International Rankings of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2022, 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	29	24.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	77	770424	2020
Internet users - percent of population	35	73.00 %	2020
Internet users - total	119	2.395 million	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	33	22.00	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	82	706135	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	68	107.00	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	132	3.510 million	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	100	7.607 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	97	7.993 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	12	2.10 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	122	873.000 million US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	111	10.870 billion US Dollars	2017
Exports	114	6.810 billion US Dollars	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	117	20.078 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	82	38.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	44	20.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	46	77.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	115	55.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	106	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	91	6.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	68	28.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	73	64.30 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	92	33 %	2011
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	105	9.710 billion US Dollars	2020
Industrial production growth rate	57	3.00 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	73	1.20 %	2017
Labor force	142	806000 US Dollars	2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	69	18 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	17	30 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	95	52 %	2017
Population below poverty line	101	17 %	2015
Public debt	110	39.50 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	111	47.050 billion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP growth rate	60	3.00 %	2017
Real GDP per capita	88	14300 US Dollars	2020
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	88	6.474 billion US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	25	44.00 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	8	33.28 %	2019
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	18	40.70	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	17	31.70	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	15	35.10	N/A
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	43	10.923 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	105	415000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	116	4.871 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	94	16.209 million	2019
Coal - consumption	38	7.752 million metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	26	525000 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	48	1.366 million metric tons	2020
Coal - production	29	6.966 million metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	23	2.264 billion metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	92	11.657 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	26	7.316 billion kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	48	3.266 billion kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	88	4.775 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	102	1.257 billion kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	56	0.10 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	79	62.80 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	52	35.40 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	63	0.30 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	56	1.50 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	80	71.815 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	103	218.266 million cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - imports	73	218.266 million cubic meters	2019
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	66	13900 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	118	34700 bbl/day	2019
Refined petroleum products - exports	90	4603 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	126	18280 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	78	22 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	134	3 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	60	27 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	81	42	2018
Land use - arable land	48	20	2018
Land use - forest	57	43	2018
Land use - other	131	15	2018
Land use - permanent crops	60	2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	71	21	2018
Total renewable water resources	97	37.500 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	108	71.800 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	89	360.800 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	128	0.61	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	111	50	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	81	1.249 million tons	2015
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	117	12 tons	2015
Geography
Area - land	124	51187 sq km	N/A
Area - total	124	51197 sq km	N/A
Area - water	137	10 sq km	N/A
Coastline	156	20 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	78	2386 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	65	500 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	139	30 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	104	1543 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	81	42	2018
Land use - arable land	48	20	2018
Land use - forest	57	43	2018
Land use - other	131	15	2018
Land use - permanent crops	60	2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	71	21	2018
Population Density	123	74.56 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	44	1 % of GDP	2021
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	162	10.83	1214
Age structure - 25-54 years	29	44.52	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	7	15.24	0168
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	19	4 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	93	1 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	72	5 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	187	8.41 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	90	2 %	2012
Contraceptive prevalence rate	78	45.80 %	1112
Current health expenditure	26	9 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	27	10.26 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	33	27.10 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	113	3.70 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	122	48.00 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	156	22.30 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	2	100 % of population	N/A
Hospital bed density	36	3.50 beds/1,000 population	2014
Infant mortality rate - female	158	5.07 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	161	5.34 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	157	5.21 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	56	81 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	65	75 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	61	78 years	N/A
Literacy - female	19	98 %	2015
Literacy - male	6	100 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	13	99 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	104	10.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	21	45 years	2020
Median age - male	17	42 years	N/A
Median age - total	17	43 years	N/A
Mother's mean age at first birth	29	28	2019
Net migration rate	90	0.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	81	17.90 %	2016
Physicians density	76	2.16 physicians/1,000 population	2015
Population	126	3.816 million	2022
Population growth rate	149	0.22 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	6	100 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	87	1 % of population	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	8	15 years	2014
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	6	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	1.06	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	19	1.02	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	25	0.96	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	53	0.42 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	6	1.07 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	22	0.95 male(s)/female	N/A
Tobacco use - female	8	28 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	28	42 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	13	35 %	2020
Total fertility rate	129	1.36 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	128	0.61	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	111	50	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	18	40.70	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	17	31.70	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	15	35.10	N/A
Transportation
Airports	100	24	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	43	1	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	34	4	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - total	69	7	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	33	2	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	29	1	N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	53	5	N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	80	17	N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	56	11	2021
Heliports	17	6	2021
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	131	87	2015
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	151	7070	2015
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	99	1.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways - total	81	965 km	2014
Roadways - paved	52	19426 km	2010
Roadways - total	85	22926 km	2010
Waterways	61	990 km	2022

*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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