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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Latest figures
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 392 million 2025 | 47 million | 29 of 110 |
| Saudi Arabia | 3.04 billion 2025 | 3.47 billion | 1 of 110 |
| World | 33.3 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
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 |
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.
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