International Rankings of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2023, 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	30	24	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	80	770424	2020
Internet users - percent of population	39	76 %	2021
Internet users - total	126	2.508 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	38	21	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	82	689295	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	47	114	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	134	3.729 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	2	9.2 % of household expenditures	2018
Average household expenditures - on food	29	30.7 % of household expenditures	2018
Budget - expenditures	103	8.154 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	100	8.434 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	15	2.1 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	119	557.887 million US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	113	10.870 billion US Dollars	2017
Exports	107	9.948 billion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	120	20.078 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	90	38.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	49	20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	48	77.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	123	55.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	111	16.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	34	2.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	95	6.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	72	28.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	84	64.3 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	89	33 %	2011
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	83	25.8 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2011
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	22	2.9 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Imports	105	12.726 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	37	8.87 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	134	1.98 %	2021
Labor force	140	1.169 million US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	75	18 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	19	30.4 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	105	51.7 %	2017
Population below poverty line	109	16.9 %	2015
Public debt	110	46.05 % of GDP	2020
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	114	51.244 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	47	7.55 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	98	15700 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	86	9.475 billion US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	94	19.01 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	32	15.22 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	31	39.9	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	34	28.2	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	27	32.9	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	45	10.923 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	107	415000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	118	4.871 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	41	7.752 million metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	26	525000 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	49	1.366 million metric tons	2020
Coal - production	32	6.966 million metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	25	2.264 billion metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	94	11.657 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	26	7.316 billion kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	49	3.266 billion kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	90	4.775 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	104	1.257 billion kWh	2019
Electricity access	1	100 %	2021
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	56	0.1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	87	62.8 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	53	35.4 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	66	0.3 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	59	1.5 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	83	71.815 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	105	218.266 million cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	75	218.266 million cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	68	13900 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	89	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	120	34700 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	106	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	94	4603 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	131	18280 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	80	21.85 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	138	2.92 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	62	27.25 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	86	42.2	2018
Land use - arable land	51	19.7	2018
Land use - forest	64	42.8	2018
Land use - other	142	15	2018
Land use - permanent crops	66	2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	76	20.5	2018
Revenue from coal	16	0.34 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	63	0.49 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	103	37.500 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	146	N/A cubic meters	2023
Total water withdrawal - industrial	88	60.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	83	310.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	133	0.61	2025
Urbanization - urban population	117	50.3	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	82	1.249 million tons	2015
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	124	12 tons	2015
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	88	0 %	2015
Geography
Area - land	129	51187 sq km	0
Area - total	130	51197 sq km	0
Area - water	140	10128 sq km	0
Coastline	184	20 km	0
Elevation - highest point	92	2386 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	68	500 meters	0
Irrigated land	145	30 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	108	1543 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	86	42.2	2018
Land use - arable land	51	19.7	2018
Land use - forest	64	42.8	2018
Land use - other	142	15	2018
Land use - permanent crops	66	2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	76	20.5	2018
Military
Military expenditures	46	0.8 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	19	4.19 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	50	0.17 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	96	0.62 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	74	5.46 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	63	0.47 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	204	8.31 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	94	1.6 %	2012
Contraceptive prevalence rate	79	45.8 %	1112
Current health expenditure	24	9.8 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	41	63.8 %	2023
Death rate	30	10.26 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	34	27.1 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	117	3.7 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	130	48 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	167	22.3 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	2	99.9 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	109	0 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	101	0.1 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	63	0.1 % of population	0
Education expenditures	74	N/A % of GDP	0
Gross reproduction rate	103	0.66 %	2023
Hospital bed density	37	3.5 beds/1,000 population	2014
Infant mortality rate - female	169	4.96 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	172	5.23 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	170	5.1 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	64	81.38 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	73	75.28 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	68	78.22 years	0
Literacy - female	17	98.1 %	2021
Literacy - male	6	99.4 %	0
Literacy - total population	17	98.1 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	116	6 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	22	44.8 years	2020
Median age - male	21	41.6 years	0
Median age - total	20	43.3 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	29	27.7	2019
Net migration rate	97	0.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	86	17.9 %	2016
Physicians density	76	2.16 physicians/1,000 population	2015
Population	132	3.808 million	2023
Population growth rate	153	0.23 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	6	99.5 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	120	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	122	N/A % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	89	0.5 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	8	15 years	2014
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	7	14 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	8	14 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	9	1.07 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	22	1.01 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	44	0.69 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	6	1.07 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	24	0.95 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	10	28 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	30	42 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	15	35 %	2020
Total fertility rate	139	1.37 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	133	0.61	2025
Urbanization - urban population	117	50.3	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	31	39.9	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	34	28.2	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	27	32.9	0
Transportation
Airports	101	24	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	82	171000	3280
Heliports	20	6	2021
Merchant marine - total	144	N/A	2023
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	135	87	2015
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	156	7070	2015
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	101	1	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	55	19426 km	2010
Roadways - total	96	22926 km	2010
Waterways	63	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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