Bosnia and Herzegovina is a decentralised state under the 1995 Dayton Agreement, made up of the Federation, Republika Srpska and the Brčko District, with a three-member rotating Presidency. Power is shared among Bosniak, Croat and Serb constituent peoples, and an international High Representative oversees implementation.
In the 12 Axes register, Bosnia and Herzegovina leans hardest on Federal – Unitary: Federal 83%; the register median is Unitary 68%.
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Where Bosnia and Herzegovina sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Federational
Two entities plus Brčko District
Centrist
International High Representative holds Bonn Powers
Centrist
Fundamental rights guaranteed, press pressure
Non-Interventionist
EU candidate since 2022, NATO action plan since 2010
Non-Aggressive
Joint armed forces, no active conflict
Assimilationist
Three constituent peoples, quotas exclude others
Mixed Economic
Mixed economy with large public sector
Balanced
Transition from socialist to market economy
Free Trade
CEFTA member, EU association agreement
Spiritual
Secular state, religion tied to ethnic identity
Traditionalist
Same-sex marriage not recognised
Neutral
No distinct state stance
Set against the median of all 195 countries in the register.
Federal – Unitary
On Federal – Unitary, Bosnia and Herzegovina is at Federal 83%. The register median is Unitary 68%.
Democratic – Autocratic
On Democratic – Autocratic, Bosnia and Herzegovina is at balanced 50%, almost the register median of balanced 50%.
Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · freedomhouse.org
Map: Marcos Elias de Oliveira Júnior, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.
Last updated: 2026-10-15
The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].
