Bosnia & Herzegovina’s economy expanded by a real 2.5% year on year in the fourth quarter of 2024, slightly slowing down from the 2.6% y/y rise in the third quarter, the country’s statistics office reported (chart).
The World Bank projected that Bosnia’s economy would expand by 2.6% in 2024, accelerating from an estimated 1.7% rise in 2023. The IMF expects 2.5% growth, while the central bank has projected Bosnia’s economic growth at 2.6% in 2024.
Final data for 2024 are to be released later this year.
According to statistics office data, increases were recorded in all categories, including household final consumption expenditure (up 1.9% y/y), general government consumption expenditure (up 2%y/y), gross capital formation (7.3% y/y), exports of goods and services (up 1.7% y/y) and imports of goods and services (up 3.5% y/y).
In seasonally adjusted terms, fourth-quarter GDP moved up 0.8% quarter-on-quarter, after rising by the same margin q/q in the previous three months.