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Unemployment rate in Bosnia and Herzegovina

How hard is it to have a job there?

Bosnia and Herzegovina's unemployment rate is 11.04 % — #109 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

11.04%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

Unemployment rate in Bosnia and Herzegovina over time

31.11 %20.89 %10.67 %31.11 % · 200610.67 % · 20232000: 25.45 %2001: 26.48 %2002: 27.48 %2003: 28.42 %2004: 29.28 %2005: 30.22 %2006: 31.11 %2007: 28.98 %2008: 23.41 %2009: 24.07 %2010: 27.31 %2011: 27.58 %2012: 28.01 %2013: 27.49 %2014: 27.52 %2015: 27.70 %2016: 25.41 %2017: 20.53 %2018: 18.40 %2019: 15.69 %2020: 15.87 %2021: 14.90 %2022: 12.66 %2023: 10.67 %2024: 10.69 %2025: 11.04 %20002012202511.04 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#109 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
12 %
15 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.35 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
20.07 pp
peak 31.11 % in 2006
Full series
▼ 14.41 pp
since 2000

In Europe: #35 of 36vs median 5.25 %: +5.78 pp (worse)

Among 124 countries

6 of 124 countries between 0.78 % and 1.53 %6 of 124 countries between 1.53 % and 2.28 %12 of 124 countries between 2.28 % and 3.03 %16 of 124 countries between 3.03 % and 3.78 %7 of 124 countries between 3.78 % and 4.53 %15 of 124 countries between 4.53 % and 5.28 %14 of 124 countries between 5.28 % and 6.02 %7 of 124 countries between 6.02 % and 6.77 %6 of 124 countries between 6.77 % and 7.52 %2 of 124 countries between 7.52 % and 8.27 %10 of 124 countries between 8.27 % and 9.02 %3 of 124 countries between 9.02 % and 9.77 %3 of 124 countries between 9.77 % and 10.52 %2 of 124 countries between 10.52 % and 11.27 %3 of 124 countries between 11.27 % and 12.02 %1 of 124 countries between 12.02 % and 12.77 %1 of 124 countries between 12.77 % and 13.51 %2 of 124 countries between 13.51 % and 14.26 %1 of 124 countries between 14.26 % and 15.01 %2 of 124 countries between 15.01 % and 15.76 %1 of 124 countries between 16.51 % and 17.26 %4 of 124 countries between 18.01 % and 18.76 %median 5.23 %Bosnia and Herzegovina: ahead of 12 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentBosnia and Herzegovina 11.04 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Bosnia and Herzegovina is ahead of 12 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Bosnia and Herzegovina
107 Nepal10.46 %−0.57 pp
108 Lebanon10.98 %−0.05 pp
109 Bosnia and Herzegovina11.04 %—
110 Rwanda11.36 %+0.33 pp
111 Algeria11.63 %+0.60 pp

Unemployment, share of the labour force (World Bank / ILO estimate).

How to read this figure

Share of the labour force without work but actively seeking it (World Bank / ILO harmonised estimate). People outside the labour force — students, carers, the discouraged — are not counted.

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