Afghanistan vs Morocco
Afghanistan vs Morocco: Government debt
Government debt in 2025: 7.6% of GDP in Afghanistan and 66.6% of GDP in Morocco, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Morocco, by 58.9 percentage points, or 8.72 times that in Afghanistan.
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- Morocco has been higher since 2006, when it overtook Afghanistan.
- In 2025, Afghanistan ranked 146 and Morocco ranked 43 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Morocco at 61.6% of GDP in 2031.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Afghanistan | Morocco |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7.6 | 66.6 |
| 2024 | 8.9 | 67 |
| 2023 | 8.3 | 68.4 |
| 2022 | 10.6 | 71.4 |
| 2021 | 11.1 | 69.4 |
| 2020 | 7.3 | 72.3 |
| 2019 | 6.1 | 60.3 |
| 2018 | 7.4 | 60.5 |
| 2017 | 8 | 60.3 |
| 2016 | 8.4 | 60.1 |
| 2015 | 9.2 | 58.4 |
| 2014 | 8.7 | 58.6 |
| 2013 | 6.9 | 57.1 |
| 2012 | 6.8 | 52.3 |
| 2011 | 7.5 | 48.6 |
| 2010 | 7.7 | 45.3 |
| 2009 | 16.3 | 42.6 |
| 2008 | 19.1 | 42 |
| 2007 | 20.1 | 47.1 |
| 2006 | 23 | 50.6 |
| 2005 | 206.4 | 54.8 |
| 2004 | 245 | 54.4 |
| 2003 | 270.6 | 56.9 |
| 2002 | 346 | 59.4 |
| 2001 | – | 60.4 |
| 2000 | – | 64.9 |
| 1999 | – | 63.4 |
| 1998 | – | 64.5 |
| 1997 | – | 68 |
| 1996 | – | 65.3 |
| 1995 | – | 72.2 |
| 1994 | – | 69.3 |
| 1993 | – | 74.7 |
| 1992 | – | 67 |
| 1991 | – | 59.1 |
| 1990 | – | 70.5 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Afghanistan | Morocco |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | 66.6 |
| 2027 | – | 66.2 |
| 2028 | – | 65.3 |
| 2029 | – | 63.9 |
| 2030 | – | 62.6 |
| 2031 | – | 61.6 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 149 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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 importsAfghanistan: 65 million TIV in 2021Morocco: 392 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAfghanistan: 1 million TIV in 1992Morocco: 26 million TIV in 2024