Bosnia and Herzegovina
Europe & Central Asia · Upper middle income· 3.19M inhabitants
Last updated: May 27, 2025
Futures readiness profile
Key insights: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina lags behind global peers in Governance (38, 37th percentile). The remaining dimensions are closer to the global average, but none demonstrate global leadership or advanced futures readiness. Broad-based, high-impact interventions are needed to drive overall education futures readiness and resilience.
Composite GEFRI Score
51.19
47th percentile
Higher scores indicate greater education futures readiness
Component scores
School Access and Gender Parity53.20
Near the global average · 44th %-tile
Governance38.31
Below global avg. · 37th %-tile
Captures the effectiveness and quality of policies, regulations, and governance that shape the educational environment.
Infrastructure69.16
Above global avg. · 60th %-tile
Measures the availability and quality of basic digital and electrical infrastructure that supports education.
Human Capital52.33
Near the global average · 49th %-tile
Assesses the educational attainment and capacity of a country’s population, focusing on access and completion at secondary and tertiary levels as well as literacy.
Innovation42.94
Near the global average · 53rd %-tile
Reflects a country’s capacity to foster, produce, and apply new knowledge and technology in society and education.
Regional peers: Europe & Central Asia
| Global rank | Regional rank | Country | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Denmark | 83.51 |
| 2 | 2 | Netherlands | 80.63 |
| 5 | 3 | Switzerland | 79.24 |
| 7 | 4 | Sweden | 78.95 |
| 9 | 5 | Finland | 78.38 |
| 11 | 6 | United Kingdom | 77.81 |
| 12 | 7 | Austria | 77.77 |
| 13 | 8 | Germany | 77.36 |
| 14 | 9 | Norway | 77.19 |
| 15 | 10 | France | 76.74 |
| 19 | 11 | Estonia | 74.99 |
| 21 | 12 | Portugal | 74.34 |
| 22 | 13 | Slovenia | 73.18 |
| 23 | 14 | Lithuania | 73.07 |
| 24 | 15 | Belgium | 73.00 |
| 25 | 16 | Ireland | 72.60 |
| 26 | 17 | Iceland | 72.57 |
| 27 | 18 | Czechia | 72.45 |
| 28 | 19 | Luxembourg | 72.30 |
| 29 | 20 | Poland | 72.06 |
| 31 | 21 | Spain | 71.30 |
| 32 | 22 | Greece | 71.08 |
| 33 | 23 | Cyprus | 70.97 |
| — | — | Channel Islands(microstate) | 70.92 |
| 35 | 24 | Italy | 70.66 |
| — | — | Isle of Man(microstate) | 70.42 |
| — | — | Monaco(microstate) | 70.35 |
| 36 | 25 | Latvia | 70.07 |
| — | — | Faroe Islands(microstate) | 69.85 |
| — | — | Liechtenstein(microstate) | 69.59 |
| — | — | Andorra(microstate) | 68.90 |
| — | — | Greenland(microstate) | 68.00 |
| 37 | 26 | Hungary | 67.66 |
| 38 | 27 | Croatia | 67.25 |
| — | — | Gibraltar(microstate) | 66.03 |
| 40 | 28 | Bulgaria | 65.35 |
| 41 | 29 | Serbia | 65.10 |
| 43 | 30 | Georgia | 64.34 |
| — | — | San Marino(microstate) | 63.94 |
| 46 | 31 | Moldova | 63.79 |
| 47 | 32 | Turkiye | 63.15 |
| 52 | 33 | Montenegro | 61.53 |
| 53 | 34 | Kosovo | 61.15 |
| 55 | 35 | Kazakhstan | 60.98 |
| 56 | 36 | Slovak Republic | 60.98 |
| 58 | 37 | Russian Federation | 60.45 |
| 62 | 38 | North Macedonia | 59.33 |
| 66 | 39 | Armenia | 58.05 |
| 71 | 40 | Belarus | 56.57 |
| 73 | 41 | Albania | 56.34 |
| 75 | 42 | Kyrgyz Republic | 56.28 |
| 76 | 43 | Uzbekistan | 56.04 |
| 78 | 44 | Romania | 55.54 |
| 81 | 45 | Ukraine | 54.12 |
| 89 | 46 | Azerbaijan | 52.75 |
| 94 | 47 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 51.19 |
| 97 | 48 | Turkmenistan | 50.26 |
| 109 | 49 | Tajikistan | 46.46 |