Type 1 diabetes in Bosnia and Herzegovina
T1D Index estimates for 2025 · IDF Europe region · Upper-Middle-Income country
An estimated 6,277 people are living with type 1 diabetes in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2025. Each year about 360 people are newly diagnosed and 122 people with T1D die. A further 3,826 people would be alive today had they not died early from type 1 diabetes.
People living with T1D
6,277
New diagnoses this year
360
Deaths this year
122
Missing people
3,826
Expected age at death, diagnosed at 10
56.8years
How many people have type 1 diabetes in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
6,277 people in Bosnia and Herzegovina are living with type 1 diabetes in 2025, or 200.0 per 100,000 people. That is lower than the Europe average of 298.6 per 100,000 and higher than the global average of 115.5. Bosnia and Herzegovina has the 106th-largest number of people living with T1D of the 202 countries in the T1D Index, and the 36th-largest of the 53 countries in the IDF Europe region.
For every 100 people living with T1D in Bosnia and Herzegovina, another 61 are missing: people who would be alive today had they not died early from T1D.
Is type 1 diabetes increasing in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
The number of people living with T1D in Bosnia and Herzegovina went from 3,026 in 2000 to 6,277 in 2025, and is projected to rise to 9,048 by 2040 (+44%).
| Year | Living with T1D | New diagnoses | Deaths | Missing people |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3,026 | 244 | 82 | 3,904 |
| 2010 | 4,257 | 280 | 88 | 3,898 |
| 2020 | 5,404 | 329 | 125 | 3,782 |
| 2025 | 6,277 | 360 | 122 | 3,826 |
| 2030 (projected) | 7,356 | 447 | 161 | 3,986 |
| 2040 (projected) | 9,048 | 389 | 193 | 4,544 |
What is the life expectancy with type 1 diabetes in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
A 10-year-old diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in Bosnia and Herzegovina today is expected to live to 56.8, compared with 78.7 for a 10-year-old without T1D: 21.9 years of life lost. Counting years lived with complications as well, T1D costs 32.4 years of healthy life at today's level of care. If everyone received timely diagnosis, insulin and test strips, and insulin pumps and CGMs, that loss would fall to 13.9 years.
| Level of care | Healthy years restored | Healthy years of life | Healthy years still lost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current level of care | – | 46.3 | 32.4 |
| + Timely diagnosis for everyone | +2.7 | 49.0 | 29.7 |
| + Insulin and test strips for everyone | +8.7 | 57.7 | 20.9 |
| + Insulin pumps and CGMs for everyone | +7.0 | 64.7 | 13.9 |
How does Bosnia and Herzegovina compare?
| 2025 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Europe | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| People living with T1D per 100,000 | 200.0 | 298.6 | 115.5 |
| New diagnoses per 100,000 | 11.5 | 12.1 | 6.2 |
| Missing people per 100 living with T1D | 61.0 | 30.5 | 43.0 |
| Expected age at death, 10-year-old with T1D | 56.8 | 62.1 | 51.3 |
| Expected age at death, 10-year-old in general population | 78.7 | 79.4 | 77.0 |
Type 1 diabetes in other Europe countries
- Bulgaria9,543 living with T1D
- Lithuania7,885 living with T1D
- Georgia7,594 living with T1D
- Latvia7,085 living with T1D
- Slovenia5,648 living with T1D
- Estonia5,381 living with T1D
- Tajikistan4,746 living with T1D
- Turkmenistan3,685 living with T1D
More data
All figures are T1D Index version 3.0 estimates for all ages. Missing people are those who would be alive today had they not died early from type 1 diabetes. Expected age at death is for a 10-year-old. See Data & Methods for how the estimates are made and the peer-reviewed publications behind them.