Morocco vs United Arab Emirates
Morocco vs United Arab Emirates: GDP growth
GDP growth in 2025: 4.9% a year in Morocco and 6.2% a year in United Arab Emirates, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 1.4 percentage points, or 1.28 times that in Morocco.
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- United Arab Emirates has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Morocco.
- In 2025, Morocco ranked 37 and United Arab Emirates ranked 23 of 143 countries, counting from the highest.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Morocco at 4% a year and United Arab Emirates at 3.5% a year in 2031.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Morocco | United Arab Emirates |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.9 | 6.2 |
| 2024 | 4.4 | 6.6 |
| 2023 | 3.8 | 4.3 |
| 2022 | 1.8 | 7.5 |
| 2021 | 8.2 | 4.6 |
| 2020 | -7.2 | -8.7 |
| 2019 | 2.9 | 1.3 |
| 2018 | 3.1 | 1.5 |
| 2017 | 5.1 | -1.1 |
| 2016 | 0.5 | 5.7 |
| 2015 | 4.3 | 7.1 |
| 2014 | 2.7 | 4.6 |
| 2013 | 4.5 | 4.9 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4.7 |
| 2011 | 5.2 | 6.7 |
| 2010 | 3.8 | 7.9 |
| 2009 | 4.2 | -5.2 |
| 2008 | 5.9 | 3.2 |
| 2007 | 2.7 | 3.2 |
| 2006 | 7.8 | 9.8 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4.9 |
| 2004 | 4.8 | 9.6 |
| 2003 | 6.3 | 8.8 |
| 2002 | 3.3 | 2.4 |
| 2001 | 7.6 | 1.4 |
| 2000 | 1.6 | 12.3 |
| 1999 | 0.5 | 3.8 |
| 1998 | 8 | 0.9 |
| 1997 | -2 | 8.6 |
| 1996 | 13.5 | 5.4 |
| 1995 | -6.3 | 6.6 |
| 1994 | 11.5 | 7.4 |
| 1993 | -1 | 0.3 |
| 1992 | -2.9 | 3.1 |
| 1991 | 7.5 | 2.2 |
| 1990 | 4 | 23.6 |
| 1989 | 2.4 | 15.7 |
| 1988 | 10.4 | -2.6 |
| 1987 | -2.5 | 5.3 |
| 1986 | 8.3 | -19.3 |
| 1985 | 6.3 | -2.5 |
| 1984 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| 1983 | -0.6 | -5.3 |
| 1982 | 9.6 | -7.2 |
| 1981 | -2.8 | 8 |
| 1980 | 3.8 | -1.8 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Morocco | United Arab Emirates |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4.5 | -3.9 |
| 2027 | 4.2 | 7.7 |
| 2028 | 4.4 | 7 |
| 2029 | 4.4 | 5.9 |
| 2030 | 4.1 | 3.7 |
| 2031 | 4 | 3.5 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
- 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 143 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 United Arab Emirates
Health
- Life expectancyMorocco: 75.3 years in 2023United Arab Emirates: 82.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMorocco: 1.6 per 100 live births in 2024United Arab Emirates: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMorocco: 14.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023United Arab Emirates: 4.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionMorocco: 5.41% in 2017United Arab Emirates: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateMorocco: 7.1 per 100,000 people in 2017United Arab Emirates: 5.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMorocco: 37.7 million people in 2023United Arab Emirates: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthMorocco: 1% a year in 2023United Arab Emirates: 3.7% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMorocco: 2.23 births per woman in 2023United Arab Emirates: 1.2 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMorocco: 63.1% in 2025United Arab Emirates: 86% in 2025
- Median ageMorocco: 29.2 years in 2023United Arab Emirates: 31.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMorocco: 7.8% in 2023United Arab Emirates: 1.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateMorocco: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023United Arab Emirates: 28.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingMorocco: 3.54% of GDP in 2025United Arab Emirates: 5.64% of GDP in 2014
- Military spending in US dollarsMorocco: $5.88B in 2025United Arab Emirates: $27.8B in 2014
- Military spending per personMorocco: $166 in 2025United Arab Emirates: $2,840 in 2014
- Military share of state spendingMorocco: 10.3% of government spending in 2025United Arab Emirates: 17% of government spending in 2014
- Armed forces personnelMorocco: 246,000 people in 2020United Arab Emirates: 63,000 people in 2020
- National powerMorocco: 0.4% of world capability in 2022United Arab Emirates: 0.47% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMorocco: 2.07% of the labour force in 2020United Arab Emirates: 1.02% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsMorocco: 392 million TIV in 2025United Arab Emirates: 868 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsMorocco: 26 million TIV in 2024United Arab Emirates: 33 million TIV in 2025