Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex was 0.089 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1950–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2023, lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex in Bosnia and Herzegovina stood at 0.089.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.4% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex in Bosnia and Herzegovina peaked at 0.3303 in 1950 and was at its lowest, 0.0876, in 2021.
That places Bosnia and Herzegovina 154th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex in Bosnia and Herzegovina, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 0.3303 | — |
| 1951 | 0.319 | -3.4% |
| 1952 | 0.3046 | -4.5% |
| 1953 | 0.2878 | -5.5% |
| 1954 | 0.276 | -4.1% |
| 1955 | 0.2651 | -3.9% |
| 1956 | 0.2557 | -3.6% |
| 1957 | 0.2462 | -3.7% |
| 1958 | 0.2365 | -3.9% |
| 1959 | 0.2263 | -4.3% |
| 1960 | 0.2183 | -3.6% |
| 1961 | 0.2106 | -3.5% |
| 1962 | 0.2039 | -3.2% |
| 1963 | 0.1974 | -3.2% |
| 1964 | 0.1908 | -3.4% |
| 1965 | 0.1848 | -3.1% |
| 1966 | 0.1777 | -3.9% |
| 1967 | 0.1719 | -3.2% |
| 1968 | 0.1663 | -3.3% |
| 1969 | 0.1615 | -2.9% |
| 1970 | 0.1562 | -3.3% |
| 1971 | 0.1515 | -3.0% |
| 1972 | 0.1472 | -2.8% |
| 1973 | 0.1429 | -2.9% |
| 1974 | 0.1395 | -2.4% |
| 1975 | 0.136 | -2.5% |
| 1976 | 0.1333 | -2.0% |
| 1977 | 0.1297 | -2.7% |
| 1978 | 0.1268 | -2.2% |
| 1979 | 0.124 | -2.3% |
| 1980 | 0.1216 | -1.9% |
| 1981 | 0.1195 | -1.7% |
| 1982 | 0.1176 | -1.6% |
| 1983 | 0.116 | -1.4% |
| 1984 | 0.114 | -1.7% |
| 1985 | 0.1126 | -1.3% |
| 1986 | 0.1112 | -1.3% |
| 1987 | 0.11 | -1.1% |
| 1988 | 0.1084 | -1.4% |
| 1989 | 0.1064 | -1.8% |
| 1990 | 0.1054 | -1.0% |
| 1991 | 0.1039 | -1.4% |
| 1992 | 0.1918 | +84.5% |
| 1993 | 0.195 | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 0.1069 | -45.2% |
| 1995 | 0.1135 | +6.2% |
| 1996 | 0.0987 | -13.1% |
| 1997 | 0.0977 | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 0.0965 | -1.3% |
| 1999 | 0.0954 | -1.1% |
| 2000 | 0.0944 | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 0.0939 | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 0.0932 | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 0.0928 | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 0.0925 | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 0.0927 | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 0.0927 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.0924 | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.0918 | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.0912 | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.091 | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.0908 | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.0903 | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.0902 | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.0905 | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.0903 | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.0905 | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.0909 | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.09 | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0897 | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.0899 | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.0876 | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 0.0951 | +8.6% |
| 2023 | 0.089 | -6.4% |
Bosnia and Herzegovina compared with similar countries
- Bosnia and Herzegovina's 0.089 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.1061, 84% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina's 0.089 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.0834, 1.1× the median. (56 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +84.5% | 0.1039 | 0.1918 |
| 1994 | -45.2% | 0.195 | 0.1069 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.2748 | 0.2263 | 0.3303 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.1883 | 0.1615 | 0.2183 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.1387 | 0.124 | 0.1562 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1137 | 0.1064 | 0.1216 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1205 | 0.0954 | 0.195 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0928 | 0.0912 | 0.0944 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0904 | 0.0897 | 0.091 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0904 | 0.0876 | 0.0951 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Bosnia and Herzegovina
More poverty & inequality data for Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.49 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 5,530 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -20.01 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 37.14 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 37.1% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- Lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex in Bosnia and Herzegovina was 0.089 in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex recorded in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3303 in 1950.
- What is the lowest lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex recorded in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0876 in 2021.
- How does Bosnia and Herzegovina rank for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex?
- Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 154th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex rising or falling in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bosnia and Herzegovina data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Level of inequality in lifespans, measured between 0 and 1.