Morocco vs Syria
Morocco vs Syria: Inflation
Inflation: 0.8% a year in Morocco in 2025 and 4.4% a year in Syria in 2010, by IMF estimates. In 2010 the value was higher in Syria, by 3.4 percentage points, or 4.45 times that in Morocco.
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- Syria has been higher since 2003, when it overtook Morocco.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Morocco at 2% a year in 2031.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Morocco | Syria |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.8 | – |
| 2024 | 0.9 | – |
| 2023 | 6.1 | – |
| 2022 | 6.6 | – |
| 2021 | 1.4 | – |
| 2020 | 0.7 | – |
| 2019 | 0.2 | – |
| 2018 | 1.6 | – |
| 2017 | 0.8 | – |
| 2016 | 1.5 | – |
| 2015 | 1.6 | – |
| 2014 | 0.5 | – |
| 2013 | 1.8 | – |
| 2012 | 1.3 | – |
| 2011 | 1 | – |
| 2010 | 1 | 4.4 |
| 2009 | -0.2 | 2.8 |
| 2008 | 3.8 | 15.2 |
| 2007 | 2 | 4.7 |
| 2006 | 3.2 | 10.4 |
| 2005 | 1.1 | 7.2 |
| 2004 | 1.5 | 4.4 |
| 2003 | 1.1 | 5.8 |
| 2002 | 2.8 | -0.5 |
| 2001 | 0.6 | 3.4 |
| 2000 | 1.8 | -3.9 |
| 1999 | 0.8 | -3.7 |
| 1998 | 2.7 | -1 |
| 1997 | 1.1 | 1.9 |
| 1996 | 2.8 | 8.9 |
| 1995 | 6.3 | 7.7 |
| 1994 | 5 | 15.3 |
| 1993 | 5.3 | 13.2 |
| 1992 | 5.8 | 11.1 |
| 1991 | 7.9 | 9 |
| 1990 | 6 | 11.1 |
| 1989 | 3.1 | 15.4 |
| 1988 | 2.4 | 30 |
| 1987 | 2.7 | 71.4 |
| 1986 | 8.7 | 36.2 |
| 1985 | 7.7 | 16.8 |
| 1984 | 12.5 | 9.5 |
| 1983 | 6.2 | 6 |
| 1982 | 10.5 | 14.3 |
| 1981 | 12.5 | 18.4 |
| 1980 | 9.4 | 19.3 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Morocco | Syria |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.9 | – |
| 2027 | 1.4 | – |
| 2028 | 1.7 | – |
| 2029 | 2 | – |
| 2030 | 2 | – |
| 2031 | 2 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
- 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 179 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 Syria
Health
- Life expectancyMorocco: 75.3 years in 2023Syria: 72.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMorocco: 1.6 per 100 live births in 2024Syria: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMorocco: 14.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Syria: 16.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionMorocco: 5.41% in 2017Syria: 3.58% in 2017
- Suicide rateMorocco: 7.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Syria: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMorocco: 37.7 million people in 2023Syria: 23.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthMorocco: 1% a year in 2023Syria: 4.92% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMorocco: 2.23 births per woman in 2023Syria: 2.71 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMorocco: 63.1% in 2025Syria: 72.1% in 2025
- Median ageMorocco: 29.2 years in 2023Syria: 22.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMorocco: 7.8% in 2023Syria: 4.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateMorocco: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Syria: 32.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingMorocco: 3.54% of GDP in 2025Syria: 4.06% of GDP in 2010
- Military spending per personMorocco: $166 in 2025Syria: $110 in 2011
- Military share of state spendingMorocco: 10.3% of government spending in 2025Syria: 13.6% of government spending in 2010
- Armed forces personnelMorocco: 246,000 people in 2020Syria: 269,000 people in 2020
- National powerMorocco: 0.4% of world capability in 2022Syria: 0.29% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMorocco: 2.07% of the labour force in 2020Syria: 5.44% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsMorocco: 392 million TIV in 2025Syria: 2 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsMorocco: 26 million TIV in 2024Syria: 30 million TIV in 2010