Afghanistan vs Morocco
Afghanistan vs Morocco: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $8.55M in Afghanistan in 1977 and $5.88B in Morocco in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 1977 the value was higher in Morocco, by $1.97B, or 230 times that in Afghanistan.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Morocco has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Afghanistan | Morocco |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | $5.88B |
| 2024 | – | $5.52B |
| 2023 | – | $5.34B |
| 2022 | – | $5.47B |
| 2021 | – | $5.5B |
| 2020 | – | $5.35B |
| 2019 | – | $4.17B |
| 2018 | – | $4.08B |
| 2017 | – | $4.06B |
| 2016 | – | $3.94B |
| 2015 | – | $3.92B |
| 2014 | – | $4.24B |
| 2013 | – | $4.28B |
| 2012 | – | $3.75B |
| 2011 | – | $3.49B |
| 2010 | – | $3.47B |
| 2009 | – | $3.24B |
| 2008 | – | $3.03B |
| 2007 | – | $2.72B |
| 2006 | – | $2.64B |
| 2005 | – | $2.62B |
| 2004 | – | $2.52B |
| 2003 | – | $2.59B |
| 2002 | – | $2.45B |
| 2001 | – | $2.57B |
| 2000 | – | $1.42B |
| 1999 | – | $1.88B |
| 1998 | – | $2.22B |
| 1997 | – | $2.19B |
| 1996 | – | $2.09B |
| 1995 | – | $2.1B |
| 1994 | – | $2.28B |
| 1993 | – | $2.22B |
| 1992 | – | $2.1B |
| 1991 | – | $2.12B |
| 1990 | – | $2.02B |
| 1989 | – | $2.06B |
| 1988 | – | $1.9B |
| 1987 | – | $1.76B |
| 1986 | – | $1.76B |
| 1985 | – | $2.01B |
| 1984 | – | $1.4B |
| 1983 | – | $1.56B |
| 1982 | – | $2.15B |
| 1981 | – | $2.07B |
| 1980 | – | $2.03B |
| 1979 | – | $1.77B |
| 1978 | – | $1.76B |
| 1977 | $8.55M | $1.98B |
| 1976 | $8.11M | $1.73B |
| 1975 | $6.36M | $1.23B |
| 1974 | $6.06M | $837M |
| 1973 | $6.23M | $710M |
| 1972 | – | $625M |
| 1971 | – | $565M |
| 1970 | $5.37M | $471M |
| 1969 | – | $456M |
| 1968 | – | $502M |
| 1967 | – | $390M |
| 1966 | – | $374M |
| 1965 | – | $344M |
| 1964 | – | $395M |
| 1963 | – | $440M |
| 1962 | – | $334M |
| 1961 | – | $315M |
| 1960 | – | $276M |
| 1959 | – | $277M |
| 1958 | – | $237M |
| 1957 | – | $178M |
| 1956 | – | $122M |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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 151 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 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