Morocco vs Spain
Morocco vs Spain: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $5.88B in Morocco and $37.7B in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by $31.8B, or 6.41 times that in Morocco.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Spain has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1956.
- In 2025, Morocco ranked 44 and Spain ranked 15 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Morocco | Spain |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $5.88B | $37.7B |
| 2024 | $5.52B | $25.2B |
| 2023 | $5.34B | $25.6B |
| 2022 | $5.47B | $22.7B |
| 2021 | $5.5B | $21.1B |
| 2020 | $5.35B | $19.7B |
| 2019 | $4.17B | $19.7B |
| 2018 | $4.08B | $19.5B |
| 2017 | $4.06B | $18.8B |
| 2016 | $3.94B | $17B |
| 2015 | $3.92B | $18.3B |
| 2014 | $4.24B | $17.2B |
| 2013 | $4.28B | $17.2B |
| 2012 | $3.75B | $19.8B |
| 2011 | $3.49B | $19.5B |
| 2010 | $3.47B | $21.2B |
| 2009 | $3.24B | $21.1B |
| 2008 | $3.03B | $21.9B |
| 2007 | $2.72B | $22.1B |
| 2006 | $2.64B | $21.3B |
| 2005 | $2.62B | $20.6B |
| 2004 | $2.52B | $20.3B |
| 2003 | $2.59B | $19.5B |
| 2002 | $2.45B | $19.2B |
| 2001 | $2.57B | $20.7B |
| 2000 | $1.42B | $20.9B |
| 1999 | $1.88B | $20.2B |
| 1998 | $2.22B | $18.4B |
| 1997 | $2.19B | $17.5B |
| 1996 | $2.09B | $17.7B |
| 1995 | $2.1B | $18.3B |
| 1994 | $2.28B | $18.2B |
| 1993 | $2.22B | $18B |
| 1992 | $2.1B | $18.4B |
| 1991 | $2.12B | $18.9B |
| 1990 | $2.02B | $19.7B |
| 1989 | $2.06B | $19.4B |
| 1988 | $1.9B | $19.5B |
| 1987 | $1.76B | $19.3B |
| 1986 | $1.76B | $18.2B |
| 1985 | $2.01B | $19.5B |
| 1984 | $1.4B | $19.2B |
| 1983 | $1.56B | $18.7B |
| 1982 | $2.15B | $16.7B |
| 1981 | $2.07B | $16.1B |
| 1980 | $2.03B | $15.9B |
| 1979 | $1.77B | $15.3B |
| 1978 | $1.76B | $14.3B |
| 1977 | $1.98B | $13.7B |
| 1976 | $1.73B | $13.5B |
| 1975 | $1.23B | $11.4B |
| 1974 | $837M | $12.5B |
| 1973 | $710M | $11.3B |
| 1972 | $625M | $11.5B |
| 1971 | $565M | $9.62B |
| 1970 | $471M | $10B |
| 1969 | $456M | $9.93B |
| 1968 | $502M | $8.41B |
| 1967 | $390M | $6.35B |
| 1966 | $374M | $6.76B |
| 1965 | $344M | $5.62B |
| 1964 | $395M | $5.6B |
| 1963 | $440M | $4.9B |
| 1962 | $334M | $5.2B |
| 1961 | $315M | $4.26B |
| 1960 | $276M | $4.23B |
| 1959 | $277M | $3.52B |
| 1958 | $237M | $3.7B |
| 1957 | $178M | $4.21B |
| 1956 | $122M | $4.03B |
| 1955 | – | $3.8B |
| 1954 | – | $3.51B |
| 1953 | – | $3.49B |
| 1952 | – | $3.56B |
| 1951 | – | $2.81B |
| 1950 | – | $2.97B |
| 1949 | – | $3.17B |
- 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 Spain
Health
- Life expectancyMorocco: 75.3 years in 2023Spain: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMorocco: 1.6 per 100 live births in 2024Spain: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMorocco: 14.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Spain: 2.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterMorocco: 74.8% in 2022Spain: 99.6% in 2022
- DepressionMorocco: 5.41% in 2017Spain: 3.54% in 2017
- Suicide rateMorocco: 7.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Spain: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMorocco: 37.7 million people in 2023Spain: 47.9 million people in 2023
- Population growthMorocco: 1% a year in 2023Spain: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMorocco: 2.23 births per woman in 2023Spain: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMorocco: 63.1% in 2025Spain: 80.5% in 2025
- Median ageMorocco: 29.2 years in 2023Spain: 44.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMorocco: 7.8% in 2023Spain: 20.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateMorocco: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Spain: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingMorocco: 3.54% of GDP in 2025Spain: 2.13% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personMorocco: $166 in 2025Spain: $839 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingMorocco: 10.3% of government spending in 2025Spain: 4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelMorocco: 246,000 people in 2020Spain: 199,000 people in 2020
- National powerMorocco: 0.4% of world capability in 2022Spain: 0.66% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMorocco: 2.07% of the labour force in 2020Spain: 0.87% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsMorocco: 392 million TIV in 2025Spain: 237 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsMorocco: 26 million TIV in 2024Spain: 341 million TIV in 2025