Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Senegal
Senegal: Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP was 4.3% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Senegal, 2000–2023
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Senegal stood at 4.3%.
That represents a change of up 6.9% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Senegal peaked at 5.2% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 3.4%, in 2007.
That places Senegal 148th out of 195 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Senegal, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.6% | — |
| 2001 | 3.7% | +3.7% |
| 2002 | 4.0% | +7.4% |
| 2003 | 4.3% | +8.7% |
| 2004 | 4.6% | +6.3% |
| 2005 | 3.7% | -19.6% |
| 2006 | 3.8% | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 3.4% | -9.3% |
| 2008 | 3.5% | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 3.8% | +9.5% |
| 2010 | 4.0% | +4.8% |
| 2011 | 4.2% | +4.6% |
| 2012 | 4.3% | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 4.4% | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 4.4% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 4.4% | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 4.3% | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 4.2% | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 4.4% | +6.4% |
| 2019 | 4.5% | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 5.2% | +14.6% |
| 2021 | 4.4% | -13.8% |
| 2022 | 4.0% | -9.0% |
| 2023 | 4.3% | +6.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.8% | 3.4% | 4.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.3% | 4.0% | 4.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.5% | 4.0% | 5.2% | 4 |
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- Heat deaths vs projected death rates 835.5 (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 2,496 (2100)
- Population ages 0-14, female, annual growth rate 1.37 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per capita 0.1821 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, annual growth rate 0.9336 % change on previous year (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Senegal?
- Total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Senegal was 4.3% in 2023, according to World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 5.2% in 2020.
- What is the lowest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.4% in 2007.
- How does Senegal rank for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp?
- Senegal ranks 148th out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Senegal data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Total healthcare expenditure as the share of national gross domestic product (GDP).