Human Development & Quality of Life in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Human Development
Bosnia and Herzegovina's 2023 HDI is 0.804, placing it 74 in UNDP's table and in the very high human development category. Two details sharpen that picture. Education combines 13.2 expected years of schooling with 11.0 mean years already attained. The income component uses GNI per capita of $19,827 in 2021 PPP dollars.
What sits inside Bosnia and Herzegovina's HDI
On this page, the UNDP inputs behind Bosnia and Herzegovina's HDI are 77.9 for life expectancy, 13.2 for expected years of schooling, 11.0 for mean years of schooling and $19,827 GNI per capita in 2021 PPP dollars. These figures show what sits behind the composite score. When the indicator is reused, keep the observation year attached instead of collapsing separate dimensions into one label.
Inequality changes the headline
Bosnia and Herzegovina's IHDI adjusts the headline index for inequality in health, education and income outcomes. It describes distribution, so it is not used here as a quality-of-life rating.
Gender and planetary-pressure adjustments
The broader UNDP dashboard for Bosnia and Herzegovina adds GDI 0.967, GII 0.157, PHDI 0.701 to the HDI result. Each measure has a different definition, so they are not combined.
Quality-of-life coverage is conditional
For Bosnia and Herzegovina, the page has no verified OECD life-satisfaction observation to report. An unavailable observation remains omitted rather than estimated. For the profile as a whole, read the value with its stated unit before comparing it with a quality-of-life observation.
What Bosnia and Herzegovina's numbers say together
Taken alongside HDI, Bosnia and Herzegovina's profile includes IHDI 0.689 with a 14.3% loss; PHDI 0.701 after a 12.8% adjustment; GDI 0.967. The indicators add context without becoming a single composite DigifyWorld rating.
In the UNDP data used here, the headline UNDP result for Bosnia and Herzegovina is HDI 0.804, rank 74, for 2023. Broader quality-of-life indicators remain outside that index.
The IHDI is 0.689, and UNDP reports an overall loss of 14.3% relative to the headline index.
The GDI value is 0.967 in group 2; it should be read alongside, not merged into, HDI.
The PHDI is 0.701, with a 12.8% adjustment from the HDI value in UNDP's 2023 table.
Frequently asked questions
What is Bosnia and Herzegovina's HDI?
For Bosnia and Herzegovina, the 2025 UNDP report publishes a 2023 HDI value of 0.804 and rank 74.
How does inequality affect Bosnia and Herzegovina's HDI?
IHDI for Bosnia and Herzegovina is 0.689 in the 2023 table. That represents a 14.3% reduction from the headline development index. For the profile as a whole, preserve the source's country coverage before drawing conclusions from small differences.
Why is there no life satisfaction score on this page?
In the figures presented here, a subjective well-being figure for Bosnia and Herzegovina is published only when the source supplies a usable observation.
Is HDI the same as quality of life?
No. The Human Development Index summarizes health, education and income outcomes. A subjective well-being observation is contextual information here, not an HDI component.
Sources & methodology
Sources for the development indicators and definitions shown above.
View sources used for this page
Primary source for 2023 HDI and its components, plus IHDI, GDI, GII and PHDI where reported.
Report edition underlying the 2023 human-development indices and ranking.
Data note: Reference years are shown with each indicator; unavailable observations remain unfilled.