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Government debt in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Bosnia and Herzegovina's government debt is 29.90 % — #19 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

29.90%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP)

The central government owes about 0.3 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Bosnia and Herzegovina over time

56.00 %37.10 %18.20 %56.00 % · 199918.20 % · 20071998: 54.40 %1999: 56.00 %2000: 34.60 %2001: 35.10 %2002: 31.10 %2003: 27.60 %2004: 25.50 %2005: 24.90 %2006: 20.60 %2007: 18.20 %2008: 30.30 %2009: 36.40 %2010: 42.20 %2011: 40.90 %2012: 43.60 %2013: 43.80 %2014: 47.10 %2015: 46.40 %2016: 44.90 %2017: 38.60 %2018: 34.50 %2019: 32.80 %2020: 37.20 %2021: 35.80 %2022: 31.20 %2023: 29.00 %2024: 29.40 %2025: 29.90 %19982012202529.90 %
28 official observations, 1998 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#19 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
85 %
105 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.50 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
26.10 pp
peak 56.00 % in 1999
Full series
▼ 24.50 pp
since 1998

In Europe: #6 of 37vs median 54.55 %: −24.65 pp (better)

Among 124 countries

5 of 124 countries between 12.30 % and 17.86 %4 of 124 countries between 17.86 % and 23.42 %9 of 124 countries between 23.42 % and 28.97 %9 of 124 countries between 28.97 % and 34.53 %9 of 124 countries between 34.53 % and 40.09 %11 of 124 countries between 40.09 % and 45.65 %8 of 124 countries between 45.65 % and 51.21 %11 of 124 countries between 51.21 % and 56.77 %8 of 124 countries between 56.77 % and 62.32 %7 of 124 countries between 62.32 % and 67.88 %6 of 124 countries between 67.88 % and 73.44 %5 of 124 countries between 73.44 % and 79.00 %6 of 124 countries between 79.00 % and 84.56 %7 of 124 countries between 84.56 % and 90.12 %2 of 124 countries between 90.12 % and 95.67 %3 of 124 countries between 95.67 % and 101.23 %4 of 124 countries between 101.23 % and 106.79 %1 of 124 countries between 106.79 % and 112.35 %2 of 124 countries between 112.35 % and 117.91 %1 of 124 countries between 123.47 % and 129.02 %2 of 124 countries between 134.58 % and 140.14 %4 of 124 countries between 140.14 % and 145.70 %median 54.40 %Bosnia and Herzegovina: ahead of 85 % of the 124 countries with a published government debtBosnia and Herzegovina 29.90 %12.30 %145.70 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 36.00 % and 80.30 %. Bosnia and Herzegovina is ahead of 85 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Bosnia and Herzegovina
17 Denmark27.50 %−2.40 pp
18 Guyana28.60 %−1.30 pp
19 Bosnia and Herzegovina29.90 %—
20 Peru30.20 %+0.30 pp
21 Andorra30.30 %+0.40 pp

General government gross debt as a share of GDP (IMF World Economic Outlook, annual).

How to read this figure

Central government debt as a share of GDP (World Bank). General government debt (including local government and social funds) can be meaningfully higher; comparisons across countries are indicative.

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