Algeria vs Morocco
Algeria vs Morocco: Military share of state spending
Military share of state spending in 2025: 24.6% of government spending in Algeria and 10.3% of government spending in Morocco, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Algeria, by 14.3 percentage points, or 2.39 times that in Morocco.
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Algeria has been higher since 2011, when it overtook Morocco.
- In 2025, Algeria ranked 2 and Morocco ranked 27 of 150 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Algeria | Morocco |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24.6 | 10.3 |
| 2024 | 22 | 10.4 |
| 2023 | 19.7 | 11.1 |
| 2022 | 12.4 | 11.3 |
| 2021 | 15 | 12.1 |
| 2020 | 15.7 | 11.7 |
| 2019 | 14.4 | 10.5 |
| 2018 | 13.6 | 10.5 |
| 2017 | 14.6 | 10.6 |
| 2016 | 15.2 | 10.4 |
| 2015 | 13.6 | 10.4 |
| 2014 | 13.4 | 11.1 |
| 2013 | 13.2 | 11.6 |
| 2012 | 10.3 | 9.8 |
| 2011 | 10.5 | 9.8 |
| 2010 | 9.1 | 10.9 |
| 2009 | 8.8 | 10.8 |
| 2008 | 7.7 | 10.4 |
| 2007 | 8.4 | 10.7 |
| 2006 | 9 | 11.1 |
| 2005 | 9.8 | 10.5 |
| 2004 | 11.3 | 12.3 |
| 2003 | 11.1 | 13.4 |
| 2002 | 10.5 | 12.5 |
| 2001 | 12.1 | 14.5 |
| 2000 | 12 | 9 |
| 1999 | 11.7 | 14.5 |
| 1998 | 12.7 | 17 |
| 1997 | 11.8 | 17.8 |
| 1996 | 10.6 | 17.6 |
| 1995 | 9.4 | 16 |
| 1994 | 9.4 | 16.3 |
| 1993 | 7.1 | 15.8 |
| 1992 | 7 | 15.1 |
| 1991 | 4 | 15.8 |
| 1990 | 5.8 | 14.5 |
- Estimate
- Highly uncertain
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
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
- 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 importsAlgeria: 108 million TIV in 2025Morocco: 392 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAlgeria: 12 million TIV in 1984Morocco: 26 million TIV in 2024