Healthcare Spending: Guinea

Analysis# Guinea Healthcare Spending Guinea allocated 3.694% of its GDP to healthcare in 2023, representing a modest recovery from recent lows but still well below historical levels. The country's spending peaked at 5.809% in 2015, nearly 57% higher than current levels. Since 2000, overall healthcare expenditure has declined 22.1%, falling from higher baseline investments to the current rate that sits just above the all-time low of 3.266% recorded in 2008. A dramatic contraction occurred between 2015 and 2017, when spending plummeted from 5.809% to 3.915%—a sharp 33% reduction in just two years. Since that inflection point, Guinea's healthcare spending has stabilized in the 3.7–3.9% range, suggesting a new equilibrium has emerged. The consistent pattern from 2017 onward indicates spending has likely reached a structural floor, with 2023 data showing minimal year-over-year volatility.