Life expectancy in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Life expectancy was 77.85 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1950–2023
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2023, life expectancy in Bosnia and Herzegovina stood at 77.85 years.
The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy in Bosnia and Herzegovina peaked at 77.94 years in 2018 and was at its lowest, 47.33 years, in 1950.
That places Bosnia and Herzegovina 77th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 52.4 years | 47.33 years | 57.6 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 61.75 years | 58.53 years | 64.45 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 67.35 years | 64.84 years | 69.08 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 70.47 years | 69.6 years | 71.44 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 67.97 years | 50.89 years | 74.95 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 76.14 years | 75.29 years | 76.7 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 77.2 years | 76.83 years | 77.94 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 76.31 years | 74.57 years | 77.85 years | 4 |
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More health data for Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Population ages 0-14, female 11.8% (2025)
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 16,590 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 15,370 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, male, interpolated 16,738 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 15,512 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 16,598 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 208,686 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 67.6% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total 2.02 million (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, total 717,822 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- Life expectancy in Bosnia and Herzegovina was 77.85 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life expectancy recorded in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- The highest recorded value was 77.94 years in 2018.
- What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- The lowest recorded value was 47.33 years in 1950.
- How does Bosnia and Herzegovina rank for life expectancy?
- Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 77th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy rising or falling in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bosnia and Herzegovina data come from?
- The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.