Education in Herzegovina-Neretva Canton (Federacija Bosne I Hercegovine, Bosnia and Herzegovina): official figures

The Herzegovina-Neretva Canton had 122 primary schools with 15,917 pupils in the 2024/25 school year, 9.7% of the Federation's primary pupils against 9.8% of its population.

How many pupils per teacher are there in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton?

Primary schools in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton had 9.2 pupils per teacher in 2024/25 (1,723 teachers), against 10.2 across the Federation.

Source: Federal Office of Statistics (FZS), Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina · saved copy

How big are primary schools in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton?

The average primary school in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton had 130 pupils in 2024/25, 5th smallest of 10 cantons (Federation 163).

Source: Federal Office of Statistics (FZS), Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina · saved copy

How many secondary schools are there in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton?

7,084 pupils attended 29 secondary schools in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton in 2024/25, 6.1 per teacher against 8.1 across the Federation.

Source: Federal Office of Statistics (FZS), Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina · saved copy

How many teachers are women in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton?

Women made up 79% of primary teachers and 70% of secondary teachers in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton in 2024/25.

Source: Federal Office of Statistics (FZS), Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina · saved copy

How many children are in school in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton?

The Herzegovina-Neretva Canton had 75 primary pupils and 34 secondary pupils per 1,000 residents in 2024/25, against 76 and 33 across the Federation.

Source: Federal Office of Statistics (FZS), Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina · saved copy

How Herzegovina-Neretva Canton compares with other cantons in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Primary pupils per teacher (2024/25)

Herzegovina-Neretva Canton ranks 7 of 10, highest first.

Rank	Area	Primary pupils per teacher
4	Una-Sana Canton	10.1
5	Tuzla Canton	10.1
6	Bosnian-Podrinje Canton Goražde	10.0
7	Herzegovina-Neretva Canton	9.2
8	Central Bosnia Canton	9.1
9	Canton 10	7.3
10	Posavina Canton	6.3

Source: Federal Office of Statistics (FZS), Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina · saved copy

Secondary pupils per teacher (2024/25)

Herzegovina-Neretva Canton ranks 10 of 10, highest first.

Rank	Area	Secondary pupils per teacher
4	Una-Sana Canton	8.7
5	Posavina Canton	8.3
6	West Herzegovina Canton	8.3
7	Tuzla Canton	8.2
8	Zenica-Doboj Canton	7.6
9	Canton 10	7.0
10	Herzegovina-Neretva Canton	6.1

Source: Federal Office of Statistics (FZS), Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina · saved copy

Pupils per primary school (2024/25)

Herzegovina-Neretva Canton ranks 6 of 10, highest first.

Rank	Area	Pupils per primary school
3	Zenica-Doboj Canton	161
4	Tuzla Canton	158
5	Central Bosnia Canton	137
6	Herzegovina-Neretva Canton	130
7	Una-Sana Canton	113
8	West Herzegovina Canton	112
9	Canton 10	87

Source: Federal Office of Statistics (FZS), Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina · saved copy

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Sources

Federal Office of Statistics (FZS), Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Statistical Yearbook of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2025, read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 3b49f8c57d0d…)

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