0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 -2% 0% 2% 4% 6% 8%
GDP per capita (€) and annual growth (%)
in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the EU-28
Public finances, monetary and financial data
Bosnia and Herzegovina business environment and socio-economic indicators
Public debt (% of GDP)
Surplus/deficit (% of GDP)
Bosnia and Herzegovina total unemployment
and female labour market participation
FDI and remittances to Bosnia
and Herzegovina and the EU-28
GDP per capita
(left axis)
EU-28
BA
GDP growth
(right axis)
BA
EU-28
€
thousand
27.6
2.1%
2.5%
4.0
EU-28
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
2.0
1.8%
Remittances received (% of GDP)
FDI net inflows (% of GDP)
EU-28
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
BA mark/euro exchange rate (right axis)
Inflation rate BA (%, left axis)
The Ease of Doing Business’s ‘distance to frontier’ score assesses the overall level of regulatory performance of a country. It ranges from 0=’lowest performance’ to 100=’the frontier’, the best performance observed worldwide each year.
The Human Development Index (HDI) measures the average achievement in key dimensions of human development. It is based on life expectancy at birth, average duration of education and GDP per capita. It ranges from 0 to 100. ‘High human development countries’ (UN) are in the range between 70 and 80.
The Corruption Perception Index measures the perceived levels of public–sector corruption worldwide. Scores range from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). In 2016, two thirds of countries scored below 50.
The GINI Index measures the deviation of the distribution of income among individuals or households within a country from a perfectly equal distribution. It is hence a measure of inequality in income distri-bution. A value of 0 represents absolute equality, a value of 100 absolute inequality.
Rank
91/180 81/188 86/190 21/142Score
Ease of Doing Business
Human Development Index*
Corruption Perception Index
GINI Index*
Worst Best Best Worst 100 100 100 0 0 0 75.0 64.2 38.0 100 0 33.030%
32%
34%
36%
38%
40%
20%
22%
24%
26%
28%
30%
35.2%
25.8%
Female labour force participation (right axis)
Total unemployment (left axis)
EU-28
(2017)7.7%
51.0%
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Economic indicators and trade with EU
EPRS | European Parliamentary Research Service EUI | European University Institute
Authors: Giulio Sabbati and Velina Lilyanova, Members’ Research Service
Caterina Francesca Guidi, Globalstat, EUI
PE 614.775 - April 2018
AT A GLANCE
Exports of goods
Imports of goods
EU trade with Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Trade in goods (exports plus imports)
Main trade partners (2017)
EU
US
Top EU partners (2017)
Trade in goods
EU exports to Bosnia and
Herzegovina
EU imports from Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Other
Paper: 1.9%
Footwear: 2.1%
Raw hides
and leather: 2.6%
Pharmaceutical
products: 3.4%
Iron and steel
Plastic and rubber
Cars and trucks
Oil, gas, coal
Agri-food
Mechanical appliances and
electrical equipment
15.3% 10.9% 8.8% 6.0% 28.1% 13.9% 7.0%Other
Clothing
accessories
Chemicals
Wood and
articles of wood
Aluminium
Oil, gas, coal
Iron and steel
Footwear
Furniture
Mechanical appliances and
electrical equipment
14.2% 4.9% 24.6% 5.5% 7.1% 7.4% 7.4% 7.7% 8.6% 12.5%5.9
4.3
1.1
1.1
Imports
Exports
Imports
Exports
€ billion
2.1
2.0
1.5
1.4
0.9
0.5
0.3
0.3
0.22
0.17
EU imports from
Bosnia & Herzegovina
EU export to Bosnia &
Herzegovina
0
1
€ billion
2
Others
Other
APEC
Members
Bosnia and
Herzegovina: 0.3%
Japan: 3.5%
Turkey: 4.1%
Russia: 6.2%
Switzerland
China
US
16.9%
15.3%
7.0%
15.6%
31.1%
EU
Bosnia and
Herzegovina: 0.3%
Others
US: 2.2%
Russia: 3.5%
Turkey
China
Serbia
EU-28
65.1%
14.1%
4.1
%
BA
4.2
%
10.7%EU trade in goods with Bosnia and Herzegovina (2017)
107.0
54.0
6.1
Reforms in preparation for EU membership Socio-economic and regional development Education, employment and social policies
€167.1
million
IPA II: Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance
EU Financial assistance to Bosnia and
Herzegovina under IPA II (2014-2017 allocations)
Preferential loans to Bosnia and
Herzegovina
EIB finance contracts signed in 2010-2018;
EBRD activity in Bosnia and Herzegovina to date.
EIB
EBRD
1 025
2 122
0
800
1 600
2 400
EIB
EBRD
€ million
Services Energy Water, sewerage Health Credit lines Transport Transport: 51% Credit lines: 18% € 1 025 million Energy: 7% Health: 11% Water, sewerage: 10% Services: 2% NotesGlobalStat is a project developed by the European University Institute’s Global Governance Programme (Italy) and the Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation (Portugal). Data sources for page 1: GDP figures, inflation and exchange rates are from IMF WEO (October 2017) and Eurostat (2018); BA = Bosnia and Herzegovina; Labour market data are from World Bank WDI based on ILO KILM (2017); FDI and remittances data are estimates from World Bank staff based on IMF BoP data (2017); HDI and GINI are from UNDP HDR (2016) and are re-scaled (*) from 0 - 1 to 0 - 100 for better comparability - GINI is an average value computed on 2005-2013; CPI is from Transparency International (2017); Doing Business data are from the World Bank Group - Doing Business Unit (2017).
Data sources for page 2: EU trade with Bosnia and Herzegovina, Main trade partners (EU), Top EU partners (goods), EU exports of goods to Bosnia and Herzegovina (%) and EU imports of goods from Bosnia and Herzegovina (%) are from ComExt, Eurostat; Other APEC members = Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam; Trade in services are from Eurostat; Main trade partners (Bosnia and Herzegovina) are from IMF; EU Financial assistance to Bosnia and Herzegovina under IPA II (2014-2020 allocations) are from European Commission; EIB preferential loans to Bosnia and Herzegovina are from EIB (European Investment Bank).
The authors acknowledge the assistance of Nadejda Kresnichka-Nikolchova in preparing graphics, and Enrico Di Gaspero in collecting data for this publication.
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