Morocco vs Saudi Arabia: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 392 million TIV in Morocco and 3.04 billion TIV in Saudi Arabia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 2.65 billion TIV, or 7.76 times that in Morocco.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Saudi Arabia has been higher since 2013, when it overtook Morocco.
In 2025, Morocco ranked 29 and Saudi Arabia ranked 1 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	Morocco	Saudi Arabia	World
2025	392 million	3.04 billion	33.3 billion
2024	130 million	1.24 billion	30.6 billion
2023	501 million	1.33 billion	29.5 billion
2022	507 million	3.05 billion	33 billion
2021	53 million	1.75 billion	26.8 billion
2020	16 million	2.24 billion	23.4 billion
2019	48 million	3.03 billion	26.9 billion
2018	462 million	2.94 billion	27.3 billion
2017	605 million	3.85 billion	31.2 billion
2016	287 million	2.91 billion	31.4 billion
2015	47 million	3.47 billion	28.7 billion
2014	572 million	2.72 billion	27 billion
2013	62 million	1.69 billion	27.4 billion
2012	1.05 billion	835 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.29 billion	1.18 billion	29.9 billion
2010	347 million	1.11 billion	25.8 billion
2009	39 million	828 million	24 billion
2008	46 million	389 million	24.1 billion
2007	27 million	229 million	26.5 billion
2006	47 million	207 million	24.4 billion
2005	101 million	166 million	21.3 billion
2004	14 million	1.16 billion	21.3 billion
2003	12 million	158 million	19.2 billion
2002	155 million	559 million	17.7 billion
2001	11 million	59 million	18.3 billion
2000	127 million	104 million	20.5 billion
1999	60 million	1.58 billion	25.3 billion
1998	–	2.89 billion	27.9 billion
1997	220 million	2.79 billion	28.9 billion
1996	89 million	1.73 billion	23.7 billion
1995	28 million	985 million	22.9 billion
1994	117 million	981 million	22.8 billion
1993	98 million	2.35 billion	25.8 billion
1992	17 million	1.15 billion	24.3 billion
1991	62 million	1.04 billion	27.8 billion
1990	137 million	2.04 billion	28.6 billion
1989	126 million	1.38 billion	31.7 billion
1988	117 million	784 million	32.9 billion
1987	32 million	2.01 billion	36.2 billion
1986	31 million	2.84 billion	35.5 billion
1985	50 million	1.31 billion	33.2 billion
1984	74 million	824 million	36.8 billion
1983	396 million	1.82 billion	39.1 billion
1982	529 million	2.22 billion	41.4 billion
1981	800 million	1.82 billion	42 billion
1980	469 million	1.09 billion	37.4 billion
1979	725 million	767 million	33.3 billion
1978	419 million	1.01 billion	39.2 billion
1977	408 million	1.02 billion	37 billion
1976	216 million	702 million	33 billion
1975	207 million	372 million	34.2 billion
1974	198 million	547 million	32.9 billion
1973	21 million	202 million	32.6 billion
1972	–	130 million	28.7 billion
1971	1 million	10 million	29.3 billion
1970	80 million	87 million	22.1 billion
1969	41 million	416 million	24.7 billion
1968	93 million	448 million	22.4 billion
1967	149 million	222 million	22.1 billion
1966	159 million	227 million	22.4 billion
1965	82 million	48 million	23.1 billion
1964	16 million	5 million	24.2 billion
1963	16 million	–	18.1 billion
1962	93 million	22 million	15.5 billion
1961	37 million	8 million	15 billion
1960	22 million	6 million	15.7 billion

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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.

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