Share using safely managed drinking water in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Share using safely managed drinking water was 86.4% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Share using safely managed drinking water in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Bosnia and Herzegovina recorded 86.4% for share using safely managed drinking water in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share using safely managed drinking water in Bosnia and Herzegovina peaked at 88.9% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 86.4%, in 2024.
Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 80th of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 87.9% | 87.5% | 88.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 88.7% | 88.3% | 88.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 87.1% | 86.4% | 88.2% | 5 |
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More environment data for Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 27.63 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 8.73 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 1.04 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.4439 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 2.91 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0016 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 5.36 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0048 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0126 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.9494 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share using safely managed drinking water in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- Share using safely managed drinking water in Bosnia and Herzegovina was 86.4% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share using safely managed drinking water recorded in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- The highest recorded value was 88.9% in 2018.
- What is the lowest share using safely managed drinking water recorded in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- The lowest recorded value was 86.4% in 2024.
- How does Bosnia and Herzegovina rank for share using safely managed drinking water?
- Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 80th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share using safely managed drinking water rising or falling in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Bosnia and Herzegovina data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share using safely managed drinking water. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Proportion of people using an improved drinking water source that is located on premises, available when needed and free from faecal and priority chemical contamination.