Morocco vs United Arab Emirates: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 392 million TIV in Morocco and 868 million TIV in United Arab Emirates, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 476 million TIV, or 2.21 times that in Morocco.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Morocco.
In 2025, Morocco ranked 29 and United Arab Emirates ranked 9 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Morocco	United Arab Emirates	World
2025	392 million	868 million	33.3 billion
2024	130 million	1.09 billion	30.6 billion
2023	501 million	918 million	29.5 billion
2022	507 million	756 million	33 billion
2021	53 million	577 million	26.8 billion
2020	16 million	660 million	23.4 billion
2019	48 million	750 million	26.9 billion
2018	462 million	1.17 billion	27.3 billion
2017	605 million	909 million	31.2 billion
2016	287 million	1.49 billion	31.4 billion
2015	47 million	1.69 billion	28.7 billion
2014	572 million	736 million	27 billion
2013	62 million	2.32 billion	27.4 billion
2012	1.05 billion	1.14 billion	27.9 billion
2011	1.29 billion	1.22 billion	29.9 billion
2010	347 million	650 million	25.8 billion
2009	39 million	604 million	24 billion
2008	46 million	730 million	24.1 billion
2007	27 million	819 million	26.5 billion
2006	47 million	1.93 billion	24.4 billion
2005	101 million	2.07 billion	21.3 billion
2004	14 million	1.15 billion	21.3 billion
2003	12 million	676 million	19.2 billion
2002	155 million	223 million	17.7 billion
2001	11 million	186 million	18.3 billion
2000	127 million	244 million	20.5 billion
1999	60 million	441 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	757 million	27.9 billion
1997	220 million	690 million	28.9 billion
1996	89 million	481 million	23.7 billion
1995	28 million	426 million	22.9 billion
1994	117 million	571 million	22.8 billion
1993	98 million	582 million	25.8 billion
1992	17 million	205 million	24.3 billion
1991	62 million	237 million	27.8 billion
1990	137 million	561 million	28.6 billion
1989	126 million	663 million	31.7 billion
1988	117 million	45 million	32.9 billion
1987	32 million	195 million	36.2 billion
1986	31 million	132 million	35.5 billion
1985	50 million	145 million	33.2 billion
1984	74 million	310 million	36.8 billion
1983	396 million	163 million	39.1 billion
1982	529 million	155 million	41.4 billion
1981	800 million	420 million	42 billion
1980	469 million	213 million	37.4 billion
1979	725 million	39 million	33.3 billion
1978	419 million	230 million	39.2 billion
1977	408 million	310 million	37 billion
1976	216 million	275 million	33 billion
1975	207 million	145 million	34.2 billion
1974	198 million	100 million	32.9 billion
1973	21 million	88 million	32.6 billion
1972	–	28 million	28.7 billion
1971	1 million	24 million	29.3 billion
1970	80 million	67 million	22.1 billion
1969	41 million	12 million	24.7 billion
1968	93 million	13 million	22.4 billion
1967	149 million	–	22.1 billion
1966	159 million	–	22.4 billion
1965	82 million	–	23.1 billion
1964	16 million	–	24.2 billion
1963	16 million	–	18.1 billion
1962	93 million	–	15.5 billion
1961	37 million	–	15 billion
1960	22 million	–	15.7 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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Deaths in conflictsMorocco: 0 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022