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Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina is an official candidate for membership of the European Union.

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  • Candidate country

Relationship with the EU

  1. February 2016Applied for membership
  2. December 2022Candidate status granted

Data

GDP per capita in purchasing power standards36

Eurostat, 2025. Scale 0 to 260.

Milestones

Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian, the languages of the three constituent peoples, are all used officially at state level.

  1. 22 May 1992Admitted to the United Nations. un.org
  2. 24 April 2002Joins the Council of Europe. archive.org
  3. 1 June 2015Stabilisation and Association Agreement with the EU enters into force. enlargement.ec.europa.eu
  4. February 2016Applies for EU membership. enlargement.ec.europa.eu
  5. December 2022Granted EU candidate status by the European Council. enlargement.ec.europa.eu
  6. March 2024European Council decides to open accession negotiations. enlargement.ec.europa.eu

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