INFORMATION

Geographic location

Bosnia and Herzegovina is located in southeastern Europe in the central part of the Balkan Peninsula. Its total area is 51,129 km2. The boundary length is 1,537 km, of which land 762,5 km, river 751 km and sea 23,5 km. Bosnia and Herzegovina borders with the Republic of Croatia (931 km), Serbia (375 km) and Montenegro (249 km). To the north part of Bosnia and Herzegovina comes to the Sava River, and to the southern part of the Adriatic Sea at Neum. The land of Bosnia and Herzegovina is remarkably mountainous, with an average altitude of 500 m. Of the total area of BH, 5% of the waste on the plains, 24% on the hills, 42% on the mountains and 29% on the karst. (NEAP, 2003) Bosnia and Herzegovina is regulated by the Dayton Accord, which consists of the Federation of BiH (10 cantons), Republika Srpska and Brčko District.

General and economic information

GENERAL INFORMATION

Population

                         2.206.000

City of Sarajevo, population, estimate 2016

                         275.000

Territorial organization

                         Federal

Cantons

                         10

Municipalities

                         79

Time zone

                         GMT+1

Climate

                       Continental

Currency

                        Bosnian Convertible Mark (BAM)

Phone dial code

                         387

BIGGER CITIES (Population number)

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Gross domestic product, annual rate of actual growth % ESA 2010 (USD, 2015.)

                         4.795

Average monthly net salary, BAM

                         850

Average monthly gross salary, BAM

                         1.300

Import coverage by exports, %

                         57.3

Import per capita, EUR

                         2.532

Export per capita, EUR

                         1.451

Export (2017)

                         2bn EUR

Import (2017)

                         6bn EUR

Most important foreign trade partners (2017)

Most important export industries (2017)

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Data taken from the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina web site.
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