Algeria vs Morocco
Algeria vs Morocco: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 108 million TIV in Algeria and 392 million TIV in Morocco, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Morocco, by 284 million TIV, or 3.63 times that in Algeria.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Morocco has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Algeria.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Algeria | Morocco | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 108 million | 392 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 205 million | 130 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 394 million | 501 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 450 million | 507 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 164 million | 53 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 601 million | 16 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 167 million | 48 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 1.28 billion | 462 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 1.16 billion | 605 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 2.92 billion | 287 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 897 million | 47 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 715 million | 572 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 361 million | 62 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 662 million | 1.05 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 1.13 billion | 1.29 billion | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 831 million | 347 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 1.08 billion | 39 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 1.52 billion | 46 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 507 million | 27 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 340 million | 47 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 159 million | 101 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 251 million | 14 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 204 million | 12 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 252 million | 155 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 539 million | 11 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 405 million | 127 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 388 million | 60 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 98 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 37 million | 220 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 83 million | 89 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 312 million | 28 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 197 million | 117 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 22 million | 98 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 23 million | 17 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 1.04 billion | 62 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 737 million | 137 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 455 million | 126 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 319 million | 117 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 384 million | 32 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 163 million | 31 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 368 million | 50 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 660 million | 74 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 700 million | 396 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 1.35 billion | 529 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 1.38 billion | 800 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 1.34 billion | 469 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 1.82 billion | 725 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 1.27 billion | 419 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 1.05 billion | 408 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 130 million | 216 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 56 million | 207 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 13 million | 198 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 110 million | 21 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 180 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 14 million | 1 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 14 million | 80 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 79 million | 41 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 58 million | 93 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 525 million | 149 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 439 million | 159 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 354 million | 82 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 181 million | 16 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 90 million | 16 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 63 million | 93 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 7 million | 37 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | – | 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
Algeria vs Morocco
Health
- Life expectancyAlgeria: 76.3 years in 2023Morocco: 75.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAlgeria: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Morocco: 1.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAlgeria: 17.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Morocco: 14.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAlgeria: 70.6% in 2022Morocco: 74.8% in 2022
- DepressionAlgeria: 3.66% in 2017Morocco: 5.41% in 2017
- Suicide rateAlgeria: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Morocco: 7.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAlgeria: 46.2 million people in 2023Morocco: 37.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthAlgeria: 1.44% a year in 2023Morocco: 1% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAlgeria: 2.77 births per woman in 2023Morocco: 2.23 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAlgeria: 75.8% in 2025Morocco: 63.1% in 2025
- Median ageAlgeria: 28.2 years in 2023Morocco: 29.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAlgeria: 6.4% in 2023Morocco: 7.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateAlgeria: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Morocco: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAlgeria: 8.83% of GDP in 2025Morocco: 3.54% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAlgeria: $24.1B in 2025Morocco: $5.88B in 2025
- Military spending per personAlgeria: $540 in 2025Morocco: $166 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAlgeria: 24.6% of government spending in 2025Morocco: 10.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAlgeria: 326,000 people in 2020Morocco: 246,000 people in 2020
- National powerAlgeria: 0.51% of world capability in 2022Morocco: 0.4% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAlgeria: 2.81% of the labour force in 2020Morocco: 2.07% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsAlgeria: 12 million TIV in 1984Morocco: 26 million TIV in 2024