Gender in Bosnia and Herzegovina

95 indicators covering gender for Bosnia and Herzegovina.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 11,659 2025 down 17.5% 150th
Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 12,443 2025 down 17.6% 148th
Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 11,698 2025 down 17.9% 148th
Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 12,486 2025 down 18.1% 148th
Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 11,794 2025 down 18.9% 148th
Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 12,586 2025 down 19.2% 148th
Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 12,041 2025 down 17.2% 148th
Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 12,858 2025 down 17.6% 148th
Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 12,507 2025 down 16.8% 148th
Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 13,372 2025 down 17.3% 148th
Age population, age 05, female, interpolated 12,969 2025 down 18.2% 149th
Age population, age 05, male, interpolated 13,877 2025 down 18.7% 149th
Women's universal right to vote 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Women's Political Empowerment Index 0.821 2025 down 2.1% 64th
Women's Civil Liberties Index 0.701 2025 down 12.5% 89th
Women's Civil Society Participation Index 0.883 2025 up 5.1% 20th
Women's Political Participation Index 0.915 2025 up 1.4% 98th
Women's political empowerment index vs. electoral democracy index 0.821 2025 down 2.1% 64th
Prevalence of obesity, female 19.9% 2024 up 4.6% 125th
Prevalence of obesity, male 21.7% 2024 up 28.6% 83rd
Life expectancy at age 60, female 23.51 years 2024 up 3.0% 78th
Life expectancy at age 60, male 15.82 years 2024 down 10.9% 178th
Share of women who are obese 19.9% 2024 up 4.6% 128th
Share of women who are overweight or obese 45.2% 2024 down 2.4% 137th
Share of overweight men vs. women 66.5% 2024 up 6.7% 48th
Share of women expected to survive to the age of 65 89.6% 2024 up 1.1% 72nd
Share of women who are married or in a union 6.8% 2011 down 3.0% 105th
Women and men have the same rights to own property 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Married women are required by law to obey their husbands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Total calories from animal protein vs. mean male height 172.08 kilocalories per day per capita 2023 up 25.2% 101st
Women, Business and the Law Index 85 index (0–100) 2023 up 3.8% 67th
Women can apply for a passport in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Women can register a business on the same terms as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Women can get a divorce on the same terms as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Women have the same rights to remarry as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Women can open a bank account in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Equal access to financial services for women and men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Labor force, female 568,980 2025 down 8.6% 135th
Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index 1 index 2025 up 0.0% 92nd
Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index 1.01 index 2025 up 0.4% 99th
Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index 1.17 index 2025 up 2.2% 39th
Human Development Index vs. mean male height 0.804 2023 up 6.3% 74th
Gross national income (GNI) per capita, males vs. females 25,622 international-$ in 2021 prices 2023 up 39.6% 75th
Share of the population that is female 52.4% 2025 down 0.2% 21st
Gender Development Index 0.967 2023 up 3.4% 93rd
Gender Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.967 2023 up 3.4% 93rd
Gender Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.967 2023 up 3.4% 93rd
Human Development Index: males vs. females 0.8156 2023 up 4.9% 68th
Mean body mass index (BMI) in women 25.1 2016 up 2.0% 127th
Access to justice for women 0 2025 47th
Gender of the chief executive 1 2025 1st
Gender of the head of government 1 2025 1st
Gender of the head of state 0 2025 18th
Share of women in parliament 19.1% 2025 down 10.9% 124th
Share of women of reproductive age who have anemia 26.0% 2023 up 17.1% 90th
Share of women of reproductive age who have anemia vs. GDP per capita 26.0% 2023 up 17.1% 90th
Anemia: share of pregnant women vs. share of children 26.0% 2023 down 1.9% 111th
Sex ratio at birth 106.63 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.3% 32nd
Sex ratio by age 0.6676 males per 100 females 2023 up 121.6% 191st
Sex ratio at age 5 107.11 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.4% 26th