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Bosnia And Herzegovina Energy Information

Bosnia And Herzegovina Key Figures

Population:
3.23 million
GDP growth rate:
1.80 %/year
Energy independence:
76.5%

Data of the last year available: 2023

Total consumption/GDP:*
101 (2005=100)
CO2 Emissions:
6.12 tCO2/capita
Rate of T&D power losses:
10.8%

* at purchasing power parity

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Bosnia And Herzegovina Total Energy Production & Consumption

The country's overall consumption per capita is 2.2 toe (17% below the EU average in 2023) with an average electricity consumption per capita of 3 250 kWh (36% below the EU average).

The country's total consumption has been declining since 2018 (-1.3%/year), reaching 7 Mtoe in 2023 (-3.8% in 2023 alone). It had surged very rapidly between 1995 and 2018 (+7%/year), despite a sharp drop in 2012-2013.

Source: Bosnia and Herzegovina energy report

Interactive Chart Bosnia And Herzegovina Total Energy Production & Consumption

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Bosnia And Herzegovina Oil Production & Consumption

The 4.2 Mt/year Bosanski Brod refinery (Republic of Srpska) has been idle since an emergency shutdown at the end of 2018 and production has not restarted yet. Oil product imports have increased by 45% since 2018 to 1.6 Mt on average.

Source: Bosnia and Herzegovina energy report

Interactive Chart Bosnia And Herzegovina Crude Oil Production & Consumption

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Interactive Chart Bosnia And Herzegovina Refined Oil Products Production & Consumption

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Bosnia And Herzegovina Natural Gas Production & Consumption

All the gas is imported by BH Gas from Russia through Hungary and Serbia. Gas imports have been averaging 250 mcm/year since 2000. In 2023, imports dipped by 9% to 224 mcm.

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Interactive Chart Bosnia And Herzegovina Gas Production & Consumption

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Bosnia And Herzegovina Coal and Lignite Production & Consumption

Lignite production tends to follow the power sector demand. It nearly doubled between 2000 and 2018 (+3.8%/year) to 14.5 Mt, before declining by 3%/year until 2023 to 12.4 Mt. Production covers 95% of the consumption (2023). Coal imports surged from less than 0.6 Mt in 2005 to nearly 1.6 Mt in 2021, but they fell to 1.2 Mt in 2023.

Source: Bosnia and Herzegovina energy report

Interactive Chart Bosnia And Herzegovina Coal and Lignite Production & Consumption

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Bosnia And Herzegovina Renewable in % Electricity Production

Under its draft NECP (2023), Bosnia and Herzegovina aims to reach a share of 43.6% of renewables in final energy consumption by 2030 (up from 36.6% in 2021), including 70% for electricity, 61% for heating and cooling, and 8.4% for transport (46%, 53%, and 0.2%, respectively, in 2021).

The 2020 target of the National Renewable Energy Action Plan (NREAP, 2016) of 40% of renewables in final energy consumption was reached.

Source: Bosnia and Herzegovina energy report

Interactive Chart Bosnia And Herzegovina Share of Renewables in Electricity Production (incl hydro)

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Bosnia And Herzegovina GHG emissions and CO2 emissions

Under its draft NECP (2023), Bosnia and Herzegovina aims to cut its GHG emissions (including carbon sinks) by over 41% from the 1990 level to 15.65 MtCO2 in 2030. It also plans to introduce the EU ETS model in the country by 2026 to avoid paying the EU's CBAM tax.

Source: Bosnia and Herzegovina energy report

Interactive Chart Bosnia And Herzegovina CO2 emissions

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