Morocco vs Saudi Arabia: National power
National power in 2022: 0.4% of world capability in Morocco and 1.34% of world capability in Saudi Arabia, by Correlates of War estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 0.94 percentage points, or 3.34 times that in Morocco.
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Watch it change on the map% of world capability · Correlates of War
Latest figures
% of world capability · Correlates of War
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 0.4 2022 | 0.39 | 41 of 195 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1.34 2022 | 1.39 | 13 of 195 |
What the numbers say
- Saudi Arabia has been higher since 1970, when it overtook Morocco.
- In 2022, Morocco ranked 41 and Saudi Arabia ranked 13 of 195 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of world capability · Correlates of War
| Year | Morocco | Saudi Arabia |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.4 | 1.34 |
| 2021 | 0.41 | 1.23 |
| 2020 | 0.41 | 1.25 |
| 2019 | 0.39 | 1.53 |
| 2018 | 0.39 | 1.67 |
| 2017 | 0.39 | 1.61 |
| 2016 | 0.38 | 1.47 |
| 2015 | 0.38 | 1.72 |
| 2014 | 0.39 | 1.65 |
| 2013 | 0.39 | 1.41 |
| 2012 | 0.39 | 1.39 |
| 2011 | 0.39 | 1.28 |
| 2010 | 0.38 | 1.28 |
| 2009 | 0.38 | 1.24 |
| 2008 | 0.39 | 1.19 |
| 2007 | 0.4 | 1.19 |
| 2006 | 0.39 | 1.15 |
| 2005 | 0.39 | 1.12 |
| 2004 | 0.38 | 1.04 |
| 2003 | 0.38 | 1.02 |
| 2002 | 0.38 | 1.06 |
| 2001 | 0.4 | 1.17 |
| 2000 | 0.39 | 1.12 |
| 1999 | 0.39 | 1.08 |
| 1998 | 0.39 | 1.07 |
| 1997 | 0.38 | 0.99 |
| 1996 | 0.38 | 1 |
| 1995 | 0.37 | 0.96 |
| 1994 | 0.37 | 0.93 |
| 1993 | 0.36 | 1.02 |
| 1992 | 0.36 | 0.92 |
| 1991 | 0.35 | 1.29 |
| 1990 | 0.35 | 0.95 |
| 1989 | 0.35 | 0.75 |
| 1988 | 0.34 | 0.67 |
| 1987 | 0.34 | 0.71 |
| 1986 | 0.33 | 0.74 |
| 1985 | 0.32 | 0.74 |
| 1984 | 0.32 | 0.79 |
| 1983 | 0.32 | 0.76 |
| 1982 | 0.32 | 0.88 |
| 1981 | 0.32 | 0.9 |
| 1980 | 0.31 | 0.78 |
| 1979 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| 1978 | 0.28 | 0.6 |
| 1977 | 0.28 | 0.55 |
| 1976 | 0.27 | 0.51 |
| 1975 | 0.25 | 0.38 |
| 1974 | 0.24 | 0.3 |
| 1973 | 0.23 | 0.28 |
| 1972 | 0.22 | 0.25 |
| 1971 | 0.21 | 0.24 |
| 1970 | 0.21 | 0.23 |
| 1969 | 0.22 | 0.21 |
| 1968 | 0.21 | 0.21 |
| 1967 | 0.21 | 0.24 |
| 1966 | 0.21 | 0.17 |
| 1965 | 0.2 | 0.17 |
| 1964 | 0.19 | 0.16 |
| 1963 | 0.19 | 0.15 |
| 1962 | 0.19 | 0.16 |
| 1961 | 0.18 | 0.15 |
| 1960 | 0.17 | 0.14 |
| 1959 | 0.17 | 0.13 |
| 1958 | 0.17 | 0.15 |
| 1957 | 0.16 | 0.14 |
| 1956 | 0.16 | 0.16 |
