EU 7.91
· European ranking
2 / 35
Up 6 positions compared with previous year
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Jobless Households
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2023
17.20% of people aged 0 to 64
EU 7.91 · +9.3 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures people aged 0 to 64 living in households where working-age members worked 20% or less of their combined potential working time during the previous year. Eurostat excludes specified groups such as certain students and retired people from the work-intensity calculation.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years) ilc_lvhl21n
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At a glance
Bosnia and Herzegovina performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years), with a large gap. The trend context points to change in the latest available interval.
European comparison in Bosnia and Herzegovina
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, Low work intensity stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 17.2% versus 7.9% in 2023, a large gap of 9.3 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, the latest available interval shows deterioration: the value moved from 9.80% in 2022 to 17.20% in 2023.