Foreign aidEurope and EurasiaFiscal year 2025
US foreign aid to Bosnia and Herzegovina
The US gave Bosnia and Herzegovina $14.0 million in foreign aid in FY2025: $4.46 per person, 91st of 173 recipient countries.In fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 to September 2025), US government agencies obligated $14.0 million in foreign assistance for Bosnia and Herzegovina and disbursed $38.5 million, according to ForeignAssistance.gov.
Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 91st of 173 recipient countries
US foreign aid obligated in FY2025, every recipient country, highest to lowest.
What the numbers show
FY2025 obligations were down 76.7% from $60.1 million in FY2024, and compare with an average of $68.5 million a year over FY2015–FY2024. The highest year since FY2015 was FY2020, at $117.3 million. In total, $698.9 million was obligated over FY2015–FY2025.
The agency that managed the most aid for Bosnia and Herzegovina in FY2025 was the Department of State ($14.7 million, 105.2% of the total). By sector, the largest was Program Support ($8.0 million, 57.5%). That sector includes: Direct Administrative Costs; Monitoring and Evaluation. ForeignAssistance.gov classified $957,694 (6.8%) as military assistance and the rest as economic assistance.
For FY2026, -$580,789 has been reported so far. Agencies report to ForeignAssistance.gov quarterly and with a lag, so this page uses FY2025 for comparisons. The figures cover aid recorded for Bosnia and Herzegovina itself; regional and worldwide programs that also benefit it are counted separately (see the Europe and Eurasia page).
US aid to Bosnia and Herzegovina by year
Bosnia and Herzegovina: $14M in FY2025, against a peak of $117M in FY2020
Obligations by fiscal year and managing agency, FY2015–FY2026, nominal dollars. FY26* is incomplete. Net de-obligations are drawn as zero.
- Other agencies
- Defense Department
- State Department
- USAID
View every year as a table
| Fiscal year | USAID | State Department | Defense Department | Other agencies | Total obligated | Disbursed | Per person | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2015 | $30.9M | $18.6M | $151,713 | $0 | $49.7M | $51.6M | $14.12 | 73 |
| FY2016 | $22.3M | $15.7M | $183,624 | $78,500 | $38.3M | $48.7M | $11.02 | 75 |
| FY2017 | $35.7M | $16.8M | $0 | $0 | $52.5M | $46.0M | $15.32 | 75 |
| FY2018 | $53.5M | $4.2M | $2.2M | $79,841 | $60.0M | $49.4M | $17.70 | 70 |
| FY2019 | $35.2M | $17.8M | $6.2M | $245,518 | $59.5M | $58.2M | $17.78 | 75 |
| FY2020 | $51.4M | $63.8M | $2.0M | $167,562 | $117.3M | $92.8M | $35.56 | 56 |
| FY2021 | $42.1M | $41.9M | $0 | $0 | $84.0M | $93.2M | $25.90 | 64 |
| FY2022 | $37.5M | $32.3M | $0 | $40,000 | $69.8M | $78.3M | $21.77 | 84 |
| FY2023 | $41.2M | $52.4M | $0 | $234,776 | $93.8M | $82.5M | $29.45 | 65 |
| FY2024 | $35.2M | $24.6M | $247,454 | $0 | $60.1M | $67.6M | $18.99 | 83 |
| FY2025 | -$724,429 | $14.7M | $0 | $0 | $14.0M | $38.5M | $4.46 | 91 |
| FY2026* | -$420,282 | -$160,507 | $0 | $0 | -$580,789 | $7.2M | – | – |
Source: ForeignAssistance.gov (U.S. Department of State).
