Bosnia and Herzegovina GDP Growth Accelerates Slightly in Q2

2026-09-30 09:22 By Nicole Aliyah 1 min. read

Bosnia and Herzegovina's economy expanded by 2.4% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2026, accelerating slightly from a 2.3% increase in the previous quarter.

Growth was supported by faster activity in information and communication (5.5% vs 2.3%), agriculture (1.8% vs 1.1%), arts, entertainment and recreation (3.5% vs 3.3%), and public administration, education, health and social work (2.8% vs 1.9%).

Meanwhile, growth in construction (5.0% vs 5.3%), wholesale and retail trade, transportation and accommodation and food services (4.6% vs 6.4%) eased.

Industry remained in contraction, although the decline narrowed (-2.5% vs -2.9%).

On the expenditure side, final consumption (2.9% vs 2.7%), gross capital formation (1.4% vs 0.3%), exports (2.0% vs 0.3%) and imports (2.4% vs 0.7%) accelerated.

Meanwhile, household consumption eased (2.9% vs 3.1%).

On a seasonally adjusted quarterly basis, the economy grew 0.5%, slowing from 0.8% in the previous quarter.



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Bosnia and Herzegovina GDP Growth Accelerates Slightly in Q2
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