🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina BA / BIH #125

Nomad Score 61.0

Cities 8

Region Central European Free Trade Agreement, Balkans, Mediterranean, Slavic Countries, Danube Region, Adriatic, Europe, Europe, Southeast Europe

Currency BAM

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Federal republic

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 34/100

Press Freedom (2025) 56.3/100 #86

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.498

HDI 0.804

Regional Blocs CEFTA

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2023) 1.2/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 13.5/100k

Military Spending (2024) 0.8% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Federal republic

Title	Name
High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina	Christian Schmidt
Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina	Željko Komšić

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 34 / 100

Interpretation Significant corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 56.3 / 100

Global Rank #86 / 180

Rank Change -5 vs previous year

RSF Zone UE Balkans

Political #89 45.7

Economic #108 37.9

Legal #67 67.5

Social #85 61.4

Safety #105 69.2

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.498

Liberal 0.339

Participatory 0.298

Deliberative 0.329

Egalitarian 0.359

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	56.3	86	45.7	37.9	67.5	61.4	69.2
2024	58.9	81	44.5	40.3	67.4	58.9	83.1
2023	65.4	64	55.3	45.1	77.5	71.0	78.2
2022	65.6	67	61.6	40.2	79.6	71.9	75.0
2021	71.7	58	-	-	-	-	89.0
2020	71.5	58	-	-	-	-	75.2
2019	71.0	63	-	-	-	-	100.0
2018	72.6	62	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	72.2	65	-	-	-	-	78.0
2016	71.6	68	-	-	-	-	100.0
2015	72.5	66	-	-	-	-	69.1
2014	73.1	66	-	-	-	-	-
2013	73.1	68	-	-	-	-	-
2012	19.5	59	-	-	-	-	-
2010	13.5	47	-	-	-	-	-
2009	10.5	39	-	-	-	-	-
2008	8.0	36	-	-	-	-	-
2007	11.2	34	-	-	-	-	-
2006	5.0	19	-	-	-	-	-
2005	7.0	33	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index