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Out-of-pocket health expenditure — all countries

Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Senegal

Out-of-pocket health expenditure in Senegal in 2023 — 44.33%. Ranked 147 in the world out of 192. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 11.34 pp.

2023 44.33% −2.88 pp vs 2022
World rank 147of 192
Period maximum 55.67%2000
Period minimum 37.44%2006

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of health expenditure

Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Senegal, 2000–20233540455055602000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 55.67%2001: 52.76%2002: 55.33%2003: 54.93%2004: 55.09%2005: 39.52%2006: 37.44%2007: 44.27%2008: 41.63%2009: 45.62%2010: 48.68%2011: 50.8%2012: 52.77%2013: 55.24%2014: 50.38%2015: 50.84%2016: 51.14%2017: 48.9%2018: 48.34%2019: 48.75%2020: 41.57%2021: 46.88%2022: 47.21%2023: 44.33%
Change over the period: −11.34 pp Annual average: -0.49 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Senegal

Senegal 44.33%
World 17.33%
Sub-Saharan Africa 30.36%
Western Africa computed 47.57%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 36.61%
Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Senegal, by year Senegal All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 44.33 −2.88 pp
2022 47.21 +0.33 pp
2021 46.88 +5.3 pp
2020 41.57 −7.17 pp
2019 48.75 +0.41 pp
2018 48.34 −0.56 pp
2017 48.9 −2.25 pp
2016 51.14 +0.3 pp
2015 50.84 +0.46 pp
2014 50.38 −4.86 pp
2013 55.24 +2.46 pp
2012 52.77 +1.98 pp
2011 50.8 +2.12 pp
2010 48.68 +3.06 pp
2009 45.62 +3.99 pp
2008 41.63 −2.64 pp
2007 44.27 +6.83 pp
2006 37.44 −2.08 pp
2005 39.52 −15.58 pp
2004 55.09 +0.16 pp
2003 54.93 −0.4 pp
2002 55.33 +2.57 pp
2001 52.76 −2.91 pp
2000 55.67 —

Western Africa, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CV Cabo Verde 25.74 GH Ghana 26.68 CI Côte d'Ivoire 31.99 GM Gambia 33.78 BJ Benin 42.41 MR Mauritania 43.77 BF Burkina Faso 43.82 SN Senegal 44.33 ML Mali 47.23 NE Niger 51.48 GN Guinea 54.42 SL Sierra Leone 54.47 GW Guinea-Bissau 61.56 LR Liberia 63.24 TG Togo 64.34 NG Nigeria 71.9
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About the indicator

Payments people make for medical care directly at the point of use — as a percent of all current health expenditure in the country. Insurance contributions and taxes are excluded: only what a person takes out of their pocket at the counter. The indicator is considered a key measure of financial protection: the higher it is, the more often illness means ruin, and WHO tracks it as an indicator of the risk of catastrophic household spending.

Important: A high value means weak protection, not an active private sector: voluntary insurance is not part of this indicator, so a country with developed private insurance can have a low share of out-of-pocket payments.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.

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