Afghanistan vs Morocco
Afghanistan vs Morocco: Military share of state spending
Military share of state spending: 5% of government spending in Afghanistan in 2020 and 10.3% of government spending in Morocco in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Morocco, by 6.7 percentage points, or 2.34 times that in Afghanistan.
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Morocco has been higher since 2009, when it overtook Afghanistan.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Afghanistan | Morocco |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 10.3 |
| 2024 | – | 10.4 |
| 2023 | – | 11.1 |
| 2022 | – | 11.3 |
| 2021 | – | 12.1 |
| 2020 | 5 | 11.7 |
| 2019 | 4.3 | 10.5 |
| 2018 | 3.7 | 10.5 |
| 2017 | 3.7 | 10.6 |
| 2016 | 3.7 | 10.4 |
| 2015 | 3.8 | 10.4 |
| 2014 | 5.1 | 11.1 |
| 2013 | 4.3 | 11.6 |
| 2012 | 4.7 | 9.8 |
| 2011 | 8.3 | 9.8 |
| 2010 | 9.4 | 10.9 |
| 2009 | 9.9 | 10.8 |
| 2008 | 11.2 | 10.4 |
| 2007 | 12 | 10.7 |
| 2006 | 10.4 | 11.1 |
| 2005 | 12.7 | 10.5 |
| 2004 | 16.1 | 12.3 |
| 2003 | – | 13.4 |
| 2002 | – | 12.5 |
| 2001 | – | 14.5 |
| 2000 | – | 9 |
| 1999 | – | 14.5 |
| 1998 | – | 17 |
| 1997 | – | 17.8 |
| 1996 | – | 17.6 |
| 1995 | – | 16 |
| 1994 | – | 16.3 |
| 1993 | – | 15.8 |
| 1992 | – | 15.1 |
| 1991 | – | 15.8 |
| 1990 | – | 14.5 |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- Ranks count the 150 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
- 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