Algeria vs Morocco
Algeria vs Morocco: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 8.83% of GDP in Algeria and 3.54% of GDP in Morocco, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Algeria, by 5.29 percentage points, or 2.49 times that in Morocco.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Algeria has been higher since 2011, when it overtook Morocco.
- In 2025, Algeria ranked 2 and Morocco ranked 14 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Algeria | Morocco |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8.83 | 3.54 |
| 2024 | 7.97 | 3.44 |
| 2023 | 7.39 | 3.55 |
| 2022 | 4.06 | 3.81 |
| 2021 | 4.89 | 3.75 |
| 2020 | 5.89 | 3.98 |
| 2019 | 5.33 | 2.87 |
| 2018 | 4.93 | 2.9 |
| 2017 | 5.31 | 2.95 |
| 2016 | 5.65 | 2.98 |
| 2015 | 5.55 | 2.96 |
| 2014 | 4.97 | 3.4 |
| 2013 | 4.42 | 3.81 |
| 2012 | 4.11 | 3.46 |
| 2011 | 3.96 | 3.3 |
| 2010 | 3.19 | 3.39 |
| 2009 | 3.51 | 3.29 |
| 2008 | 2.87 | 3.18 |
| 2007 | 2.77 | 3.05 |
| 2006 | 2.51 | 3.11 |
| 2005 | 2.73 | 3.26 |
| 2004 | 3.05 | 3.25 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3.49 |
| 2002 | 3.42 | 3.49 |
| 2001 | 3.52 | 3.73 |
| 2000 | 3.43 | 2.21 |
| 1999 | 3.76 | 2.9 |
| 1998 | 3.97 | 3.46 |
| 1997 | 3.64 | 4.19 |
| 1996 | 3.09 | 3.95 |
| 1995 | 2.94 | 4.35 |
| 1994 | 3.15 | 4.49 |
| 1993 | 2.51 | 4.66 |
| 1992 | 2.14 | 4.3 |
| 1991 | 1.21 | 4.14 |
| 1990 | 1.46 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 1.54 | 4.39 |
| 1988 | 1.75 | 4.13 |
| 1987 | 1.86 | 4.37 |
| 1986 | 1.79 | 4.3 |
| 1985 | 1.64 | 5.39 |
| 1984 | 1.76 | 4.02 |
| 1983 | 1.95 | 4.51 |
| 1982 | 2.06 | 6.22 |
| 1981 | 1.82 | 6.39 |
| 1980 | 2.1 | 5.94 |
| 1979 | 2.14 | 5.63 |
| 1978 | 2.38 | 5.84 |
| 1977 | 2.24 | 6.62 |
| 1976 | 2.7 | 6.22 |
| 1975 | 2.13 | 4.6 |
| 1974 | 1.96 | 3.15 |
| 1973 | 1.69 | 3.06 |
| 1972 | 1.8 | 2.84 |
| 1971 | 2.09 | 2.63 |
| 1970 | 2.13 | 2.32 |
| 1969 | 2.39 | 2.39 |
| 1968 | 2.62 | 3.01 |
| 1967 | 3.02 | 2.62 |
| 1966 | 3.51 | 2.68 |
| 1965 | 3.42 | 2.43 |
| 1964 | 3.5 | 2.84 |
| 1963 | 2.51 | 3.2 |
| 1962 | – | 2.57 |
| 1961 | – | 2.7 |
| 1960 | – | 2.32 |
| 1959 | – | 2.47 |
| 1958 | – | 2.14 |
| 1957 | – | 1.76 |
| 1956 | – | 1.18 |
- Estimate
- Highly uncertain
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, 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
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 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 importsAlgeria: 108 million TIV in 2025Morocco: 392 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAlgeria: 12 million TIV in 1984Morocco: 26 million TIV in 2024