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Bosnia and Herzegovina

EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness

EU Compliance

lower score = lower risk

4.1

Geopolitical Risk

lower score = lower risk

3.2

Sourcing Attractiveness

higher score = more attractive

4.0

Why these scores

EU Compliance, by dimension

Forced & child labour3
Worker rights & FOA3
OHS & audit transparency4
Food & product safety3
Environmental & regulatory4
Governance & anti-corruption8
Tariff & preferential access3
Non-tariff barriers4
Supply chain traceability5

1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources

Geopolitical Risk, by dimension

Geopolitical conflict4
Supplier concentration2
Climate & physical risk3
Sanctions exposure1
Policy continuity & property rights6

1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources

Attractiveness, by dimension

Labour cost competitiveness6
Supply base depth4
Logistics & infrastructure4
Workforce skills5
Scalability5
Ease of doing business3
Trade access & tariffs4
Sustainability baseline3
Innovation & IP2
Quality standards4

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

Bosnia and Herzegovina$31.7bn total importsEU-2719.6% · $6.2bnItaly6.5% · $2.1bnSerbia5.2% · $1.6bnCroatia3.6% · $1.1bnTürkiye2.9% · $921mAustria1.8% · $560mUS1.1% · $351mJapan0.3% · $97mASEAN-60.1% · $41mChina0.0% · $0k

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

Electricity costs →

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-in

Market 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…

Power markets: full layer →

Tracked infrastructure

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

ASEAN demographics →

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)