3.28. Greenhouse Gas Emissions | The Good, The Bad and The Missing
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B/H/SFAMA Collection
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PROLOGUE
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MAPPED AND LEARNED
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DAYTON@30 IN NUMBERS
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Political Corruption
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Judicial Corruption
3.3.
Political Rights
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Electoral Democracy
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Political Polarization
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Women's Political Empowerment
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Civil Liberties
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Human Rights
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Media Freedom
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Freedom of Expression
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Engaged Society
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Female Labor Force Participation
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Unemployment Rate
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Share of Industry Jobs
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GDP from Manufacturing
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GDP from Agriculture
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GDP from Trade
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GDP per Capita
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Money Sent Back by Migrants
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Foreign Aid Received
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Number of Emigrants
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Population Born Abroad
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Old-Age Dependency Ratio
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Median Age
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Vaccination Coverage
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Primary Energy Consumption
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Annual CO₂ Emissions
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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Mobile Phone Usage
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Internet Usage
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DAYTON@30 IN PERCEPTIONS
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REFERENCES

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3.28.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Greenhouse gas emissions include carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide from all sources, including land-use change. Measured as a percentage of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. 

Scale: Measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.         

Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Direction of Change

BIH’S SHARE OF GLOBAL EMISSIONS ROSE TO A MID-2000S PEAK, THEN GRADUALLY DECLINED

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s share of global greenhouse gas emissions increased steadily from 1995 into the early 2000s, moving from a very low baseline to a more visible contribution during the mid-2000s. This early rise reflects post-war economic recovery, rising energy use, and a gradual return of industrial activity. After reaching a peak around the late 2000s to early 2010s, the trend stabilised before entering a slow, uneven decline. From the 2015 peak, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s global emissions share has gradually decreased, reflecting both modest domestic efficiency improvements and the fact that global emissions grew faster elsewhere. By the early 2020s, the country’s share fell back toward earlier levels, signalling a long-term pattern of early growth followed by gradual reduction rather than continued expansion.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Global Rank

Compared with all geographic entities listed in the Index

1995 2023
0.008 0.050
#164 out of 199 #122 out of 197
Europe World
1995 2023 1995 2023
8.551 6.378 100 100

Note: Population-weighted averages for Europe and the world.

Regional Rank

Compared with six former Yugoslav countries and Albania

Country 1995 2023
Albania
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Kosovo
Montenegro
North Macedonia
Serbia
Slovenia 		0,017
0,008
0,054
///
0,004
0,035
0,127
0,047		 0,014
0,050
0,039
///
0,002
0,016
0,085
0,030

Note: In 1995, Montenegro, Serbia, and Kosovo were part of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

1995 (highest → lowest): Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, North Macedonia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro.

2023 (highest → lowest): Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, North Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro

Conclusion

Overall, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s global emissions footprint peaked early and has since diminished, leaving the country a small but steadily shrinking contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions.

Source: Jones et al. (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.

3.27. Annual CO₂ Emissions
3.29. Mobile Phone Usage