Emigration from Bosnia and Herzegovina is a serious socio-economic problem that further complicates the situation in the country, especially due to low natural growth and departure of highly educated young people.
The departure of the population, especially young people and qualified staff, makes economic growth and development difficult, because Bosnia and Herzegovina loses human capital in which it is much investment through the education system.
According to the data of the statistical agency, Bosnia and Herzegovina has since 2017. until 2021. had a continuously growing negative natural increase. There are research that indicate that the average annual outflow of the population of 36,800 people is correcting the number of persons who return to Bosnia and Herzegovina on average, as the number of temporary migrations (around 18,600 per year), a net annual outflow of about 18,200 people.
However, it is not possible to determine the actual number of people who have left Bosnia and Herzegovina, because there is no obligation to report departure, nor is such data collect in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
In recent years, you will be more advisable processes of youth, highly educated, promising people, whose education and training Bosnia and Herzegovina has invested millions of marks.
The high costs of education of citizens who leave the country create additional losses for the state. The investment in the education of one individual to the end of the basic, high school and the faculty is significant, and these costs are not returned in the form of a contribution to the Company due to emigration.
Many are not fully aware of the actual economic impact that arises from the departure of highly educated staff from Bosnia and Herzegovina. These losses do not only apply to the direct costs of education, but also on the long-term economic potential that the state loses with the departure of each qualified citizen.
“It is estimated that the costs of schooling the citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina ended in the year, cumulatively observed, cost about 25,000 KM for primary school, 40,000 KM
For high school and about 58,000 KM for completed academic studies. Average costs completed
Postgraduate studies (doctoral studies) in Bosnia and Herzegovina are about 80,000 KM from which
are visible huge losses under BiH economy and in gross domestic product “it is stated in the document.
As the main reason for the departure, young people stand out for better living conditions, stable jobs and higher opportunities for advancement, thus classifying Bosnia and Herzegovina among countries with the most pronounced “brain outflow”. This situation creates serious pressure on the country’s demographic and economic future, as the departure of young and professional staff reduces the workforce and innovative potential of the state.
When we are talking about emigration from Bosnia and Herzegovina, the only data in Bosnia and Herzegovina that can be used by years of age is data held by the Bosnia and Herzegovina’s identification agency and the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina for eviction to other countries.
According to the data of the Agency for Identification Documents, Records and Exchange of the data of Bosnia and Herzegovina, During 2024. A total of 2,391 persons officially signed out the residence for eviction abroad, he finds out noise.
The largest number of checkout was recorded for Austria – 623 persons, followed by Croatia – 421, Slovenia – 334. The Netherlands went to the Netherlands recorded in Montenegro, while 41 people were recorded in Montenegro in Montenegro in the migration profile of BiH for 2024.
These data, however, is just an administrative trace of the actual departure and do not include a huge number of those leaving the country without formal survival. Based on the international census and records of admission countries, it is clear that the population of origin from Bosnia and Herzegovina – including born in BiH, but also their offspring – counts in hundreds of thousands, writes Noise.
