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Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Serbia

118 shared metrics.

Bosnia and HerzegovinaLeads in 34

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SerbiaLeads in 84

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Country briefing

What matters for both sides

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Name origin: the larger northern territory is named for the Bosna River.

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Geography

Size snapshot: slightly smaller than West Virginia.

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Serbia

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Republic of Serbia.

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Identity

Name origin: the country takes its name from the Serb people.

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Analysis

Serbia leads in 84 of 118 shared metrics, while Bosnia and Herzegovina leads in 34.

Bosnia and Herzegovina's Solar Electricity Share is 8.3x that of Serbia (4.1% vs 0.44%).

Bosnia and Herzegovina's Capital Elevation is 3.5x that of Serbia (527 m vs 117 m).

Bosnia and Herzegovina's Time Zones Count is 3.0x that of Serbia (4.0 time zones vs 1.0 time zones).

Bosnia and Herzegovina's Official Languages Count is 2.0x that of Serbia (3.0 vs 1.0).

Serbia has 100% higher Air Passengers than Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Key Comparisons

Solar Electricity ShareBosnia and Herzegovina leads

Bosnia and Herzegovina

4.1%

Serbia

0.44%

Capital ElevationBosnia and Herzegovina leads

Bosnia and Herzegovina

527 m

Serbia

117 m

Time Zones CountBosnia and Herzegovina leads

Bosnia and Herzegovina

4.0 time zones

Serbia

1.0 time zones

Official Languages CountBosnia and Herzegovina leads

Bosnia and Herzegovina

3.0

Serbia

1.0

Air PassengersSerbia leads

Bosnia and Herzegovina

1.6K

Serbia

3.87M

Water Stress (%)Serbia leads

Bosnia and Herzegovina

0.88%

Serbia

60.56%

All Metrics

Solar Electricity Share

Bosnia and Herzegovina

4.1%

Serbia

0.44%

830% higher

Capital Elevation

Bosnia and Herzegovina

527 m

Serbia

117 m

350% higher

Time Zones Count

Bosnia and Herzegovina

4.0 time zones

Serbia

1.0 time zones

300% higher

Official Languages Count

Bosnia and Herzegovina

3.0

Serbia

1.0

200% higher

Air Passengers

Serbia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

1.6K

Serbia

3.87M

100% lower

Water Stress (%)

Serbia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

0.88%

Serbia

60.56%

99% lower

Firms Making Informal Payments

Serbia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

0.14% of firms

Serbia

6.4% of firms

98% lower

Irrigated Land

Serbia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

30 km²

Serbia

550 km²

95% lower

Water Withdrawal

Serbia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

0.31 B m³

Serbia

5.1 B m³

94% lower

Road Traffic Death Rate

Bosnia and Herzegovina

13.7 per 100k

Serbia

7.4 per 100k

85% higher

Scientific Publications

Serbia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

1.0K

Serbia

5.4K

81% lower

R&D Spending (% GDP)

Serbia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

0.19% of GDP

Serbia

0.95% of GDP

80% lower

Spirits Consumption

Serbia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

0.51 L/person/yr

Serbia

2.4 L/person/yr

78% lower

Researchers

Serbia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

669.77 per 1M

Serbia

2.5K per 1M

73% lower

Firms Asked for Bribes

Bosnia and Herzegovina

3.5% of firms

Serbia

2.0% of firms

72% higher

Railway Length

Serbia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

965 km

Serbia

3.3K km

71% lower

Military Spending

Serbia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

0.75% of GDP

Serbia

2.6% of GDP

71% lower

Tourism Revenue

Serbia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

$438,000,000

Serbia

$1,422,000,000

69% lower

GDP (Nominal)

