SDG indicator 8.5.1: Average hourly earnings of employees in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina: SDG indicator 8.5.1: Average hourly earnings of employees was 10.1 in 2025. ▲ Rising
SDG indicator 8.5.1: Average hourly earnings of employees in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2001–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
In 2025, sdg indicator 8.5.1: average hourly earnings of employees in Bosnia and Herzegovina stood at 10.1. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.5% on the previous year and up 127.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sdg indicator 8.5.1: average hourly earnings of employees in Bosnia and Herzegovina peaked at 10.1 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 2.72, in 2001.
That places Bosnia and Herzegovina 59th out of 68 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
SDG indicator 8.5.1: Average hourly earnings of employees in Bosnia and Herzegovina, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2.72 | — |
| 2006 | 2.9 | +6.6% |
| 2007 | 3.07 | +5.9% |
| 2008 | 3.6 | +17.3% |
| 2009 | 3.93 | +9.2% |
| 2010 | 4.02 | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 4.79 | +19.2% |
| 2012 | 4.23 | -11.7% |
| 2013 | 4.33 | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 4.27 | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 4.44 | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 4.24 | -4.5% |
| 2020 | 8.44 | +99.1% |
| 2021 | 7.39 | -12.4% |
| 2022 | 7.78 | +5.3% |
| 2023 | 8.77 | +12.7% |
| 2024 | 9.85 | +12.3% |
| 2025 | 10.1 | +2.5% |
Bosnia and Herzegovina compared with similar countries
- Bosnia and Herzegovina's 10.1 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 94.09, 11% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina's 10.1 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 21.67, 47% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where SDG indicator 8.5.1: Average hourly earnings of employees in Bosnia and Herzegovina changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +99.1% | 4.24 | 8.44 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.24 | 2.72 | 3.93 | 5 |
| 2010s | 4.33 | 4.02 | 4.79 | 7 |
| 2020s | 8.72 | 7.39 | 10.1 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Bosnia and Herzegovina
More work & labour data for Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -1.03 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -1.02 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -1.04 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -2.13 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.2135 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 1,976 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 1,082 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 676.82 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 689.64 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 1,366 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sdg indicator 8.5.1: average hourly earnings of employees in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- Sdg indicator 8.5.1: average hourly earnings of employees in Bosnia and Herzegovina was 10.1 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest sdg indicator 8.5.1: average hourly earnings of employees recorded in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- The highest recorded value was 10.1 in 2025.
- What is the lowest sdg indicator 8.5.1: average hourly earnings of employees recorded in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.72 in 2001.
- How does Bosnia and Herzegovina rank for sdg indicator 8.5.1: average hourly earnings of employees?
- Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 59th out of 68 countries with data for 2025.
- Is sdg indicator 8.5.1: average hourly earnings of employees rising or falling in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- Over the last ten years it is up 127.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bosnia and Herzegovina data come from?
- The figures come from International Labour Organization, published as part of SDG indicator 8.5.1: Average hourly earnings of employees (previous ILO definition - ICLS13). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Data may differ from nationally reported figures and the Global SDG Indicators Database due to differences in sources and/or reference years. This indicator presents data by sex on employees' average hourly earnings. The concept of earnings, as applied in wage statistics, relates to gross remuneration in cash and in kind paid to employees, as a rule at regular intervals, for time worked or work done together with remuneration for time not worked, such as annual vacation, other type of paid leave or holidays. Earnings exclude employers' contributions in respect of their employees paid to social security and pension schemes and also the benefits received by employees under these schemes. Earnings also exclude severance and termination pay. Data are also disaggregated by occupation. Statistics on average hourly earnings by sex are the basis for the calculation of the gender pay gap. Data disaggregated by occupation are provided according to the latest version of the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO). Data may have been regrouped from the national classifications, which may not be strictly compatible with ISCO. For more information, refer to the Labour Market-related SDG Indicators (ILOSDG) database description.