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Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina's public holidays is 4 days, the 3rd lowest of 104. And its bank spread is 2.21 %, the 3rd lowest of 62.
Of 17 fields published for Bosnia and Herzegovina, these two sit furthest from the middle of the atlas.
Is it expensive, or does the pay keep up?
Price level
40 % of US prices
Average monthly salary
$2,254 PPP/mo
The average employee in Bosnia and Herzegovina earns about $2,254 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
What is left after the state takes its share?
Average monthly salary
$2,254 PPP/mo
The average employee in Bosnia and Herzegovina earns about $2,254 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Minimum wage
$850 PPP/mo
The law in Bosnia and Herzegovina sets the floor at about $850 a month, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Does money in the bank keep its value?
Savings vs inflation
0.20 %
A bank account in Bosnia and Herzegovina currently gains about 0.2 pp of purchasing power a year.
Deposit rate
1.89 %
Inflation rate
1.69 %
At 1.7 % a year, prices double in about 43 years if it holds.
Corporate tax
10.00 %
ranked 10th of 96
Where Bosnia and Herzegovina sits, field by field
Each dot is Bosnia and Herzegovina’s position among every country that publishes that field. Sorted by distance from the middle, so what is unusual about the country comes first.
- Public holidays4 days102 of 104
- Bank spread2.21 %3 of 62
- Lending rate4.10 %4 of 67
- Electricity price€0.103/kWh4 of 33
- Corporate tax10.00 %10 of 96
- Unemployment rate11.04 %109 of 124
- Government debt28.80 %17 of 125
- Inflation rate1.69 %23 of 126
- Deposit rate1.89 %53 of 70
- Debt per person$2,99037 of 124
- Minimum wage$850 PPP/mo32 of 90
- Median salary$2,601 PPP/mo30 of 79
- GDP growth2.13 %80 of 127
- Price level40 % of US prices50 of 125
- Savings vs inflation0.20 %42 of 70
- Average monthly salary$2,254 PPP/mo39 of 93
- GDP per capita$10,38268 of 127
- Cost of money
- Work & income
- Housing & living
- Macro
Financially nearest · computed, not curated
Algeria
avg gap 18.7 pp · 13 shared fields
Most separates them: bank spread — 2.21 % (Bosnia and Herzegovina) vs 6.25 %
Kuwait
avg gap 19 pp · 13 shared fields
Most separates them: unemployment — 11.04 % (Bosnia and Herzegovina) vs 2.18 %
Brunei
avg gap 21.7 pp · 12 shared fields
Most separates them: bank spread — 2.21 % (Bosnia and Herzegovina) vs 5.19 %
Botswana
avg gap 21.7 pp · 16 shared fields
Most separates them: median earnings — $2,601 PPP/mo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) vs $471 PPP/mo
| Deposit rate | 1.89 % | ranked 53rd of 70 | |
| Debt per person | $2,990 | ranked 37th of 124 | |
| Minimum wage | $850 PPP/mo | ranked 32nd of 90 | |
| Median salary | $2,601 PPP/mo | ranked 30th of 79 | |
| GDP growth | 2.13 % | ranked 80th of 127 | |
| Price level | 40 % of US prices | ranked 50th of 125 | |
| Savings vs inflation | 0.20 % | ranked 42nd of 70 | |
| Average monthly salary | $2,254 PPP/mo | ranked 39th of 93 | |
| GDP per capita | $10,382 | ranked 68th of 127 |
✓ 17 fields published for Bosnia and Herzegovina, every one dated and sourced · 18 not published yet
Awaiting an official source for Bosnia and Herzegovina: mortgage rate, real policy rate, take-home pay, tax on pay, house price growth since 2015, house price growth, rent, petrol, tax wedge, minimum wage, retirement age (men), retirement age (women), average salary, median income, vat, top income tax, currency, money's value.
Sources for all 17 figures
- Public holidays — Public holiday calendar (Nager.Date) · 2026
- Bank spread — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Lending rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2025
- Electricity price — Eurostat household energy prices (nrg_pc_204 / nrg_pc_202) · 2026-S1
- Corporate tax — OECD Corporate Tax Statistics · 2026
- Unemployment rate — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Government debt — IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP) · 2025
- Inflation rate — Annual CPI inflation (shared satsatlas data engine: World Bank + Eurostat + SSB) · 2024
- Deposit rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2025
- Debt per person — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Minimum wage — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- Median salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2025
- GDP growth — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Price level — World Bank PPP conversion factor ÷ official exchange rate (PA.NUS.PPP, PA.NUS.FCRF) · 2025
- Savings vs inflation — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2024
- Average monthly salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2025
- GDP per capita — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
What changed
| 13 Oct 2026 | Government debt per person (USD) | 3104 → 2990 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | Government debt (% of GDP) | 29.9 → 28.8 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | Household electricity price | 0.0991 → 0.1033 |
| 6 Sept 2026 | Government debt per person (USD) | 4126 → 3104 |
| 6 Sept 2026 | Government debt (% of GDP) | 39.7426659459337 → 29.9 |
| 24 Aug 2026 | Median monthly earnings (USD PPP) | 2716.01 → 2600.68 |
| 24 Aug 2026 | Mean monthly earnings (USD PPP) | 2269.77 → 2254.43 |
| 9 Aug 2026 | Bank spread (lending − deposit) | 2.33 → 2.21 |
| 9 Aug 2026 | Bank lending rate | 4.22 → 4.1 |