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Morocco vs Saudi Arabia
How Morocco and Saudi Arabia compare on 38 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Saudi Arabia was higher: 78.7 years against 75.3 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Saudi Arabia was higher: $25,070 against $3,644
- Population · In 2023, Morocco was higher: 37.7 million people against 33.3 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Saudi Arabia was higher: 6.48% of GDP against 3.54% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Saudi Arabia was higher: 18.48 tonnes against 1.84 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyMorocco: 75.3 years in 2023Saudi Arabia: 78.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMorocco: 1.6 per 100 live births in 2024Saudi Arabia: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMorocco: 14.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Saudi Arabia: 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionMorocco: 5.41% in 2017Saudi Arabia: 3.54% in 2017
- Suicide rateMorocco: 7.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Saudi Arabia: 2.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMorocco: 37.7 million people in 2023Saudi Arabia: 33.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthMorocco: 1% a year in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.39% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMorocco: 2.23 births per woman in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.28 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMorocco: 63.1% in 2025Saudi Arabia: 84.6% in 2025
- Median ageMorocco: 29.2 years in 2023Saudi Arabia: 29.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMorocco: 7.8% in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateMorocco: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Saudi Arabia: 9.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingMorocco: 3.54% of GDP in 2025Saudi Arabia: 6.48% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsMorocco: $5.88B in 2025Saudi Arabia: $81.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personMorocco: $166 in 2025Saudi Arabia: $2,428 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingMorocco: 10.3% of government spending in 2025Saudi Arabia: 23.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelMorocco: 246,000 people in 2020Saudi Arabia: 282,000 people in 2020
- National powerMorocco: 0.4% of world capability in 2022Saudi Arabia: 1.34% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMorocco: 2.07% of the labour force in 2020Saudi Arabia: 1.92% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsMorocco: 392 million TIV in 2025Saudi Arabia: 3.04 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsMorocco: 26 million TIV in 2024Saudi Arabia: 3 million TIV in 2023
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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