Serbia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

$29,613,572,022.9

Serbia

$90,097,765,959.11

67% lower

Armed Forces Personnel

Serbia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

11.0K

Serbia

32.0K

66% lower

Comparison of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia across 118 metrics
				Winner
Solar Electricity Share	4.1%	0.44%	830% higher	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Capital Elevation	527 m	117 m	350% higher	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Time Zones Count	4.0 time zones	1.0 time zones	300% higher	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Official Languages Count	3.0	1.0	200% higher	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Air Passengers	1.6K	3.87M	100% lower	Serbia
Water Stress (%)	0.88%	60.56%	99% lower	Serbia
Firms Making Informal Payments	0.14% of firms	6.4% of firms	98% lower	Serbia
Irrigated Land	30 km²	550 km²	95% lower	Serbia
Water Withdrawal	0.31 B m³	5.1 B m³	94% lower	Serbia
Road Traffic Death Rate	13.7 per 100k	7.4 per 100k	85% higher	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Scientific Publications	1.0K	5.4K	81% lower	Serbia
R&D Spending (% GDP)	0.19% of GDP	0.95% of GDP	80% lower	Serbia
Spirits Consumption	0.51 L/person/yr	2.4 L/person/yr	78% lower	Serbia
Researchers	669.77 per 1M	2.5K per 1M	73% lower	Serbia
Firms Asked for Bribes	3.5% of firms	2.0% of firms	72% higher	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Railway Length	965 km	3.3K km	71% lower	Serbia
Military Spending	0.75% of GDP	2.6% of GDP	71% lower	Serbia
Tourism Revenue	$438,000,000	$1,422,000,000	69% lower	Serbia
GDP (Nominal)	$29,613,572,022.9	$90,097,765,959.11	67% lower	Serbia
Armed Forces Personnel	11.0K	32.0K	66% lower	Serbia
Electoral Democracy Index	0.50	0.30	66% higher	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Inflation Rate	1.7%	4.7%	64% lower	Serbia
Liberal Democracy Index	0.34	0.21	63% higher	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Domestic Patents	53	138	62% lower	Serbia
Insufficient Physical Activity	17.64% of adults	45.49% of adults	61% lower	Serbia
Electricity Generation	15.14 TWh	37.12 TWh	59% lower	Serbia
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	2.3 per 1k	5.4 per 1k	57% lower	Serbia
Airports	20	46	57% lower	Serbia
Border Neighbors	3.0	7.0	57% lower	Serbia
Foreign Patents	8.0	18	56% lower	Serbia
Tourist Arrivals	197.0K	446.0K	56% lower	Serbia
Firms Hit by Power Outages	14.63% of firms	32.6% of firms	55% lower	Serbia
Freedom of Expression Index	0.65	0.42	54% higher	Bosnia and Herzegovina
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	2.4 per 100k people	1.6 per 100k people	51% higher	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Women in Parliament (%)	19.05%	38%	50% lower	Serbia
Agricultural Land (%)	21.74%	40.39%	46% lower	Serbia
Population	3.65M	6.65M	45% lower	Serbia
Unemployment Rate	10.72%	7.4%	45% higher	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Government Debt (% GDP)	39.91% of GDP	73.1% of GDP	45% lower	Serbia
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	3.4% of GDP	6.2% of GDP	45% lower	Serbia
Credit Card Ownership	13.7% of adults	24.29% of adults	44% lower	Serbia
Electric Generating Capacity	4.68M kW	8.20M kW	43% lower	Serbia
Suicide Rate	9.0 per 100k	15.14 per 100k	41% lower	Serbia
Land Area	51.2K km²	84.1K km²	39% lower	Serbia
University Enrollment Rate	45.5%	73.21%	38% lower	Serbia
Wind Electricity Share	2.6%	4.0%	36% lower	Serbia
Renewable Energy (%)	36.6%	27.2%	35% higher	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Youth Unemployment Rate	28.2% of youth labor force	20.93% of youth labor force	35% higher	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Land Border Length	1.5K km	2.3K km	34% lower	Serbia
Meat Consumption per Person	36.03 kg/person/yr	53.49 kg/person/yr	33% lower	Serbia
Forest Coverage (%)	42.73%	32.39%	32% higher	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Protected Land (%)	9.5%	13.4%	29% lower	Serbia
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$22,955.76	$32,233.76	29% lower	Serbia
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	3.7K kWh/person	5.1K kWh/person	28% lower	Serbia
Firms with Female Top Manager	15.27% of firms	20.89% of firms	27% lower	Serbia
Health Spending Per Capita	$667.3	$903.12	26% lower	Serbia
GDP Growth Rate	3.0%	3.9%	25% lower	Serbia
Exports (% GDP)	40.87% of GDP	53.58% of GDP	24% lower	Serbia
GNI Per Capita	$8,790	$11,610	24% lower	Serbia
Fertility Rate	1.1 children/woman	1.5 children/woman	22% lower	Serbia
