Afghanistan vs Morocco
Afghanistan vs Morocco: Arms imports
Arms imports: 65 million TIV in Afghanistan in 2021 and 392 million TIV in Morocco in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Afghanistan, by 12 million TIV, or 1.23 times that in Morocco.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Afghanistan has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Morocco.
- The world as a whole: 26.8 billion TIV in 2021.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Afghanistan | Morocco | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 392 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | – | 130 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | – | 501 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 507 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 65 million | 53 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 231 million | 16 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 379 million | 48 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 312 million | 462 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 235 million | 605 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 170 million | 287 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 131 million | 47 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 323 million | 572 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 253 million | 62 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 518 million | 1.05 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 632 million | 1.29 billion | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 365 million | 347 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 326 million | 39 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 148 million | 46 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 40 million | 27 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 3 million | 47 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 33 million | 101 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | – | 14 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 12 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 34 million | 155 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 11 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | – | 127 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 60 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 220 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 89 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 28 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 117 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | 98 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 17 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 1.24 billion | 62 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 1.61 billion | 137 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 1.82 billion | 126 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 927 million | 117 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 489 million | 32 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 210 million | 31 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 158 million | 50 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 394 million | 74 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 269 million | 396 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 455 million | 529 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 553 million | 800 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 632 million | 469 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 449 million | 725 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 156 million | 419 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 75 million | 408 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 230 million | 216 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 137 million | 207 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 47 million | 198 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | – | 21 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | – | – | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 25 million | 1 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 120 million | 80 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 166 million | 41 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 145 million | 93 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 230 million | 149 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 198 million | 159 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 91 million | 82 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 56 million | 16 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 40 million | 16 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 64 million | 93 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 55 million | 37 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 39 million | 22 million | 15.7 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
- Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Afghanistan vs Morocco
Health
- Life expectancyAfghanistan: 66 years in 2023Morocco: 75.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAfghanistan: 5.3 per 100 live births in 2024Morocco: 1.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAfghanistan: 44 per 1,000 live births in 2023Morocco: 14.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAfghanistan: 30% in 2022Morocco: 74.8% in 2022
- DepressionAfghanistan: 4.14% in 2017Morocco: 5.41% in 2017
- Suicide rateAfghanistan: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Morocco: 7.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAfghanistan: 41.5 million people in 2023Morocco: 37.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthAfghanistan: 2.85% a year in 2023Morocco: 1% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAfghanistan: 4.84 births per woman in 2023Morocco: 2.23 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAfghanistan: 25.9% in 2025Morocco: 63.1% in 2025
- Median ageAfghanistan: 16.9 years in 2023Morocco: 29.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAfghanistan: 2.4% in 2023Morocco: 7.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateAfghanistan: -1.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Morocco: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAfghanistan: 1.83% of GDP in 2021Morocco: 3.54% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAfghanistan: $8.55M in 1977Morocco: $5.88B in 2025
- Military spending per personAfghanistan: $7 in 2021Morocco: $166 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAfghanistan: 5% of government spending in 2020Morocco: 10.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAfghanistan: 165,000 people in 2020Morocco: 246,000 people in 2020
- National powerAfghanistan: 0.29% of world capability in 2022Morocco: 0.4% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAfghanistan: 1.82% of the labour force in 2020Morocco: 2.07% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsAfghanistan: 1 million TIV in 1992Morocco: 26 million TIV in 2024