Bosnia and Herzegovina energy mix & electricity

Power plants in Bosnia and Herzegovina produced 14.4 TWh of electricity in 2025. That puts it in the same league as Croatia. Coal dominates the mix with 55.4%, followed by hydropower at 36.6% and solar power at 4.1%.

43.6% of the country’s power came from renewable sources: 69th of 158 countries. That is 10 points above the world average of 33.8%. It is also above the average for Europe (41.6%). Generating one kWh emits about 571 g CO₂e here (world average: 458 g). The grid is more carbon-intensive than the world average. In the cleanest-grid ranking, Bosnia and Herzegovina is 118th of 158.

Over the past decade solar power added more generation than any other source (+580 GWh since 2015, plus 4 percentage points of share). Meanwhile coal lost the most ground, down 2.8 TWh. The net effect: renewables gained 9.8 percentage points of share since 2015. Total generation shrank by 2 TWh over the same period. Carbon intensity dropped from 664 to 571 g/kWh, a 14% cut.

The coal phase-down is well under way: 65.7% of generation in 2015, 55.4% by 2025. In absolute terms, coal generation peaked in 2018 at 12.4 TWh and has since fallen 36%.

Solar (4.1%) and wind (2.6%) now add up to 6.6% of generation; the global figure is 17.3%. Per person, that is 188 kWh of solar electricity a year, versus a global average of 338 kWh. Wind adds 118 kWh per person. Solar first passed 1% of the mix in 2023.

Generation per person is 4,599 kWh a year, 1.2× the world average of 3,860 kWh. Bosnia and Herzegovina does not trade electricity with other countries: the grid is not interconnected with any neighbour.