BASIC INFORMATION,  HERCEGOVAČKO - NERETVANSKI CANTON 
  2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Area in km2 cca  4 401,0 4 401,0 4 401,0 4 401,0 4401 4401,0 4401,0
Estimation of number of present population 217859 219223 224796 228649 227630 227473 226.632
Females 118242 118230 121286 117313  -  -  -
Livebirths 2130 2131 1983 1929 1826 1767 1.916
Deaths 1653 1844 1740 2030 1889 2036 2.100
Number of marriages 1018 992 1133 1161 1076 1171 1.171
Number of divorce 73 44 26 28 46 58 95
Gross fixed capital formation in new fixed assets, 000 KM 299 554 287 342 227 306 240351 315808 391870  -
Indics of industrial production, previous year=100 81,8 106,7 121,0 101,5 107,9 85,6 112,8
Exports – total in 000 KM 380 796 362 925 427 371 485 513  -  - 716.912
Imports – total in 000 KM 755 220 674 356 755 508 876 335  -  - 1.230.280
Tourists – total 63 632 58 720 66 373 70883 76350 82563 85.404
Domestic tourists 36 542 32 933 32 970 30959 29399 32301 31.439
Foreign tourists 27 090 25 787 33 403 39924 46951 50262 53.965
Turnover in catering trade in 000 KM 12 377 10 583 11.697 12 389 13 988 16039 16.462
Average net wage in KM 544,89 613,94 622,06 637,01 659,22 722,76 821,87
Average no. of employed  persons 43 479 41 868 41 628 41712 41799 40655 42.531
Unemployed  22 304 23 886 25 642 26794 28632 30838 29.403
Basket of necessary products in KM 504,46 530,31 493,53 489,76 530,21 547,74  -
Primary education, end of school year              
Number of schools 126 127 130 129 131 129 130
Number of pupils 22 376 22 549 23 070 29451 23296 23110 22.980
Teachers 1 388 1 415 1 478 1628 1 508 1555 1.602
Secondary education, end of  school year              
Number of schools 30 30 29 29 29 29 29
Number of pupils-total 10 965 10 928 10 388 10400 10301 10130 9.795
out of total-girls 5 660 5 658 5 342 5253 5221 5099 4.954
Teachers 884 929 944 945 938 936 964
Higher education              
Higher education institutions  17 17 17 17 18 17 17
Enrolled students-total 8 447 9 006 9 935 10391 11234 12113 12.635
out of total-females  4 894 5 192 5 571 5650 6230 6772 7.179
Teachers and advisers 333 298 319 348 381 392 383