Morocco vs Tunisia
Morocco vs Tunisia: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 3.54% of GDP in Morocco and 2.5% of GDP in Tunisia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Morocco, by 1.05 percentage points, or 1.42 times that in Tunisia.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Morocco has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
- In 2025, Morocco ranked 14 and Tunisia ranked 37 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Morocco | Tunisia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.54 | 2.5 |
| 2024 | 3.44 | 2.5 |
| 2023 | 3.55 | 2.51 |
| 2022 | 3.81 | 2.55 |
| 2021 | 3.75 | 2.62 |
| 2020 | 3.98 | 2.71 |
| 2019 | 2.87 | 2.38 |
| 2018 | 2.9 | 1.98 |
| 2017 | 2.95 | 2.03 |
| 2016 | 2.98 | 2.23 |
| 2015 | 2.96 | 2.14 |
| 2014 | 3.4 | 1.81 |
| 2013 | 3.81 | 1.56 |
| 2012 | 3.46 | 1.44 |
| 2011 | 3.3 | 1.49 |
| 2010 | 3.39 | 1.24 |
| 2009 | 3.29 | 1.3 |
| 2008 | 3.18 | 1.29 |
| 2007 | 3.05 | 1.26 |
| 2006 | 3.11 | 1.45 |
| 2005 | 3.26 | 1.45 |
| 2004 | 3.25 | 1.43 |
| 2003 | 3.49 | 1.48 |
| 2002 | 3.49 | 1.49 |
| 2001 | 3.73 | 1.52 |
| 2000 | 2.21 | 1.55 |
| 1999 | 2.9 | 1.56 |
| 1998 | 3.46 | 1.68 |
| 1997 | 4.19 | 1.73 |
| 1996 | 3.95 | 1.87 |
| 1995 | 4.35 | 1.75 |
| 1994 | 4.49 | 1.74 |
| 1993 | 4.66 | 1.73 |
| 1992 | 4.3 | 1.71 |
| 1991 | 4.14 | 1.83 |
| 1990 | 4.15 | 1.84 |
| 1989 | 4.39 | 2.12 |
| 1988 | 4.13 | 2.1 |
| 1987 | 4.37 | 1.82 |
| 1986 | 4.3 | 2.09 |
| 1985 | 5.39 | 2.34 |
| 1984 | 4.02 | 2.76 |
| 1983 | 4.51 | 4.17 |
| 1982 | 6.22 | 3.69 |
| 1981 | 6.39 | 2.48 |
| 1980 | 5.94 | 2.03 |
| 1979 | 5.63 | 2.24 |
| 1978 | 5.84 | 2.49 |
| 1977 | 6.62 | 2.38 |
| 1976 | 6.22 | 1.86 |
| 1975 | 4.6 | 1.74 |
| 1974 | 3.15 | 1.31 |
| 1973 | 3.06 | 1.4 |
| 1972 | 2.84 | 1.42 |
| 1971 | 2.63 | 1.48 |
| 1970 | 2.32 | 1.56 |
| 1969 | 2.39 | 1.31 |
| 1968 | 3.01 | 1.44 |
| 1967 | 2.62 | 1.42 |
| 1966 | 2.68 | 1.32 |
| 1965 | 2.43 | 1.29 |
| 1964 | 2.84 | 1.74 |
| 1963 | 3.2 | 1.51 |
| 1962 | 2.57 | 1.73 |
| 1961 | 2.7 | 2.22 |
| 1960 | 2.32 | 2.01 |
| 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 Tunisia
Health
- Life expectancyMorocco: 75.3 years in 2023Tunisia: 76.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMorocco: 1.6 per 100 live births in 2024Tunisia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMorocco: 14.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Tunisia: 9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterMorocco: 74.8% in 2022Tunisia: 74.3% in 2022
- DepressionMorocco: 5.41% in 2017Tunisia: 3.92% in 2017
- Suicide rateMorocco: 7.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Tunisia: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMorocco: 37.7 million people in 2023Tunisia: 12.2 million people in 2023
- Population growthMorocco: 1% a year in 2023Tunisia: 0.65% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMorocco: 2.23 births per woman in 2023Tunisia: 1.83 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMorocco: 63.1% in 2025Tunisia: 70.7% in 2025
- Median ageMorocco: 29.2 years in 2023Tunisia: 32.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMorocco: 7.8% in 2023Tunisia: 9.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateMorocco: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Tunisia: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsMorocco: $5.88B in 2025Tunisia: $1.35B in 2025
- Military spending per personMorocco: $166 in 2025Tunisia: $121 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingMorocco: 10.3% of government spending in 2025Tunisia: 7.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelMorocco: 246,000 people in 2020Tunisia: 48,000 people in 2020
- National powerMorocco: 0.4% of world capability in 2022Tunisia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMorocco: 2.07% of the labour force in 2020Tunisia: 1.18% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsMorocco: 392 million TIV in 2025Tunisia: 7 million TIV in 2025