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Government debt

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Bosnia & Herzegovina. General government gross debt. Put borrowing in the context of the economy and explore how it has changed over time.

Debt / GDP · 202528.8%History / IMF estimates
Debt, US$ bn · 20259.7History / IMF estimates
Per person, US$ · 20252,808History / IMF estimates
GDP, US$ bn · 202533.6History / IMF estimates

What the figures show

History / IMF estimates

Bosnia & Herzegovina: IMF data and estimates put government debt at 28.8% of GDP in 2025. The derived debt amount is US$ 9.7 billion.

  • The debt-to-GDP ratio is 0.1 percentage points below its 2024 level.
  • This is below the median of 52.85% of GDP across 192 countries with data for the selected year.
  • Over 2015–2025, the debt-to-GDP ratio decreases by 17.6 percentage points.

The median is not weighted by economic size. A change in the debt-to-GDP ratio does not necessarily imply the same change in the debt amount. About the data ↗

Government debt over time

Debt as % of GDP. Dashed lines: current-year estimate/projection and future projections.

Government debt over time0132538502000200520102015202020252031Bosnia & Herzegovina · 2000: 34.6% — History / IMF estimatesBosnia & Herzegovina · 2001: 35.1% — History / IMF estimatesBosnia & Herzegovina · 2002: 31.1% — History / IMF estimatesBosnia & Herzegovina · 2003: 27.6% — History / IMF estimatesBosnia & Herzegovina · 2004: 25.5% — History / IMF estimatesBosnia & Herzegovina · 2005: 24.9% — History / IMF estimatesBosnia & Herzegovina · 2006: 20.6% — History / IMF estimatesBosnia & Herzegovina · 2007: 18.2% — History / IMF estimatesBosnia & Herzegovina · 2008: 30.3% — History / IMF estimatesBosnia & Herzegovina · 2009: 36.4% — History / IMF estimatesBosnia & Herzegovina · 2010: 42.2% — History / IMF estimatesBosnia & Herzegovina · 2011: 40.9% — History / IMF estimatesBosnia & Herzegovina · 2012: 43.6% — History / IMF estimatesBosnia & Herzegovina · 2013: 43.8% — History / IMF estimatesBosnia & Herzegovina · 2014: 47.1% — History / IMF estimatesBosnia & Herzegovina · 2015: 46.4% — History / IMF estimatesBosnia & Herzegovina · 2016: 44.9% — History / IMF estimatesBosnia & Herzegovina · 2017: 39.3% — History / IMF estimatesBosnia & Herzegovina · 2018: 35.1% — History / IMF estimatesBosnia & Herzegovina · 2019: 33.5% — History / IMF estimatesBosnia & Herzegovina · 2020: 37.2% — History / IMF estimatesBosnia & Herzegovina · 2021: 36.2% — History / IMF estimatesBosnia & Herzegovina · 2022: 31.3% — History / IMF estimatesBosnia & Herzegovina · 2023: 29.1% — History / IMF estimatesBosnia & Herzegovina · 2024: 28.9% — History / IMF estimatesBosnia & Herzegovina · 2025: 28.8% — History / IMF estimatesBosnia & Herzegovina · 2026: 31.4% — IMF estimate / projectionBosnia & Herzegovina · 2027: 33.7% — IMF projectionBosnia & Herzegovina · 2028: 36.2% — IMF projectionBosnia & Herzegovina · 2029: 38.9% — IMF projectionBosnia & Herzegovina · 2030: 41.0% — IMF projectionBosnia & Herzegovina · 2031: 43.6% — IMF projection
Chart data table
YearBosnia & Herzegovina (%)Source
203143.6IMF projection
203041.0IMF projection
202938.9IMF projection
202836.2IMF projection
202733.7IMF projection
202631.4IMF estimate / projection
202528.8History / IMF estimates
202428.9History / IMF estimates
202329.1History / IMF estimates
202231.3History / IMF estimates
202136.2History / IMF estimates
202037.2History / IMF estimates
201933.5History / IMF estimates
201835.1History / IMF estimates
201739.3History / IMF estimates
201644.9History / IMF estimates
201546.4History / IMF estimates
201447.1History / IMF estimates
201343.8History / IMF estimates
201243.6History / IMF estimates
201140.9History / IMF estimates
201042.2History / IMF estimates
200936.4History / IMF estimates
200830.3History / IMF estimates
200718.2History / IMF estimates
200620.6History / IMF estimates
200524.9History / IMF estimates
200425.5History / IMF estimates
200327.6History / IMF estimates
200231.1History / IMF estimates
200135.1History / IMF estimates
200034.6History / IMF estimates

The DataMapper API does not provide the actual/estimate cutoff for each country and series. Past years are therefore labelled history/IMF estimates, the current year estimate/projection, and later years projections. Historical values can be revised. There is no simulated real-time debt counter.

Source: IMF WEO · World Economic Outlook (October 2026) · Retrieved 2026-11-01. About the data