EU 6.25
· European ranking
1 / 34
No change compared with previous year
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Unemployment rate
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
12.20% of labour force
EU 6.25 · +5.9 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force aged 15 to 74.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
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At a glance
Bosnia and Herzegovina performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Unemployment rate, with a large gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement.
European comparison in Bosnia and Herzegovina
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, Unemployment rate stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 12.2% versus 6.3% in 2025, a large gap of 6.0 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 17.40% in 2021 to 12.20% in 2025. The latest step, from 12.60% in 2024 to 12.20% in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal is weaker than the primary one.