Bosnia and Herzegovina's multilateral debt service (% of public and publicly guaranteed debt service) was 78.41% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 15.59 percentage points from 62.81% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 78.41% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 73.99% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 62.81% | 2014 |
| Highest | 94.5% | 1999 |
| Lowest | 58.15% | 2002 |
| Average since 2015 | 71.16% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 94.5% | 1999 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Bosnia and Herzegovina's multilateral debt service (% of public and publicly guaranteed debt service) rose 17.75 percentage points on 2023 (from 60.66% to 78.41%).
Across the 24 yearly changes before that (2000 to 2023), the average change was −1.41 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 8.74 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 17.75 percentage points in 2024 and the biggest yearly fall was 35.07 percentage points in 2002. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Bosnia and Herzegovina had the 13th highest value of the 119 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 78.41% | 2024 |
| Upper middle income | 15.92% | 2024 |
Closest to Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 2024 ranking
- Ukraine — 10th of 119: 83.26%
- São Tomé and Principe — 11th of 119: 82.32%
- Nepal — 12th of 119: 80.37%
- Solomon Islands — 14th of 119: 77.98%
- Burkina Faso — 15th of 119: 77.19%
- Algeria — 16th of 119: 75.81%
What this measures
Multilateral debt service is the repayment of principal and interest to the World Bank, regional development banks, and other multilateral agencies. public and publicly guaranteed debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in currency, goods, or services on long-term obligations of public debtors and long-term private obligations guaranteed by a public entity.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 26 values
| Year | Multilateral debt service (% of public and publicly guaranteed debt service) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 78.41 |
| 2023 | 60.66 |
| 2022 | 74.78 |
| 2021 | 69.57 |
| 2020 | 72.07 |
| 2019 | 73.99 |
| 2018 | 72.23 |
| 2017 | 68.77 |
| 2016 | 69.88 |
| 2015 | 71.27 |
Multilateral debt service (% of public and publicly guaranteed debt service) in nearby economies
- Albania — 64.12% (2024)
- Armenia — 58.68% (2024)
- Azerbaijan — 25.5% (2024)
- Belarus — 13.37% (2024)
- Bulgaria — 14.89% (2024)
- Georgia — 68.73% (2024)
- Kazakhstan — 30.5% (2024)
- Kosovo — 83.53% (2024)
More economic policy & debt data for Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Adjusted savings, mineral depletion (current US$) — US$7.31 million (2021)
- GDP (current US$) — US$32.6 billion (2025)
- GDP (current LCU) — 56.55 billion (2025)
- GDP, linked series (current LCU) — 56.55 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$21.8 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant LCU) — 43.87 billion (2025)
- GDP, PPP (current international $) — 81.06 billion (2025)
- GDP, PPP (constant 2021 international $) — 66.5 billion (2025)
- GDP per capita (current US$) — US$10,382 (2025)
- GDP per capita (current LCU)
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Questions people ask
- What is Bosnia and Herzegovina's multilateral debt service (% of public and publicly guaranteed debt service)?
- 78.41% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1999?
- It is down 16.09 percentage points from 94.5% in 1999. The highest value was 94.5% in 1999 and the lowest 58.15% in 2002.
- How does Bosnia and Herzegovina rank?
- 13th highest of 119 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in multilateral debt service (% of public and publicly guaranteed debt service) unusual for Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- In 2024, Bosnia and Herzegovina's multilateral debt service (% of public and publicly guaranteed debt service) rose 17.75 percentage points on 2023 (from 60.66% to 78.41%). Across the 24 yearly changes before that (2000 to 2023), the average change was −1.41 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 8.74 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator DT.TDS.MLAT.PG.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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