Population Density	62.21 /km²	78.76 /km²	21% lower	Serbia
Birth Rate	6.9 per 1k	8.7 per 1k	21% lower	Serbia
Alcohol Consumption	5.9 L/adult/yr	7.5 L/adult/yr	21% lower	Serbia
Forest Area	21.9K km²	27.2K km²	20% lower	Serbia
Digital Payments Used	62.07% of adults	77.05% of adults	19% lower	Serbia
Teen Birth Rate	11.22 per 1k	13.67 per 1k	18% lower	Serbia
Infant Mortality	5.3 per 1k births	4.5 per 1k births	18% higher	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	26.6 µg/m³	22.51 µg/m³	18% higher	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Electricity Carbon Intensity	570.64 gCO2/kWh	695.8 gCO2/kWh	18% lower	Serbia
Milk Consumption per Person	174.03 kg/person/yr	148.53 kg/person/yr	17% higher	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Doctors (per 1,000)	2.6 per 1k	3.1 per 1k	17% lower	Serbia
Death Rate	12.29 per 1k	14.66 per 1k	16% lower	Serbia
Urban Population (%)	52.12%	62.38%	16% lower	Serbia
Beer Consumption	3.7 L/person/yr	3.2 L/person/yr	15% higher	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Child Mortality	6.0 per 1k births	5.2 per 1k births	15% higher	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Coal Electricity Share	55.4%	65.05%	15% lower	Serbia
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	62.72 per 100k	54.43 per 100k	15% higher	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Safe Drinking Water (%)	86.4%	74.97%	15% higher	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	20.31% of GDP	23.89% of GDP	15% lower	Serbia
Vehicles per 1,000 People	281.67 per 1k people	323.36 per 1k people	13% lower	Serbia
Seafood Consumption per Person	7.2 kg/person/yr	8.0 kg/person/yr	10% lower	Serbia
Health Spending (% GDP)	8.7% of GDP	9.7% of GDP	10% lower	Serbia
Highest Elevation	2.4K m	2.2K m	10% higher	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Political Corruption Index	0.73	0.79	9% lower	Serbia
Energy Use (Per Capita)	2.2K kg oil eq/person	2.4K kg oil eq/person	9% lower	Serbia
Youth Population (%)	13.04%	14.31%	9% lower	Serbia
Smoking Rate	36.2%	39.5%	8% lower	Serbia
Dependency Ratio	54.48% of working-age pop.	58.72% of working-age pop.	7% lower	Serbia
Imports (% GDP)	54.28% of GDP	58.14% of GDP	7% lower	Serbia
Homicide Rate	1.2 per 100k	1.3 per 100k	7% lower	Serbia
Tobacco Use Prevalence	37.3% of adults	39.6% of adults	6% lower	Serbia
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	121 per 100 people	128.47 per 100 people	6% lower	Serbia
Broadband Access (%)	29 per 100 people	31 per 100 people	6% lower	Serbia
Women's Political Empowerment	0.82	0.86	5% lower	Serbia
Life Evaluation Score	6.4 pts	6.7 pts	5% lower	Serbia
Women in Senior Management	30.23% of managers	31.91% of managers	5% lower	Serbia
Education Spending (% GDP)	3.2% of GDP	3.4% of GDP	5% lower	Serbia
Human Development Index	0.80	0.83	3% lower	Serbia
Corruption Perceptions Index	34 pts	33 pts	3% higher	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Hypertension Prevalence	44.4% of adults	46% of adults	3% lower	Serbia
Can Raise Emergency Money	94.52% of adults	91.38% of adults	3% higher	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Informal Employment Share	16.57% of employed people	17.14% of employed people	3% lower	Serbia
Obesity Rate	25.47%	26.05%	2% lower	Serbia
Average Weekly Work Hours	41.04 hrs/week	40.37 hrs/week	2% higher	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Median Age	44.9 years	43.9 years	2% higher	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Internet Users (%)	86.1%	87.69%	2% lower	Serbia
Life Expectancy	77.8 years	76.2 years	2% higher	Bosnia and Herzegovina
CO2 Per Capita	6.1 t/person/yr	6.2 t/person/yr	2% lower	Serbia
Elderly Population (%)	22.23%	22.69%	2% lower	Serbia
Food Waste per Person	124.91 kg/person/yr	122.81 kg/person/yr	2% higher	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	20 days/yr	20 days/yr	equal	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Coastline Length	20 km	0 km	ranked higher	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Electricity Access (%)	100%	100%	equal	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.55 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Lowest Elevation	0 m	35 m	ranked lower	Serbia
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-3.2% of GDP	-4.9% of GDP	ranked higher	Bosnia and Herzegovina
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	5.0 sites	5.0 sites	equal	Bosnia and Herzegovina
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	6.0 per 1M people	ranked lower	Serbia

