Union consumer basket for February amounts to 2,898 KM

(Patria) - The union consumer basket calculated by the Union of Independent Trade Unions of Bosnia and Herzegovina for February 2024 amounts to 2,898.90 KM.

The average salary paid in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina for December 2023 was 1,296.00 KM (the latest data published by the Federal Institute for Statistics).

The minimum wage according to the Decision of the Government of the FBiH is 619.00 KM. The coverage of the union consumer basket by the average salary is 44.71%, and by the minimum wage is 21.35%.

When creating the union consumer basket, the average salary paid in the FBiH was taken into account, as well as the minimum living costs of a four-member family consisting of two adults and two children, one of whom is of secondary school age and the other of primary school age.

The consumer basket itself consists of the following categories (next to the name is the percentage share of each category in the union consumer basket):

1. Food – 44.66%;

2. Housing and utilities – 13.52%;

3. Hygiene and health care – 9.46%;

4. Education and culture – 10.35%;

5. Clothing and footwear – 10.35%;

6. Transport – 4.76%;

7. Household maintenance – 6.90%.

In the food category, prices from three retail centers for 86 items were used.

Regarding hygiene and health care, costs for ten items were included, and for housing and utilities, costs for six items.