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Bosnia and Herzegovina — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
11.04%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · -37.1% since 1991
Unemployment for Bosnia and Herzegovina was 11.04% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 31.11% in 2006. The lowest was 10.67% in 2023 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.35% per year.
Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 33 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 18%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 5.58%, so Bosnia and Herzegovina sits above it. It peaked in 2006 and has fallen 65% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 60%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
11.04%
First (1991)
17.55%
Change
-37.1%
Highest
31.11%
in 2006
Lowest
10.67%
in 2023
Average
22.43%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.35%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 11.04% |
| 2024 | 10.69% |
| 2023 | 10.67% |
| 2022 | 12.66% |
| 2021 | 14.9% |
| 2020 | 15.87% |
| 2019 | 15.69% |
| 2018 | 18.4% |
| 2017 | 20.53% |
| 2016 | 25.41% |
| 2015 | 27.7% |
| 2014 | 27.52% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the labor force without work but available for and seeking employment. National definitions differ, so cross-country comparison needs care. Figures are in % of total labor force. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS — Unemployment Rate. 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.