Europe
Bosnia and Herzegovina
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
The EU is Bosnia and Herzegovina's #1 import source (world lens). Bosnia and Herzegovina is the EU's #73 goods supplier.
Bosnia and Herzegovina on the world stage
Total imports
$31.7bn
2024 annual
Total exports
$17.8bn
210 partners
#1 import source
Italy
6.5%
#1 export dest.
Serbia
6.1%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Bosnia and Herzegovina and the EU
EU imports from
€6.1bn
0.2% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€9.6bn
0.4% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #73 supplier
EU trade balance
balanced or surplus
coverage 1.56
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember
Industrial
107
EUR/MWh
Consumer
97
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
637
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
35%
of generation
regulated market
Power market
● Take-or-pay / single-buyer lock-inMarket model
Fragmented single buyers (three entity utilities)
Direct PPA
Limited
grid access: limited
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Independent
SERC (State Electricity Regulatory Commission) + entity regulators (FERK, RERS)
Fragmented governance (two entities, three state-owned utilities) and lignite lock-in. EP BiH, EP RS, and EP HZHB each control generation and distribution in their territories with minimal coordination. CBAM exposure is…
Tracked infrastructure
10 coal plants
2.1 GW
3 wind farms
135 MW · 5 building
2 solar farms
105 MW · 2 building
9 hydro plants
1.9 GW · 1 building
1 steel plants
1,940 ktpa
13 coal mines
capacity n/a
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Metal mining
Tagged mines
5
1 production-backed
Acid-drainage prone
3
high water-risk ore class
Main commodities
Zinc, Iron, Aluminium
Mine-water verifiability
Partial
ICPDR Danube-basin and entity-agency monitoring
Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
45.3
→ 51.5 by 2050
Fertility
1.49
below replacement
Working-age
64.7%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
34.3
→ 62.6 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 3.16M · peaks 2024
By 2050: -22% (2.46M)