Share of informal employment by industry and sex: Non-agricultural in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Share of informal employment by industry and sex: Non-agricultural was 4.23 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of informal employment by industry and sex: Non-agricultural in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2006–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of informal employment by industry and sex: non-agricultural in Bosnia and Herzegovina stood at 4.23 %. That is the lowest value across all 18 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 19.0% on the previous year and down 77.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of informal employment by industry and sex: non-agricultural in Bosnia and Herzegovina peaked at 20.34 % in 2013 and was at its lowest, 4.23 %, in 2024.
That places Bosnia and Herzegovina 39th out of 39 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
Share of informal employment by industry and sex: Non-agricultural in Bosnia and Herzegovina, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 8.15 % | — |
| 2007 | 7.59 % | -6.9% |
| 2008 | 8.51 % | +12.1% |
| 2009 | 6.84 % | -19.6% |
| 2010 | 7.13 % | +4.2% |
| 2011 | 4.94 % | -30.7% |
| 2012 | 16.54 % | +234.8% |
| 2013 | 20.34 % | +23.0% |
| 2014 | 19.08 % | -6.2% |
| 2015 | 20.2 % | +5.9% |
| 2016 | 14.84 % | -26.5% |
| 2017 | 13.69 % | -7.7% |
| 2018 | 13.6 % | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 9.41 % | -30.8% |
| 2021 | 8.33 % | -11.5% |
| 2022 | 5.76 % | -30.9% |
| 2023 | 5.22 % | -9.4% |
| 2024 | 4.23 % | -19.0% |
Bosnia and Herzegovina compared with similar countries
- Bosnia and Herzegovina's 4.23 % is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 55.98 %, 8% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina's 4.23 % is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 41.06 %, 10% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of informal employment by industry and sex: Non-agricultural in Bosnia and Herzegovina changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +234.8% | 4.94 % | 16.54 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.77 % | 6.84 % | 8.51 % | 4 |
| 2010s | 13.98 % | 4.94 % | 20.34 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.88 % | 4.23 % | 8.33 % | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0436 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 452.22 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4731 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of informal employment by industry and sex: non-agricultural in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- Share of informal employment by industry and sex: non-agricultural in Bosnia and Herzegovina was 4.23 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest share of informal employment by industry and sex: non-agricultural recorded in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- The highest recorded value was 20.34 % in 2013.
- What is the lowest share of informal employment by industry and sex: non-agricultural recorded in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.23 % in 2024.
- How does Bosnia and Herzegovina rank for share of informal employment by industry and sex: non-agricultural?
- Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 39th out of 39 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of informal employment by industry and sex: non-agricultural rising or falling in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- Over the last ten years it is down 77.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bosnia and Herzegovina data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Share of informal employment by industry and sex: Non-agricultural agrifood systems — Value — Female — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Non-agricultural agrifood systems. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Suite of Gender Indicators presents a set of indicators relevant to agrifood systems that are disaggregated by sex, with the aim of highlighting gender differences across agrifood systems. The initial set of indicators is based on those used in FAO’s 2023 Status of Women in Agrifood Systems (SWAFS) report and on the recommendations of an expert consultation held in December 2023, and covers key dimensions including economic participation, governance, agency, social norms, assets and services, education, health, and nutrition. Indicator selection was informed by expert judgment and by the availability of data with sufficient geographic and temporal coverage to enable meaningful comparisons across regions and over time. While most indicators are produced and published by FAO and other international organizations, the objective of this domain is to provide a one-stop shop for sex-disaggregated data on agrifood systems.