Healthcare Spending: Senegal

Analysis# Senegal Healthcare Spending Senegal allocated 4.323% of its GDP to healthcare in 2023, representing a modest recovery from the previous year's 4.044%. Since 2000, healthcare spending has grown 21.8%, though the country remains below its all-time peak of 5.151% reached in 2020. The 2007 low of 3.415% marks the floor of this 23-year period, showing meaningful expansion in healthcare investment over the long term. The pandemic drove Senegal's spending surge in 2020, followed by a sharp contraction in 2022 that fell to levels last seen in 2007. The 2023 rebound suggests stabilization around 4.3%, though still below pre-pandemic peaks. This volatility reflects competing pressures between health priorities and fiscal constraints, with recent years indicating a settling into the mid-4% range rather than sustained movement toward the 2020 highs.