Economy Of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Economy overview
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Bosnia and Herzegovina ranked next to The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia as the poorest republic in the old Yugoslav federation. Although agriculture is almost all in private hands, farms are small and inefficient, and the republic traditionally is a net importer of food. Industry has been greatly overstaffed, one reflection of the socialist economic structure of Yugoslavia. TITO had pushed the development of military industries in the republic with the result that Bosnia hosted a number of Yugoslavia's defense plants. The interethnic warfare in Bosnia caused production to plummet by 80% from 1992 to 1995 and unemployment to soar. With an uneasy peace in place, output recovered in 1996-99 at high percentage rates from a low base; but output growth slowed in 2000-02. Part of the lag in output was made up in 2003-04. National-level statistics are limited. Moreover, official data do not capture the large share of black market activity. The konvertibilna marka (convertible mark or BAM)- the national currency introduced in 1998 - is now pegged to the euro, and the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina has dramatically increased its reserve holdings. Implementation of privatization, however, has been slow, and local entities only reluctantly support national-level institutions. Banking reform accelerated in 2001 as all the Communist-era payments bureaus were shut down. The country receives substantial amounts of reconstruction assistance and humanitarian aid from the international community but will have to prepare for an era of declining assistance.
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GDP
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purchasing power parity - $24.31 billion (2004 est.)
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GDP - real growth rate
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3.5% (2004 est.)
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GDP - per capita
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purchasing power parity - $6,100 (2004 est.)
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GDP - composition by sector
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agriculture: 13%
industry: 40.9%
services: 46.1% (2001 est.)
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Investment gross fixed
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Population below poverty line
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NA (2004 est.)
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Household income or consumption by percentage share
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lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
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Distribution of family income - Gini index
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Inflation rate consumer prices
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0.9% (2004 est.)
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Labor force
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1.026 million (2001)
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Labor force by occupation
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agriculture NA, industry NA, services NA
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Unemployment rate
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40% (2004 est.)
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Budget
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revenues: $3.271 billion
expenditures: $3.242 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2004 est.)
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Public debt
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Agriculture products
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wheat, corn, fruits, vegetables; livestock
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Industries
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steel, coal, iron ore, lead, zinc, manganese, bauxite, vehicle assembly, textiles, tobacco products, wooden furniture, tank and aircraft assembly, domestic appliances, oil refining (2001)
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Industrial production growth rate
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5.5% (2003 est.)
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Electricity production
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9.979 billion kWh (2001)
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Electricity production by source
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fossil fuel: 53.5%
hydro: 46.5%
other: 0% (2001)
nuclear: 0%
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Electricity consumption
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8.116 billion kWh (2001)
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Electricity exports
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2.569 billion kWh (2001)
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Electricity imports
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1.405 billion kWh (2001)
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Oil production
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0 bbl/day (2001 est.)
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Oil consumption
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20,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)
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Oil exports
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NA (2001)
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Oil imports
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NA (2001)
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Oil proved reserves
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Natural gas production
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0 cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas consumption
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300 million cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas exports
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0 cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas imports
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300 million cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas proved reserves
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Current account balance
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$-2.195 billion (2004 est.)
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Exports
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$1.28 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)
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Exports commodities
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metals, clothing, wood products
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Exports partners
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Italy 28.7%, Croatia 18.3%, Germany 17.1%, Austria 9.2%, Slovenia 7.1% (2003)
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Imports
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$4.7 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
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Imports commodities
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machinery and equipment, chemicals, fuels, foodstuffs
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Imports partners
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Croatia 24.5%, Slovenia 14.7%, Germany 13.7%, Italy 12.2%, Hungary 7.8%, Austria 6.7% (2003)
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Reserves of foreign exchange gold
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$1.796 billion (2004 est.)
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Debt external
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$3.5 billion (2004 est.)
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Economic aid recipient
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$650 million (2001 est.)
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Currency
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marka (BAM)
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Currency code
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BAM
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Exchange rates
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marka per US dollar - 1.7329 (2003), 1.7329 (2002), 2.1857 (2001), 2.1244 (2000), 1.8371 (1999)
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Fiscal year
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calendar year
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This information was reproduced in part from the CIA World Fact book.
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