Morocco vs Saudi Arabia
Morocco vs Saudi Arabia: GDP growth
GDP growth in 2025: 4.9% a year in Morocco and 4.6% a year in Saudi Arabia, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Morocco, by 0.3 percentage points, or 1.06 times that in Saudi Arabia.
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- Morocco has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Saudi Arabia.
- In 2025, Morocco ranked 37 and Saudi Arabia ranked 44 of 143 countries, counting from the highest.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Morocco at 4% a year and Saudi Arabia at 3.6% a year in 2031.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Morocco | Saudi Arabia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.9 | 4.6 |
| 2024 | 4.4 | 2.6 |
| 2023 | 3.8 | 0.5 |
| 2022 | 1.8 | 12 |
| 2021 | 8.2 | 6.5 |
| 2020 | -7.2 | -3.8 |
| 2019 | 2.9 | 1.7 |
| 2018 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
| 2017 | 5.1 | 1.2 |
| 2016 | 0.5 | 1.7 |
| 2015 | 4.3 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 2.7 | 4 |
| 2013 | 4.5 | 2.9 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5.8 |
| 2011 | 5.2 | 11.8 |
| 2010 | 3.8 | 5 |
| 2009 | 4.2 | -1.1 |
| 2008 | 5.9 | 6.2 |
| 2007 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
| 2006 | 7.8 | 3.3 |
| 2005 | 3 | 5.9 |
| 2004 | 4.8 | 8.6 |
| 2003 | 6.3 | 8.8 |
| 2002 | 3.3 | -0.7 |
| 2001 | 7.6 | 0.3 |
| 2000 | 1.6 | 4.7 |
| 1999 | 0.5 | -0.6 |
| 1998 | 8 | 2.8 |
| 1997 | -2 | 2.6 |
| 1996 | 13.5 | 3.3 |
| 1995 | -6.3 | 0.3 |
| 1994 | 11.5 | 1 |
| 1993 | -1 | 0.4 |
| 1992 | -2.9 | 4.6 |
| 1991 | 7.5 | 8.2 |
| 1990 | 4 | 9.4 |
| 1989 | 2.4 | 0.4 |
| 1988 | 10.4 | 6.6 |
| 1987 | -2.5 | -3.1 |
| 1986 | 8.3 | 1 |
| 1985 | 6.3 | -7.2 |
| 1984 | 4.3 | -4 |
| 1983 | -0.6 | -11 |
| 1982 | 9.6 | -16.1 |
| 1981 | -2.8 | 3 |
| 1980 | 3.8 | 5.8 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Morocco | Saudi Arabia |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4.5 | -3.3 |
| 2027 | 4.2 | 7.9 |
| 2028 | 4.4 | 4.8 |
| 2029 | 4.4 | 3.4 |
| 2030 | 4.1 | 3.5 |
| 2031 | 4 | 3.6 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 143 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 Saudi Arabia
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