answer 1.1% (2013 est.)
1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020* |
N/A | 3.77 million | 3.72 million | 3.54 million | 3.5 million |
*Estimate
1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2018 |
19% | 35.5% | 42.4% | 48.2% |
Total population: 98.5%
Male: 99.5%
Female: 97.5%
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)
0.8% (last available estimate, 2011)
33 (last available estimate, 2011)
(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)
Partly Free
Political Rights: 4
Civil Liberties: 4 (2019)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed: 19.6%
Mobile: 104.1%
(2018)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)