Female share of the labor force — all countries

Female share of the labor force — Bosnia and Herzegovina

Female share of the labor force in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2025 — 42.44%. Ranked 119 in the world out of 182. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 2.75 pp.

2025 42.44% +0 pp vs 2024
World rank 119of 182
Period maximum 42.46%2023
Period minimum 39.69%1990

Trend over time

1990–2025 · % of labor force

Female share of the labor force — Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1990–2025394041424319901994199820022006201020142018202220251990: 39.69%1991: 39.81%1992: 40.22%1993: 40.8%1994: 41.29%1995: 41.38%1996: 41.31%1997: 41.32%1998: 41.3%1999: 41.35%2000: 41.4%2001: 41.4%2002: 41.53%2003: 41.51%2004: 41.56%2005: 41.55%2006: 41.64%2007: 41.7%2008: 41.76%2009: 41.71%2010: 41.76%2011: 41.53%2012: 41.52%2013: 41.52%2014: 41.43%2015: 41.41%2016: 41.39%2017: 41.47%2018: 41.51%2019: 41.6%2020: 41.53%2021: 41.63%2022: 41.89%2023: 42.46%2024: 42.43%2025: 42.44%
Change over the period: +2.75 pp Annual average: 0.08 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina 42.44%
World 40.18%
Southern Europe computed 45.33%
Female share of the labor force — Bosnia and Herzegovina, by year Bosnia and Herzegovina All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 42.44 +0 pp
2024 42.43 −0.02 pp
2023 42.46 +0.56 pp
2022 41.89 +0.26 pp
2021 41.63 +0.1 pp
2020 41.53 −0.07 pp
2019 41.6 +0.09 pp
2018 41.51 +0.04 pp
2017 41.47 +0.08 pp
2016 41.39 −0.01 pp
2015 41.41 −0.02 pp
2014 41.43 −0.09 pp
2013 41.52 −0 pp
2012 41.52 −0.01 pp
2011 41.53 −0.23 pp
2010 41.76 +0.04 pp
2009 41.71 −0.04 pp
2008 41.76 +0.05 pp
2007 41.7 +0.06 pp
2006 41.64 +0.09 pp
2005 41.55 −0 pp
2004 41.56 +0.04 pp
2003 41.51 −0.01 pp
2002 41.53 +0.12 pp
2001 41.4 −0 pp
2000 41.4 +0.05 pp
1999 41.35 +0.05 pp
1998 41.3 −0.02 pp
1997 41.32 +0.01 pp
1996 41.31 −0.07 pp
1995 41.38 +0.09 pp
1994 41.29 +0.49 pp
1993 40.8 +0.58 pp
1992 40.22 +0.41 pp
1991 39.81 +0.12 pp
1990 39.69

About the indicator

The share of women in the total labor force. It differs from female labor force participation in measuring composition rather than reach: the first answers what part of those working are women, the second what part of women work. Fifty percent would mean complete equality of composition; in most countries it comes to between forty and forty-eight, and in the Gulf states and South Asia to less than twenty.

Important: A measure of composition, not of access: the share can rise because men are leaving the labor market. It is worth reading together with female labor force participation.

Source: ILOSTAT (ILO), license CC BY 4.0.