Morocco vs Saudi Arabia
Morocco vs Saudi Arabia: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $5.88B in Morocco and $81.5B in Saudi Arabia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by $75.6B, or 14 times that in Morocco.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Saudi Arabia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1963.
- In 2025, Morocco ranked 44 and Saudi Arabia ranked 7 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Morocco | Saudi Arabia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $5.88B | $81.5B |
| 2024 | $5.52B | $80.3B |
| 2023 | $5.34B | $79.1B |
| 2022 | $5.47B | $73.8B |
| 2021 | $5.5B | $67.4B |
| 2020 | $5.35B | $71B |
| 2019 | $4.17B | $74.3B |
| 2018 | $4.08B | $83.8B |
| 2017 | $4.06B | $81B |
| 2016 | $3.94B | $72.6B |
| 2015 | $3.92B | $102B |
| 2014 | $4.24B | $95.2B |
| 2013 | $4.28B | $80.7B |
| 2012 | $3.75B | $70.5B |
| 2011 | $3.49B | $62.3B |
| 2010 | $3.47B | $61.4B |
| 2009 | $3.24B | $59B |
| 2008 | $3.03B | $57.4B |
| 2007 | $2.72B | $58.5B |
| 2006 | $2.64B | $50.8B |
| 2005 | $2.62B | $44.6B |
| 2004 | $2.52B | $36.9B |
| 2003 | $2.59B | $33.3B |
| 2002 | $2.45B | $33B |
| 2001 | $2.57B | $37.6B |
| 2000 | $1.42B | $35.3B |
| 1999 | $1.88B | $32.1B |
| 1998 | $2.22B | $36B |
| 1997 | $2.19B | $31.2B |
| 1996 | $2.09B | $23B |
| 1995 | $2.1B | $23B |
| 1994 | $2.28B | $26.1B |
| 1993 | $2.22B | $30.2B |
| 1992 | $2.1B | $28.5B |
| 1991 | $2.12B | $30.4B |
| 1990 | $2.02B | $31.8B |
| 1989 | $2.06B | $25.3B |
| 1988 | $1.9B | $26.8B |
| 1987 | $1.76B | $29.3B |
| 1986 | $1.76B | – |
| 1985 | $2.01B | $32.9B |
| 1984 | $1.4B | $39.9B |
| 1983 | $1.56B | $37.1B |
| 1982 | $2.15B | $45.7B |
| 1981 | $2.07B | $41B |
| 1980 | $2.03B | $35.2B |
| 1979 | $1.77B | $31.5B |
| 1978 | $1.76B | $24.5B |
| 1977 | $1.98B | $21.6B |
| 1976 | $1.73B | – |
| 1975 | $1.23B | – |
| 1974 | $837M | – |
| 1973 | $710M | $7.36B |
| 1972 | $625M | $5.7B |
| 1971 | $565M | $4.06B |
| 1970 | $471M | $3.42B |
| 1969 | $456M | $3.12B |
| 1968 | $502M | $2.55B |
| 1967 | $390M | $2.57B |
| 1966 | $374M | $2.34B |
| 1965 | $344M | $1.41B |
| 1964 | $395M | $982M |
| 1963 | $440M | $929M |
| 1962 | $334M | – |
| 1961 | $315M | – |
| 1960 | $276M | – |
| 1959 | $277M | – |
| 1958 | $237M | – |
| 1957 | $178M | – |
| 1956 | $122M | – |
- 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 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 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