Population living in slums in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Population living in slums was 0.3% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Population living in slums in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2000–2022
Source: Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat). Measured in % of urban population.
Analysis
The most recent figure for population living in slums in Bosnia and Herzegovina is 0.3%, measured in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of down 92.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population living in slums in Bosnia and Herzegovina peaked at 5.1% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2020.
That places Bosnia and Herzegovina 139th out of 174 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Population living in slums in Bosnia and Herzegovina, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5.1% | — |
| 2002 | 5.1% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 5.1% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 4.9% | -3.9% |
| 2008 | 4.7% | -4.1% |
| 2010 | 4.5% | -4.3% |
| 2012 | 4.3% | -4.4% |
| 2014 | 4.0% | -7.0% |
| 2016 | 4.0% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 4.0% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.3% | -92.2% |
| 2022 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
Bosnia and Herzegovina compared with similar countries
- Bosnia and Herzegovina's 0.3% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 15.8%, 2% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina's 0.3% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.3%, 96% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.0% | 4.7% | 5.1% | 5 |
| 2010s | 4.2% | 4.0% | 4.5% | 5 |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 2 |
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 population living in slums in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- Population living in slums in Bosnia and Herzegovina was 0.3% in 2022, according to Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat).
- What is the highest population living in slums recorded in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- The highest recorded value was 5.1% in 2000.
- What is the lowest population living in slums recorded in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2020.
- How does Bosnia and Herzegovina rank for population living in slums?
- Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 139th out of 174 countries with data for 2022.
- Is population living in slums rising or falling in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- Over the last ten years it is down 92.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bosnia and Herzegovina data come from?
- The figures come from Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), published as part of Population living in slums (% of urban population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Population living in slums is the proportion of the urban population living in slum households. A slum household is defined as a group of individuals living under the same roof lacking one or more of the following conditions: access to improved water, access to improved sanitation, sufficient living area, housing durability, and security of tenure, as adopted in the Millennium Development Goal Target 7.D. The successor, the Sustainable Development Goal 11.1.1, considers inadequate housing (housing affordability) to complement the above definition of slums/informal settlements.