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Bosnia and Herzegovina
Quick facts
- Capital
- Sarajevo
- Population
- 3.9 m
- Area
- 51,209 km²
- Region
- Southeast Europe
- Languages
- Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
- Currency
- Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark (KM)
- Demonym
- Bosnian, Herzegovinian
- UN member
- Yes
How Bosnia and Herzegovina compares
Economy size$30 B
107th of 178 worldwide · 5th of 9 in Southeast Europe
Income per person$9,359
73rd of 178 worldwide · 7th of 9 in Southeast Europe
Life expectancy78.0 yrs
52nd of 179 worldwide · 4th of 9 in Southeast Europe
Internet access86.1%
73rd of 179 worldwide · 6th of 9 in Southeast Europe
Military spending$216 M
123rd of 163 worldwide · 7th of 9 in Southeast Europe
Highlights
GDP
$30 B
World Bank2024
Gross Domestic Product — the total market value of all goods and services produced in a year, at current prices.
GDP per capita
$9,359
World Bank2024
GDP divided by population — a rough measure of average economic output per person.
Life expectancy
78.0 yrs
World Bank2024
Years a newborn would live if current mortality patterns held throughout its life.
R&D spending
0.2%
Gross expenditure on research & development as a share of GDP.
Researchers (per million)
705
Full-time-equivalent researchers per million people.
Resource rents
0.8%
World Bank2021
Total natural-resource rents (oil, gas, mineral, forest) as a share of GDP.
The history journey
A medieval kingdom turned Ottoman, Habsburg and Yugoslav crossroads, scarred by the 1990s war yet remade as a single multi-ethnic state.
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