Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 53.5% hydro: 46.5% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001)
Electricity - consumption:
8.318 billion kWh (2002)
Electricity - exports:
3.288 billion kWh (2002)
Electricity - imports:
2.271 billion kWh (2002)
Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2001 est.)
Oil - consumption:
20,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)
Oil - exports:
NA
Oil - imports:
NA
Natural gas - production:
0 cu m (2001 est.)
Natural gas - consumption:
300 million cu m (2001 est.)
Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2001 est.)
Natural gas - imports:
300 million cu m (2001 est.)
Current account balance:
$-2.1 billion (2004 est.)
Exports:
$1.7 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)
Exports - commodities:
metals, clothing, wood products
Exports - partners:
Italy 22.3%, Croatia 21.1%, Germany 20.8%, Austria 7.4%, Slovenia
7.1%, Hungary 4.8% (2004)
Imports:
$5.2 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, chemicals, fuels, foodstuffs
Imports - partners:
Croatia 23.8%, Slovenia 15.8%, Germany 14.8%, Italy 11.4%, Austria
6.6%, Hungary 6.1% (2004)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$2 billion (2004 est.)
Debt - external:
$3 billion (2004 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$650 million (2001 est.)
Currency (code):
marka (BAM)
Currency code:
BAM
Exchange rates:
marka per US dollar - 1.58 (2004), 1.73 (2003), 2.08 (2002), 2.19
(2001), 2.12 (2000)
note: the marka is pegged to the euro
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Bosnia and Herzegovina
Telephones - main lines in use:
938,000 (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
1.05 million (2003)
Telephone system:
general assessment: telephone and telegraph network needs
modernization and expansion; many urban areas are below average as
contrasted with services in other former Yugoslav republics
domestic: NA
international: country code - 387; no satellite earth stations
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 8, FM 16, shortwave 1 (1998)
Radios:
940,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
33 (plus 277 repeaters) (September 1995)
Televisions:
NA
Internet country code:
.ba
Internet hosts:
6,994 (2004)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
3 (2000)
Internet users:
100,000 (2002)
Transportation Bosnia and Herzegovina
Railways:
total: 1,021 km (795 km electrified)
standard gauge: 1,021 km 1.435-m gauge (2004)
Highways: total: 21,846 km paved: 11,424 km unpaved: 10,422 km (1999 est.)
Waterways:
Sava River (northern border) open to shipping but use limited
because of no agreement with neighboring countries (2004)
Ports and harbors:
Bosanska Gradiska, Bosanski Brod, Bosanski Samac, and Brcko (all
inland waterway ports on the Sava), Orasje
Airports:
27 (2004 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 8
2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
under 914 m: 3 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 19
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 11 (2004 est.)
Heliports:
5 (2004 est.)
Military Bosnia and Herzegovina
Military branches:
VF Army (the air and air defense forces are subordinate commands
within the Army), VRS Army (the air and air defense forces are
subordinate commands within the Army)
Military service age and obligation: 18 years of age for compulsory military service in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina; 16 years of age in times of war; 18 years of age for Republika Srpska; 17 years of age for voluntary military service in the Federation and in the Republika Srpska; by law, military obligations cover all healthy men between the ages of 18 and 60, and all women between the ages of 18 and 55; service obligation is 4 months (July 2004)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 18–49: 1,034,367 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18–49: 829,530 (2005 est.)
Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males: 31,264 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$234.3 million (FY02)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
4.5% (FY02)
Transnational Issues Bosnia and Herzegovina
Disputes - international:
Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia and Montenegro have delimited
most of their boundary, but sections along the Drina River remain in
dispute; discussions continue with Croatia on several small disputed