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Analysis

Serbia leads in 84 of 118 shared metrics, while Bosnia and Herzegovina leads in 34.

Bosnia and Herzegovina's Solar Electricity Share is 8.3x that of Serbia (4.1% vs 0.44%).

Bosnia and Herzegovina's Capital Elevation is 3.5x that of Serbia (527 m vs 117 m).

Bosnia and Herzegovina's Time Zones Count is 3.0x that of Serbia (4.0 time zones vs 1.0 time zones).

Bosnia and Herzegovina's Official Languages Count is 2.0x that of Serbia (3.0 vs 1.0).

Serbia has 100% higher Air Passengers than Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Key Comparisons

Solar Electricity ShareBosnia and Herzegovina leads

Bosnia and Herzegovina

4.1%

Serbia

0.44%

Capital ElevationBosnia and Herzegovina leads

Bosnia and Herzegovina

527 m

Serbia

117 m

Time Zones CountBosnia and Herzegovina leads

Bosnia and Herzegovina

4.0 time zones

Serbia

1.0 time zones

Official Languages CountBosnia and Herzegovina leads

Bosnia and Herzegovina

3.0

Serbia

1.0

Air PassengersSerbia leads

Bosnia and Herzegovina

1.6K

Serbia

3.87M

Water Stress (%)Serbia leads

Bosnia and Herzegovina

0.88%

Serbia

60.56%

Solar Electricity Share

4.1%

0.44%

Capital Elevation

527 m

117 m

Time Zones Count

4.0 time zones

1.0 time zones

Official Languages Count

3.0

1.0

Air Passengers

1.6K

3.87M

Water Stress (%)

0.88%

60.56%

Firms Making Informal Payments

0.14% of firms

6.4% of firms

Irrigated Land

30 km²

550 km²

Water Withdrawal

0.31 B m³

5.1 B m³

Road Traffic Death Rate

13.7 per 100k

7.4 per 100k

Scientific Publications

1.0K

5.4K

R&D Spending (% GDP)

0.19% of GDP

0.95% of GDP

Spirits Consumption

0.51 L/person/yr

2.4 L/person/yr

Researchers

669.77 per 1M

2.5K per 1M

Firms Asked for Bribes

3.5% of firms

2.0% of firms

Railway Length

965 km

3.3K km

Military Spending

0.75% of GDP

2.6% of GDP

Tourism Revenue

$438,000,000

$1,422,000,000

GDP (Nominal)

$29,613,572,022.9

$90,097,765,959.11

Armed Forces Personnel

11.0K

32.0K

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Solar Electricity Share

Capital Elevation

Time Zones Count

Official Languages Count

Air Passengers

Water Stress (%)

Firms Making Informal Payments

Irrigated Land

Water Withdrawal

Road Traffic Death Rate

Scientific Publications

R&D Spending (% GDP)

Spirits Consumption

Researchers

Firms Asked for Bribes

Railway Length

Military Spending

Tourism Revenue

GDP (Nominal)

Armed Forces Personnel

Electoral Democracy Index

Inflation Rate

Liberal Democracy Index

Domestic Patents

Insufficient Physical Activity

Electricity Generation

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Airports

Border Neighbors

Foreign Patents

Tourist Arrivals

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Freedom of Expression Index

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Women in Parliament (%)

Agricultural Land (%)

Population

Unemployment Rate

Government Debt (% GDP)

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Credit Card Ownership

Electric Generating Capacity

Suicide Rate

Land Area

University Enrollment Rate

Wind Electricity Share

Renewable Energy (%)

Youth Unemployment Rate

Land Border Length

Meat Consumption per Person

Forest Coverage (%)

Protected Land (%)

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Firms with Female Top Manager

Health Spending Per Capita

GDP Growth Rate

Exports (% GDP)

GNI Per Capita

Fertility Rate

Population Density

Birth Rate

Alcohol Consumption

Forest Area

Digital Payments Used

Teen Birth Rate

Infant Mortality

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Milk Consumption per Person

Doctors (per 1,000)

Death Rate