Bosnia and Herzegovina’s GDP Grows 2.1% in Q4

2026-03-31 10:32 By Kyrie Dichosa 1 min. read

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s economy expanded 2.1% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2025, easing from an upwardly revised 2.3% in Q3.

This marks the softest economic expansion in three quarters, as growth moderated for household consumption (2.3% vs. 3.0% in Q3) and gross capital formation (8.5% vs. 9.0%), while government spending remained unchanged at 2.7%.

Net trade contributed negatively to GDP, as imports climbed 5.6% (vs. 5.9%) while exports rose at a softer pace of 1.8% (vs. 1.3%).

On the production side, growth slowed for information and communications (3.2% vs. 4.8%), construction (0.7% vs. 1.8%), and professional, scientific, and technical activities, as well as administrative and support service activities (0.6% vs. 2.7%).

On a seasonally adjusted quarterly basis, GDP grew 0.5% in Q4, following no growth in the previous quarter.



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