In this report we look at the institutional structures of education, health, labor markets and social protection, using their measureable outcomes to compare BiH to neighboring countries or across different parts of the country.
Read Full ReportBiH is ageing and shrinking demographically. Although BiH’s birthrates are similar to those of the EU, the main driver of its population decline is a sustained and increasing rate of emigration.
While post-conflict BiH experienced educational and labor migration, the pattern changed in 2014, when emigration increased and has more recently shifted from single young adults to families.
The purpose of mandatory public education is to ensure that all members of society have the skills needed to function as informed members of society and to support themselves as workers in the labor market. Education provides a common body of cultural and technical information to citizens.
Temporary/special
Medium-term
Medium-term to long-term
The purpose of mandatory public education is to ensure that all members of society have the skills needed to function as informed members of society and to support themselves as workers in the labor market. Education provides a common body of cultural and technical information to citizens.
Temporary/special
Medium-term
After family, community and school, the labor market is a major locus of social contact and integration. Participation in the work force is not only a source of income and social insurance, but of social interaction, peer respect and a sense of self-worth.
The BiH labor market participation rate in 2018 was 54.2% and has declined gradually for the past decade. It is now by a small margin, the lowest in the region.
Temporary/special
Medium-term
In most of the EU and other developed countries, a system of graduated income tax combined with a progressive social protection system serves to redistribute income from the higher to the lower income segments of the population, stabilizing the polity as well as the economy and ensuring relatively equitable access to social goods.
Temporary/special
Medium-term
Social Protection
The purpose of social insurance and social assistance is to ensure that members of society, who are not or no longer capable of supporting themselves for reasons of age, disability, unemployment, care responsibilities or other reasons, are able to continue to live with dignity in their community.
Proportion of the population at risk of poverty after transfers
17%
Male
16%
Female
Recommendations
Temporary/special
Medium-term