Iraq vs Morocco
Iraq vs Morocco: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 55 million TIV in Iraq and 392 million TIV in Morocco, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Morocco, by 337 million TIV, or 7.13 times that in Iraq.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Morocco has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Iraq.
- In 2025, Iraq ranked 56 and Morocco ranked 29 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Iraq | Morocco | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 55 million | 392 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 80 million | 130 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 30 million | 501 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 55 million | 507 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | – | 53 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 5 million | 16 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 144 million | 48 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 454 million | 462 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 945 million | 605 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 1.83 billion | 287 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 1.49 billion | 47 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 629 million | 572 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 375 million | 62 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 523 million | 1.05 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 623 million | 1.29 billion | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 480 million | 347 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 418 million | 39 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 379 million | 46 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 299 million | 27 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 306 million | 47 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 195 million | 101 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 49 million | 14 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 12 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 155 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 11 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | – | 127 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 60 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 220 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 89 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 28 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 117 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | 98 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 17 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 62 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 818 million | 137 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 1.51 billion | 126 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 1.92 billion | 117 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 3.47 billion | 32 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 3.39 billion | 31 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 3.91 billion | 50 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 4.58 billion | 74 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 3.38 billion | 396 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 3.26 billion | 529 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 2.58 billion | 800 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 2.25 billion | 469 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 1.4 billion | 725 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 1.8 billion | 419 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 1.07 billion | 408 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 1.14 billion | 216 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 1.11 billion | 207 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 1.43 billion | 198 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 1.85 billion | 21 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 645 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 187 million | 1 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 185 million | 80 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 418 million | 41 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 392 million | 93 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 364 million | 149 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 341 million | 159 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 248 million | 82 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 321 million | 16 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 201 million | 16 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 278 million | 93 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 130 million | 37 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 176 million | 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
Iraq vs Morocco
Health
- Life expectancyIraq: 72.3 years in 2023Morocco: 75.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIraq: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Morocco: 1.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIraq: 19 per 1,000 live births in 2023Morocco: 14.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIraq: 59.7% in 2022Morocco: 74.8% in 2022
- DepressionIraq: 3.89% in 2017Morocco: 5.41% in 2017
- Suicide rateIraq: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Morocco: 7.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIraq: 45.1 million people in 2023Morocco: 37.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthIraq: 2.15% a year in 2023Morocco: 1% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIraq: 3.25 births per woman in 2023Morocco: 2.23 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIraq: 69.9% in 2025Morocco: 63.1% in 2025
- Median ageIraq: 20.4 years in 2023Morocco: 29.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIraq: 3.4% in 2023Morocco: 7.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateIraq: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Morocco: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIraq: 2.45% of GDP in 2025Morocco: 3.54% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIraq: $6.4B in 2025Morocco: $5.88B in 2025
- Military spending per personIraq: $139 in 2025Morocco: $166 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIraq: 5.5% of government spending in 2025Morocco: 10.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIraq: 459,000 people in 2020Morocco: 246,000 people in 2020
- National powerIraq: 0.54% of world capability in 2022Morocco: 0.4% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIraq: 4.4% of the labour force in 2020Morocco: 2.07% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsIraq: 20 million TIV in 1989Morocco: 26 million TIV in 2024