| 1955 | – | 0.17 |
| 1954 | – | 0.18 |
| 1953 | – | 0.14 |
| 1952 | – | 0.13 |
| 1951 | – | 0.12 |
| 1950 | – | 0.14 |
| 1949 | – | 0.13 |
| 1948 | – | 0.11 |
| 1947 | – | 0.18 |
| 1946 | – | 0.18 |
| 1945 | – | 0.09 |
| 1944 | – | 0.07 |
| 1943 | – | 0.06 |
| 1942 | – | 0.06 |
| 1941 | – | 0.06 |
| 1940 | – | 0.06 |
| 1939 | – | 0.06 |
| 1938 | – | 0.05 |
| 1937 | – | 0.05 |
| 1936 | – | 0.05 |
| 1935 | – | 0.05 |
| 1934 | – | 0.05 |
| 1933 | – | 0.04 |
| 1932 | – | 0.05 |
| 1931 | – | 0.04 |
| 1930 | – | 0.04 |
| 1929 | – | 0.04 |
| 1928 | – | 0.04 |
| 1927 | – | 0.04 |
| 1912 | 0.27 | – |
| 1911 | 0.12 | – |
| 1910 | 0.12 | – |
| 1909 | 0.12 | – |
| 1908 | 0.12 | – |
| 1907 | 0.13 | – |
| 1906 | 0.13 | – |
| 1905 | 0.13 | – |
| 1904 | 0.14 | – |
| 1903 | 0.14 | – |
| 1902 | 0.14 | – |
| 1901 | 0.14 | – |
| 1900 | 0.14 | – |
| 1899 | 0.15 | – |
| 1898 | 0.14 | – |
| 1897 | 0.15 | – |
| 1896 | 0.15 | – |
| 1895 | 0.15 | – |
| 1894 | 0.15 | – |
| 1893 | 0.15 | – |
| 1892 | 0.16 | – |
| 1891 | 0.15 | – |
| 1890 | 0.16 | – |
| 1889 | 0.16 | – |
| 1888 | 0.16 | – |
| 1887 | 0.16 | – |
| 1886 | 0.16 | – |
| 1885 | 0.17 | – |
| 1884 | 0.17 | – |
| 1883 | 0.16 | – |
| 1882 | 0.16 | – |
| 1881 | 0.16 | – |
| 1880 | 0.16 | – |
| 1879 | 0.17 | – |
| 1878 | 0.16 | – |
| 1877 | 0.17 | – |
| 1876 | 0.17 | – |
| 1875 | 0.17 | – |
| 1874 | 0.17 | – |
| 1873 | 0.17 | – |
| 1872 | 0.18 | – |
| 1871 | 0.17 | – |
| 1870 | 0.18 | – |
| 1869 | 0.18 | – |
| 1868 | 0.18 | – |
| 1867 | 0.18 | – |
| 1866 | 0.19 | – |
| 1865 | 0.18 | – |
| 1864 | 0.18 | – |
| 1863 | 0.18 | – |
| 1862 | 0.18 | – |
| 1861 | 0.18 | – |
| 1860 | 0.19 | – |
| 1859 | 0.27 | – |
| 1858 | 0.17 | – |
| 1857 | 0.16 | – |
| 1856 | 0.14 | – |
| 1855 | 0.15 | – |
| 1854 | 0.16 | – |
| 1853 | 0.17 | – |
| 1852 | 0.17 | – |
| 1851 | 0.18 | – |
| 1850 | 0.17 | – |
| 1849 | 0.17 | – |
| 1848 | 0.18 | – |
| 1847 | 0.18 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The Correlates of War’s Composite Index of National Capability: the country’s share of the world’s military spending, soldiers, iron and steel, energy use, people and city dwellers, averaged.
- Source: Correlates of War Project, National Material Capabilities v7.0; Singer, Bremer and Stuckey (1972), “Capability Distribution, Uncertainty, and Major Power War, 1820–1965”, in Bruce Russett (ed.), Peace, War, and Numbers, Sage, 19–48.
- Ranks count the 195 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.
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