Bosnien und Herzegowina - Daten & Fakten
Länderstatistik
geographic coordinates: 43 52 N, 18 25 E
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October
etymology: the name derives from the Turkish noun saray, meaning "palace" or "mansion," and the term ova, signifying "plain(s)," to give a meaning of "palace plains" or "the plains about the palace"
citizenship by descent only: at least one parent must be a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina
dual citizenship recognized: yes, provided there is a bilateral agreement with the other state
residency requirement for naturalization: 8 years
land: 51,187 sq km
water: 10 sq km
arable land: 19.7% (2018 est.)
permanent crops: 2% (2018 est.)
permanent pasture: 20.5% (2018 est.)
forest: 42.8% (2018 est.)
other: 15% (2018 est.)
15-64 years: 69% (male 1,319,995/female 1,307,304)
65 years and over: 17.86% (2023 est.) (male 277,555/female 402,392)
major-language sample(s):
Knjiga svjetskih činjenica, neophodan izvor osnovnih informacija. (Bosnian)
Knjiga svetskih činjenica, neophodan izvor osnovnih informacija. (Serbian)
Knjiga svjetskih činjenica, nužan izvor osnovnih informacija. (Croatian)
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male: 75.3 years
female: 81.4 years
male: 42.7 years
female: 46.1 years
rate of urbanization: 0.61% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2014)
15.27% (2020 est.)
15.69% (2019 est.)
note: official rate; actual rate is lower as many technically unemployed persons work in the gray economy
44.63% of GDP (2019 est.)
45.56% of GDP (2018 est.)
note: data cover general government debt and includes debt instruments issued (or owned) by government entities other than the treasury; the data include treasury debt held by foreign entities; the data include debt issued by subnational entities, as well as intra-governmental debt; intra-governmental debt consists of treasury borrowings from surpluses in the social funds, such as for retirement, medical care, and unemployment; debt instruments for the social funds are not sold at public auctions.
-1.05% (2020 est.)
0.56% (2019 est.)
$6.936 billion (2020 est.)
$8.199 billion (2019 est.)
note: Data are in current year dollars and do not include illicit exports or re-exports.
$9.726 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$11.156 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 24 (2020 est.)
percent of population: 76% (2021 est.)
standard gauge: 965 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge (565 km electrified)
paved: 19,426 km (2010) (4,652 km of interurban roads)
unpaved: 3,500 km (2010)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 21 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 114 (2021 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina-Serbia: Serbia delimited about half of the boundary with Bosnia and Herzegovina, but sections along the Drina River remain in dispute.
Bosnia and Herzegovina-Croatia: none identified
Bosnia and Herzegovina-Montenegro: none identified