Morocco vs Syria
Morocco vs Syria: Military spending per person
Military spending per person: $166 in Morocco in 2025 and $110 in Syria in 2011, by SIPRI estimates. In 2011 the value was higher in Syria, by $7, or 1.07 times that in Morocco.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Syria has been higher since 2009, when it overtook Morocco.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Morocco | Syria |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $166 | – |
| 2024 | $146 | – |
| 2023 | $138 | – |
| 2022 | $135 | – |
| 2021 | $145 | – |
| 2020 | $133 | – |
| 2019 | $103 | – |
| 2018 | $104 | – |
| 2017 | $99 | – |
| 2016 | $96 | – |
| 2015 | $95 | – |
| 2014 | $119 | – |
| 2013 | $121 | – |
| 2012 | $103 | – |
| 2011 | $102 | $110 |
| 2010 | $98 | $106 |
| 2009 | $96 | $100 |
| 2008 | $94 | $80 |
| 2007 | $78 | $79 |
| 2006 | $70 | $75 |
| 2005 | $67 | $78 |
| 2004 | $65 | $77 |
| 2003 | $62 | $81 |
| 2002 | $51 | $64 |
| 2001 | $51 | $61 |
| 2000 | $30 | $55 |
| 1999 | $43 | $70 |
| 1998 | $53 | $70 |
| 1997 | $52 | $69 |
| 1996 | $54 | $67 |
| 1995 | $55 | $66 |
| 1994 | $53 | $117 |
| 1993 | $49 | $105 |
| 1992 | $49 | $226 |
| 1991 | $47 | $226 |
| 1990 | $44 | $133 |
| 1989 | $42 | $124 |
| 1988 | $39 | $321 |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- 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 spendingMorocco: 3.54% of GDP in 2025Syria: 4.06% of GDP in 2010
- 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