International Rankings of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Bosnia and Herzegovina, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	71	19.42	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	79	745887	N/A
Internet users - percent of population	90	70.12 %	2018
Internet users - total	105	2.700 million	N/A
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	80	18.97	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	83	728322	N/A
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	141	97.79	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	133	3.756 million	N/A
Economy
Budget - expenditures	102	7.607 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	99	7.993 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	15	2.10 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	127	873.000 million US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	114	10.870 billion US Dollars	2017
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	71	58	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	69	65	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	126	60	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	12	96	2020
Exports	104	8.843 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP (official exchange rate)	119	20.078 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	86	38.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	49	20.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	48	77.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	120	55.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	109	16.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	33	2.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	95	6.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	72	28.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	77	64.30 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	93	33 %	2011
Gross national saving	103	17	2019
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	82	25.80 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2011
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	22	2.90 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	98	12.561 billion US Dollars	2019
Industrial production growth rate	58	3.00 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	74	1.20 %	2017
Labor force	144	806000 US Dollars	2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	75	18 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	18	30 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	101	52 %	2017
Population below poverty line	106	17 %	2015
Public debt	112	39.50 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	115	49.224 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP growth rate	64	3.00 %	2017
Real GDP per capita	108	14912 US Dollars	2019
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	90	6.474 billion US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	26	44.00 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	8	33.28 %	2019
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	85	22.070 million	2017
Crude oil - imports	64	18480	2015
Electricity - consumption	90	11.870 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	32	6.007 billion kWh	2015
Electricity - from fossil fuels	49	49	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	27	51	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	40	1	2017
Electricity - imports	50	3.084 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	84	4.676 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	86	16.990 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	96	226.500 million cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	69	226.500 million cubic meters	2017
Refined petroleum products - consumption	110	32000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	92	4603 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	129	18280 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	80	22 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	137	3 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	61	27 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	84	42	2018
Land use - arable land	50	20	2018
Land use - forest	63	43	2018
Land use - other	139	15	2018
Land use - permanent crops	66	2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	74	21	2018
Total renewable water resources	99	37.500 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	110	71.800 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	91	360.800 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	132	0.61	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	124	49	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	82	1.249 million tons	2015
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	121	12 tons	2015
Geography
Area - land	127	51187 sq km	N/A
Area - total	127	51197 sq km	N/A
Area - water	140	10 sq km	N/A
Coastline	169	20 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	79	2386 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	67	500 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	137	30 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	106	1543 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	84	42	2018
Land use - arable land	50	20	2018
Land use - forest	63	43	2018
Land use - other	139	15	2018
Land use - permanent crops	66	2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	74	21	2018
Total renewable water resources	98	37.500 billion	2017
Population Density	131	74.72 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	60	1 % of GDP	2019
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	171	10.83	1214
Age structure - 25-54 years	30	44.52	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	7	15.24	0168
Birth rate	194	8.50 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	81	45.80 %	1112
Current Health Expenditure	24	9 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	30	10.25 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	28	26.50 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	108	3.80 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	115	48.00 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	159	21.50 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	2	100 % of population	N/A
Hospital bed density	34	3.50 beds/1,000 population	2014
Infant mortality rate - female	162	5.19 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	167	5.44 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	164	5.32 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	58	81 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	68	75 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	68	78 years	N/A
Maternal mortality rate	105	10.00	2017
Median age - female	22	45 years	2020
Median age - male	18	42 years	N/A
Median age - total	19	43 years	N/A
Mother's mean age at first birth	24	28	2019
Net migration rate	92	0.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	85	17.90 %	2016
Physicians density	74	2.16 physicians/1,000 population	2015
Population	128	3.825 million	2021
Population growth rate	152	0.21 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	12	99 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	95	8 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	84	5 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	96	1 % of population	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	7	15 years	2014
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	7	14 years	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	8	14 years	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	8	1.07 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	17	1.07	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	24	1.01	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	27	0.95	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	44	0.67 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	7	1.07 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	22	0.95 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	138	1.35 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	23	38	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	16	31	N/A
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	21	34	N/A
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	132	0.61	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	124	49	2021
Transportation
Airports	100	24	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	43	1	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	35	4	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	71	7	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	33	2	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	29	1	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	53	5	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	80	17	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	56	11	2013
Heliports	20	6	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	134	87	2015
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	154	7070	2015
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	101	1.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways - total	80	965 km	2014
Roadways - paved	54	19426 km	N/A
Roadways - total	87	22926 km	2010

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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