Gender in Bosnia and Herzegovina

222 indicators covering gender for Bosnia and Herzegovina.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Child population (UN estimates and projections) 372.3 2030 down 16.8% 149th
Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth -1.27 % change on previous year 2030 up 43.5% 129th
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
Universal suffrage women lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 1st
Inactivity rate (ILO modelled estimates) 51.53 2027 up 1.9% 26th
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
Key features of women's political empowerment 0.821 2025 down 2.1% 64th
Key features of womens political empowerment, annual growth rate 0.2442 % change on previous year 2025 up 104.6% 58th
Key features of womens political empowerment, gaps filled 0.821 2025 down 2.1% 64th
Gender of the head of government, gaps filled 1 2025 1st
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
Population, per capita 1 units per person 2024 unchanged 27th
Population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 44.6% 109th
Population, annual growth rate -0.6537 % change on previous year 2024 up 48.7% 178th
Key features of womens political empowerment, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 50.8% 53rd
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% 102nd
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
Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), per capita 0.0001 units per person 2025 down 10.0% 176th
Women can open bank account same as men, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 1st
Women can register a business in the same way as men, annual growth 0 % change on previous year 2023 1st
Population, per square kilometre 62.21 units per square kilometre 2023 down 11.8% 115th
Labor force, female 568,980 2025 down 8.6% 135th
Labor force, female, per capita 0.1812 units per person 2025 up 2.4% 116th
Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index 1 index 2025 up 0.0% 92nd
Labor force, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 54.0% 106th
Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), per unit of 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 59.6% 118th
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