Morocco vs Pakistan
Morocco vs Pakistan: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $5.88B in Morocco and $11.5B in Pakistan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Pakistan, by $5.6B, or 1.95 times that in Morocco.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Pakistan has been higher since 1978, when it overtook Morocco.
- In 2025, Morocco ranked 44 and Pakistan ranked 31 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Morocco | Pakistan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $5.88B | $11.5B |
| 2024 | $5.52B | $10.3B |
| 2023 | $5.34B | $9.78B |
| 2022 | $5.47B | $11.2B |
| 2021 | $5.5B | $12B |
| 2020 | $5.35B | $11.5B |
| 2019 | $4.17B | $11.7B |
| 2018 | $4.08B | $11.8B |
| 2017 | $4.06B | $10.6B |
| 2016 | $3.94B | $9.66B |
| 2015 | $3.92B | $9.34B |
| 2014 | $4.24B | $8.6B |
| 2013 | $4.28B | $8.17B |
| 2012 | $3.75B | $7.9B |
| 2011 | $3.49B | $7.45B |
| 2010 | $3.47B | $7.07B |
| 2009 | $3.24B | $6.76B |
| 2008 | $3.03B | $6.56B |
| 2007 | $2.72B | $6.96B |
| 2006 | $2.64B | $6.91B |
| 2005 | $2.62B | $6.8B |
| 2004 | $2.52B | $6.53B |
| 2003 | $2.59B | $6.27B |
| 2002 | $2.45B | $5.87B |
| 2001 | $2.57B | $5.46B |
| 2000 | $1.42B | $5.1B |
| 1999 | $1.88B | $5.09B |
| 1998 | $2.22B | $5.04B |
| 1997 | $2.19B | $5.04B |
| 1996 | $2.09B | $5.27B |
| 1995 | $2.1B | $5.27B |
| 1994 | $2.28B | $5.18B |
| 1993 | $2.22B | $5.33B |
| 1992 | $2.1B | $5.36B |
| 1991 | $2.12B | $5.04B |
| 1990 | $2.02B | $4.71B |
| 1989 | $2.06B | $4.46B |
| 1988 | $1.9B | $4.45B |
| 1987 | $1.76B | $4.3B |
| 1986 | $1.76B | $3.93B |
| 1985 | $2.01B | $3.65B |
| 1984 | $1.4B | $3.36B |
| 1983 | $1.56B | $3.12B |
| 1982 | $2.15B | $2.8B |
| 1981 | $2.07B | $2.32B |
| 1980 | $2.03B | $2.14B |
| 1979 | $1.77B | $1.98B |
| 1978 | $1.76B | $1.87B |
| 1977 | $1.98B | $1.76B |
| 1976 | $1.73B | $1.77B |
| 1975 | $1.23B | $1.75B |
| 1974 | $837M | $1.67B |
| 1973 | $710M | $1.68B |
| 1972 | $625M | $1.8B |
| 1971 | $565M | $1.6B |
| 1970 | $471M | $1.44B |
| 1969 | $456M | $1.32B |
| 1968 | $502M | $1.21B |
| 1967 | $390M | $1.18B |
| 1966 | $374M | $1.45B |
| 1965 | $344M | $1.24B |
| 1964 | $395M | $770M |
| 1963 | $440M | $683M |
| 1962 | $334M | $632M |
| 1961 | $315M | $660M |
| 1960 | $276M | $666M |
| 1959 | $277M | $640M |
| 1958 | $237M | $543M |
| 1957 | $178M | $523M |
| 1956 | $122M | $630M |
- 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
Morocco vs Pakistan
Health
- Life expectancyMorocco: 75.3 years in 2023Pakistan: 67.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMorocco: 1.6 per 100 live births in 2024Pakistan: 5.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMorocco: 14.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Pakistan: 49.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterMorocco: 74.8% in 2022Pakistan: 50.6% in 2022
- DepressionMorocco: 5.41% in 2017Pakistan: 3.33% in 2017
- Suicide rateMorocco: 7.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Pakistan: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMorocco: 37.7 million people in 2023Pakistan: 248 million people in 2023
- Population growthMorocco: 1% a year in 2023Pakistan: 1.48% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMorocco: 2.23 births per woman in 2023Pakistan: 3.61 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMorocco: 63.1% in 2025Pakistan: 39.5% in 2025
- Median ageMorocco: 29.2 years in 2023Pakistan: 20.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMorocco: 7.8% in 2023Pakistan: 4.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateMorocco: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Pakistan: -6.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingMorocco: 3.54% of GDP in 2025Pakistan: 2.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personMorocco: $166 in 2025Pakistan: $47 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingMorocco: 10.3% of government spending in 2025Pakistan: 13.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelMorocco: 246,000 people in 2020Pakistan: 943,000 people in 2020
- National powerMorocco: 0.4% of world capability in 2022Pakistan: 1.77% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMorocco: 2.07% of the labour force in 2020Pakistan: 1.25% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsMorocco: 392 million TIV in 2025Pakistan: 706 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsMorocco: 26 million TIV in 2024Pakistan: 127 million TIV in 2025