Morocco vs Syria
Morocco vs Syria: Military spending
Military spending: 3.54% of GDP in Morocco in 2025 and 4.06% of GDP in Syria in 2010, by SIPRI estimates. In 2010 the value was higher in Syria, by 0.67 percentage points, or 1.2 times that in Morocco.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Syria has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Morocco | Syria |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.54 | – |
| 2024 | 3.44 | – |
| 2023 | 3.55 | – |
| 2022 | 3.81 | – |
| 2021 | 3.75 | – |
| 2020 | 3.98 | – |
| 2019 | 2.87 | – |
| 2018 | 2.9 | – |
| 2017 | 2.95 | – |
| 2016 | 2.98 | – |
| 2015 | 2.96 | – |
| 2014 | 3.4 | – |
| 2013 | 3.81 | – |
| 2012 | 3.46 | – |
| 2011 | 3.3 | – |
| 2010 | 3.39 | 4.06 |
| 2009 | 3.29 | 4.03 |
| 2008 | 3.18 | 3.55 |
| 2007 | 3.05 | 4.1 |
| 2006 | 3.11 | 4.39 |
| 2005 | 3.26 | 5.03 |
| 2004 | 3.25 | 5.54 |
| 2003 | 3.49 | 6.25 |
| 2002 | 3.49 | 5.41 |
| 2001 | 3.73 | 5.48 |
| 2000 | 2.21 | 5.45 |
| 1999 | 2.9 | 5.81 |
| 1998 | 3.46 | 5.81 |
| 1997 | 4.19 | 5.88 |
| 1996 | 3.95 | 6.04 |
| 1995 | 4.35 | 6.95 |
| 1994 | 4.49 | 7.36 |
| 1993 | 4.66 | 7.24 |
| 1992 | 4.3 | 8.99 |
| 1991 | 4.14 | 10.43 |
| 1990 | 4.15 | 6.87 |
| 1989 | 4.39 | 7.97 |
| 1988 | 4.13 | 7.85 |
| 1987 | 4.37 | 11.22 |
| 1986 | 4.3 | 14.45 |
| 1985 | 5.39 | 16.56 |
| 1984 | 4.02 | 17.69 |
| 1983 | 4.51 | 14.64 |
| 1982 | 6.22 | 15.56 |
| 1981 | 6.39 | 14.55 |
| 1980 | 5.94 | 17.25 |
| 1979 | 5.63 | 15.93 |
| 1978 | 5.84 | 14.71 |
| 1977 | 6.62 | 14.5 |
| 1976 | 6.22 | 14.73 |
| 1975 | 4.6 | 15.95 |
| 1974 | 3.15 | 12.66 |
| 1973 | 3.06 | 15.07 |
| 1972 | 2.84 | 10.77 |
| 1971 | 2.63 | 8.44 |
| 1970 | 2.32 | 11.22 |
| 1969 | 2.39 | 10.83 |
| 1968 | 3.01 | 12.16 |
| 1967 | 2.62 | 8.21 |
| 1966 | 2.68 | 7.75 |
| 1965 | 2.43 | 8.88 |
| 1964 | 2.84 | 8.64 |
| 1963 | 3.2 | – |
| 1962 | 2.57 | 13.47 |
| 1961 | 2.7 | 9.55 |
| 1960 | 2.32 | 10.52 |
| 1959 | 2.47 | – |
| 1958 | 2.14 | – |
| 1957 | 1.76 | – |
| 1956 | 1.18 | – |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, 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 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 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