Bosnia and Herzegovina — Life expectancy
Life Expectancy at Birth for Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1960–2024.
Life expectancy for Bosnia and Herzegovina was 78.0 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1960 to 2024. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 50.9 in 1993 (about 1.5× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.45% per year.
Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 69 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 32%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 80.0, so Bosnia and Herzegovina sits below it. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 1%. Within Europe & Central Asia it ranks 37 of 58 economies; Montenegro (77.9) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 31% in 1994.
Data highlights
Doubling roughly every 154 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 92nd of 215 in 1960 → 81st of 216 in 1970 → 66th of 216 in 1980 → 67th of 217 in 1990 → 49th of 217 in 2000 → 57th of 217 in 2010 → 78th of 217 in 2020 → 69th of 217 in 2024.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2024
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 78.04 | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 77.85 | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 76.78 | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 74.57 | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 76.04 | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 77.39 | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 77.94 | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 77.39 | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 77.12 | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 77.07 | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 77.09 | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 77.13 | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 77.04 | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 76.96 | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 76.83 | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 76.7 | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 76.3 | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 76.16 | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 76.03 | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 76.42 | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 76.49 | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 76.45 | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 75.99 | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 75.57 | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 75.29 | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 74.95 | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 74.47 | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 73.9 | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 73.45 | +4.7% |
| 1995 | 70.19 | +5.4% |
| 1994 | 66.6 | +30.9% |
| 1993 | 50.89 | -2.1% |
| 1992 | 51.97 | -27.6% |
| 1991 | 71.81 | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 71.51 | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 71.44 | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 70.97 | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 70.88 | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 70.75 | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 70.58 | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 70.23 | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 70.1 | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 70.08 | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 70.06 | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 69.6 | +0.8% |
| 1979 | 69.08 | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 68.84 | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 68.78 | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 68.57 | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 68.33 | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 67.64 | +1.6% |
| 1973 | 66.59 | +1.4% |
| 1972 | 65.68 | +0.8% |
| 1971 | 65.18 | +0.5% |
| 1970 | 64.84 | +0.6% |
| 1969 | 64.45 | +0.7% |
| 1968 | 64.01 | +0.4% |
| 1967 | 63.73 | +1.0% |
| 1966 | 63.13 | +1.5% |
| 1965 | 62.21 | +1.1% |
| 1964 | 61.51 | +1.7% |
| 1963 | 60.51 | +0.6% |
| 1962 | 60.12 | +1.4% |
| 1961 | 59.29 | +1.3% |
| 1960 | 58.53 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Life expectancy in 1961?
59.29 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Life expectancy figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — years — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Life expectancy growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2024 the series was growing overall: +33.3% in total — about 0.5% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SP.DYN.LE00.IN. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2024: 78.04; 2023: 77.85; 2022: 76.78; 2021: 74.57; 2020: 76.04. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
SP.DYN.LE00.IN — Life Expectancy at Birth. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.