Labour market situation as of 30 September 2024



As of 30 September 2024, 324 712 people were registered as unemployed in Bosnia and Herzegovina.  Compared to a month earlier, the number of the unemployed decreased by 5 117 or 1.55%.  Of the total number of job seekers, 192 067 or 59.15% were women.  Compared to the same period a year earlier, the unemployment level in BiH decreased by 22 136 or 6.38%. 

Unemployment level fell by 4 888 (1.86%) in the FBiH and by 304 (0.55%) in RS, and it increased by 75 persons (0.64%) in the BD BiH.

The structure of job seekers as of 30 September 2024 is as follows:

Unskilled workers: 95 055 or 29.27%, comprising 37 969 (28.62%) men and 57 086 (29.72%) women

Semi-skilled workers/low educational background: 4 575 or 1.41%, comprising 2 149 (1.62%) men and 2 426 (1.26%) women

Skilled workers: 101 768 or 31.34%, comprising 51 928 (39.152%) men and 49 840 (25.95%) women

Highly skilled workers: 739 or 0.23%, comprising 574 (0.43%) men and 165 (0.09%) women

Secondary school qualifications: 92 280 or 28.42%, comprising 31 218 (23.53%) men and 61 062 (31.79%) women

Two-year post-secondary education: 4 935 or 1.52%, comprising 1 679 (1.27%) men and 3 256 (1.70%) women

University degree: 25 360 or 7.81%, comprising 7 128 (5.37%) men and 18232 (9.49%) women

Within the total number of registered unemployed people, 13 146 were newly added to the register in September 2024, of whom 6 900 were women.  The total number of people who were deregistered amounted to 18 370, of whom 10 907 were women.  Of the total number of people who were deregistered, 13 220 or 71.96% were placed in jobs, of whom 8 204 or 62.06% were women.  

In September 2024, employers reported 3 531 new vacancies to public employment services in BiH, of which 876 were for women, while the registered number of people whose employment was terminated during the reported period amounted to 8 983.  The registered number of women whose employment was terminated during the reporting period was 4 788 or 53.30%.

 

According to the BiH Agency for Statistics, the number of people in paid work in BiH amounted to 847 865 in August 2024, of whom 383 360 were women.  Compared to July 2024, the total number of people in work, as well as the number of women in paid work decreased, by 0.6% and 0.8%, respectively.

 

According to the results of the Labour Force Survey (LFS) for the second quarter 2024, the labour force in BiH (economically active population) comprised 1 410 000 people and the number of inactive people amounted to 1 466 000. 

The labour force included 1 223 000 people in employment and 187 000 unemployed people. The LFS unemployment rate was significantly lower than the administrative one and it stood at 13.3% for the second quarter of 2024 at the level of BiH.

The number of people in work in the second quarter of 2024 increased by 1.5% compared to the first quarter, while the number of the unemployed remained unchanged.

The unemployment rate in BiH stood at 13.3% in the second quarter of 2024 and it was lower compared to the first quarter of 2024 (13.5%) by 0.2 percentage points.  The LFS employment rate in the second quarter of 2024 stood at 42.5% and compared to the first quarter of 2024 (41.9%) it increased by 0.6 percentage points.

The youth unemployment rate (aged 15-24) in BiH stood at 30.4% in the second quarter of 2024 and compared to the first quarter (27.4%) it increased by 3.0 percentage points.