Who manages it and what it pays for, FY2025
By managing agency
| Managing agency | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department of State | $14.7 million | 105.2% |
By sector
| Sector | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Program Support | $8.0 million | 57.5% |
| Peace and Security | $5.3 million | 37.8% |
| Economic Development | $1.7 million | 12.1% |
| Education and Social Services | $21,276 | 0.2% |
Largest program areas
| Program area | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Direct Administrative Costs | $8.0 million | 57.5% |
| Stabilization Operations and Security Sector Reform | $5.5 million | 39.4% |
| Infrastructure | $5.0 million | 35.7% |
| Macroeconomic Foundation for Growth | $2.5 million | 17.5% |
| Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance - General | $1.6 million | 11.4% |
| Economic Development - General | $140,500 | 1.0% |
| Higher Education | $54,000 | 0.4% |
Sectors over the last five years
| Sector | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peace and Security | $41.6M | $22.1M | $41.8M | $13.2M | $5.3M |
| Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance | $13.6M | $17.6M | $22.0M | $18.9M | -$990,061 |
| Program Support | $11.3M | $13.3M | $16.0M | $19.0M | $8.0M |
| Economic Development | $12.4M | $13.6M | $13.8M | $9.0M | $1.7M |
| Health | $2.6M | $2.8M | $0 | $0 | -$39,887 |
| Education and Social Services | $2.5M | $308,003 | -$284 | -$173,561 | $21,276 |
| Environment | $0 | $40,000 | $234,776 | $95,000 | $0 |
| Humanitarian Assistance | $24,493 | $25,000 | $26,400 | $34,667 | -$23,817 |
| Multi-sector | -$121,585 | -$24,830 | -$26,513 | $0 | $0 |
Who carried out the work, FY2025
Implementing partners by type, as reported to ForeignAssistance.gov. “Government” includes US agencies that carry out programs themselves and partner-country governments.
| Partner type | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Enterprises | $6.7 million | 48.0% |
| Government | $3.9 million | 27.8% |
| NGO | $1.9 million | 13.4% |
| Multilateral | $1.4 million | 10.0% |
| Universities and Research Institutes | $136,670 | 1.0% |
How Bosnia and Herzegovina compares
Countries with similar US aid totals in FY2025
US foreign aid obligated, FY2025.
| Kazakhstan | $15.8 million |
| Djibouti | $14.1 million |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina (this page) | $14.0 million |
| Timor-Leste | $12.8 million |
| Estonia | $11.6 million |
Other countries in Europe and Eurasia
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Questions and answers
- How much foreign aid does the US give Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- $14.0 million was obligated in fiscal year 2025 and $38.5 million disbursed, according to ForeignAssistance.gov. Over FY2015–FY2025 the total obligated was $698.9 million.
- How much US aid does Bosnia and Herzegovina get per person?
- About $4.46 per person in FY2025, using the World Bank population estimate of 3,140,095.
- How much USAID funding goes to Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- USAID managed -$724,429 of the FY2025 total (-5.2%). The Department of State managed the most ($14.7 million).
- What is US aid to Bosnia and Herzegovina spent on?
- In FY2025, by sector: Program Support $8.0 million (57.5%); Peace and Security $5.3 million (37.8%); Economic Development $1.7 million (12.1%); Education and Social Services $21,276 (0.2%).
- Has US aid to Bosnia and Herzegovina gone up or down?
- FY2025: $14.0 million; FY2024: $60.1 million (down 76.7%). The peak since FY2015 was FY2020 ($117.3 million).
- Does the US give military aid to Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- In FY2025, $957,694 (6.8%) of obligations for Bosnia and Herzegovina was classified as military assistance on ForeignAssistance.gov.
Sources and notes
- ForeignAssistance.gov (U.S. Department of State), complete dataset (us_foreign_aid_complete.csv), version of 02 Sep 2026, retrieved 2026-10-06. Obligations and disbursements in current (nominal) US dollars by U.S. fiscal year (October to September), FY2015–FY2026; FY2026 is incomplete. Public domain.
- Population: World Bank, World Development Indicators, SP.POP.TOTL (updated 2026-07-13), CC BY 4.0.
- Per-person figures divide the fiscal-year obligations by the World Bank population for the same calendar year.
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: method and caveats.