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Senegal — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Senegal, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
4.32%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +21.8% since 2000
Health spending for Senegal was 4.32% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 5.15% in 2020. The lowest was 3.41% in 2007 (about 1.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.86% per year.
Senegal ranks 145 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 77%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4.48%, so Senegal sits below it. It peaked in 2020 and has fallen 16% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 1%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
4.32%
First (2000)
3.55%
Change
+21.8%
Highest
5.15%
in 2020
Lowest
3.41%
in 2007
Average
4.13%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.86%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.32% |
| 2022 | 4.04% |
| 2021 | 4.44% |
| 2020 | 5.15% |
| 2019 | 4.5% |
| 2018 | 4.43% |
| 2017 | 4.16% |
| 2016 | 4.26% |
| 2015 | 4.38% |
| 2014 | 4.39% |
| 2013 | 4.39% |
| 2012 | 4.27% |
Reading this correctly. Current health expenditure as a share of GDP. Covers both public and private spending on health goods and services. Figures are in % of GDP. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS — Health Spending (% of GDP). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.