Bosnia and Herzegovina: Net official flows from UN agencies, UNHCR (current US$)

Key figures

Over five years it is down 32.24% from US$2.63 million in 2018 (7.49% a year on average, compounded). Since 1994 it is down 98.16% from US$96.55 million in 1994 (12.87% a year on average, compounded). The World Bank has no value for 8 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2023, Bosnia and Herzegovina's net official flows from UN agencies, UNHCR (current US$) rose 195% on 2022 (from US$603,200 to US$1.78 million).

Across the 17 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2022), the average change was −6.4% and a typical year strayed about 85.5% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 293.8% in 2020 and the biggest yearly fall was 84.3% in 2010. 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 2023 the straight-line trend is downward, about US$478,881 a year. A straight line explains 50% of the movement over 9 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2023, Bosnia and Herzegovina had the 41st highest value of the 58 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.

Closest to Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 2023 ranking

• Brazil — 37th of 58: US$2.05 million
• Nepal — 38th of 58: US$2.02 million
• Burundi — 39th of 58: US$1.85 million
• Angola — 41st of 58: US$1.74 million
• Zimbabwe — 42nd of 58: US$1.57 million
• Mali — 43rd of 58: US$1.55 million

What this measures

Net official flows from UN agencies are the net disbursements of total official flows from the UN agencies. Total official flows are the sum of Official Development Assistance (ODA) or official aid and Other Official Flows (OOF) and represent the total disbursements by the official sector at large to the recipient country. Net disbursements are gross disbursements of grants and loans minus repayments of principal on earlier loans. ODA consists of loans made on concessional terms (with a grant element of at least 25 percent, calculated at a rate of discount of 10 percent) and grants made to promote economic development and welfare in countries and territories in the DAC list of ODA recipients. Official aid refers to aid flows from official donors to countries and territories in part II of the DAC list of recipients: more advanced countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the countries of the former Soviet Union, and certain advanced developing countries and territories. Official aid is provided under terms and conditions similar to those for ODA. Part II of the DAC List was abolished in 2005. The collection of data on official aid and other resource flows to Part II countries ended with 2004 data.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.

All 22 values

Net official flows from UN agencies, UNHCR (current US$) in nearby economies

• Albania — US$372,500 (2023)
• Armenia — US$177,950 (2021)
• Azerbaijan — US$3.11 million (2020)
• Belarus — US$818,520 (2021)
• Georgia — US$818,200 (2022)
• Kazakhstan — US$187,150 (2021)
• Kosovo — US$456,100 (2022)
• Kyrgyz Republic — US$777,900 (2022)
• Moldova — US$141,457 (2019)

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 net official flows from UN agencies, UNHCR (current US$)?

US$1.78 million in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1994?

It is down 98.16% from US$96.55 million in 1994 (12.87% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$96.55 million in 1994 and the lowest US$29,500 in 2012.

How does Bosnia and Herzegovina rank?

41st highest of 58 economies with data for 2023.

Is the latest change in net official flows from UN agencies, UNHCR (current US$) unusual for Bosnia and Herzegovina?

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator DT.NFL.UNCR.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Development Assistance Committee, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), uri: https://stats.oecd.org/; Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows to Developing Countries, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), uri: https://stats.oecd.org/; Developmen… 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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