Morocco vs Yemen
Morocco vs Yemen: GDP growth
GDP growth: 4.9% a year in Morocco in 2025 and -1.5% a year in Yemen in 2024, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Morocco, by 5.8 percentage points.
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- Morocco has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Yemen.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Morocco at 4% a year and Yemen at 2.5% a year in 2031.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Morocco | Yemen |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.9 | -0.5 |
| 2024 | 4.4 | -1.5 |
| 2023 | 3.8 | -9.3 |
| 2022 | 1.8 | -0.5 |
| 2021 | 8.2 | 6 |
| 2020 | -7.2 | 0.3 |
| 2019 | 2.9 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 3.1 | 8.5 |
| 2017 | 5.1 | 4 |
| 2016 | 0.5 | -4.4 |
| 2015 | 4.3 | -32 |
| 2014 | 2.7 | – |
| 2013 | 4.5 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | – |
| 2011 | 5.2 | – |
| 2010 | 3.8 | – |
| 2009 | 4.2 | – |
| 2008 | 5.9 | – |
| 2007 | 2.7 | – |
| 2006 | 7.8 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | – |
| 2004 | 4.8 | – |
| 2003 | 6.3 | – |
| 2002 | 3.3 | – |
| 2001 | 7.6 | – |
| 2000 | 1.6 | – |
| 1999 | 0.5 | – |
| 1998 | 8 | – |
| 1997 | -2 | – |
| 1996 | 13.5 | – |
| 1995 | -6.3 | – |
| 1994 | 11.5 | – |
| 1993 | -1 | – |
| 1992 | -2.9 | – |
| 1991 | 7.5 | – |
| 1990 | 4 | – |
| 1989 | 2.4 | – |
| 1988 | 10.4 | – |
| 1987 | -2.5 | – |
| 1986 | 8.3 | – |
| 1985 | 6.3 | – |
| 1984 | 4.3 | – |
| 1983 | -0.6 | – |
| 1982 | 9.6 | – |
| 1981 | -2.8 | – |
| 1980 | 3.8 | – |
- 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Morocco | Yemen |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4.5 | -1.5 |
| 2027 | 4.2 | – |
| 2028 | 4.4 | 1 |
| 2029 | 4.4 | 1.5 |
| 2030 | 4.1 | 2 |
| 2031 | 4 | 2.5 |
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 Yemen
Health
- Life expectancyMorocco: 75.3 years in 2023Yemen: 69.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMorocco: 1.6 per 100 live births in 2024Yemen: 3.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMorocco: 14.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Yemen: 32.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionMorocco: 5.41% in 2017Yemen: 4.01% in 2017
- Suicide rateMorocco: 7.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Yemen: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMorocco: 37.7 million people in 2023Yemen: 39.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthMorocco: 1% a year in 2023Yemen: 3.03% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMorocco: 2.23 births per woman in 2023Yemen: 4.59 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMorocco: 63.1% in 2025Yemen: 37% in 2025
- Median ageMorocco: 29.2 years in 2023Yemen: 18.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMorocco: 7.8% in 2023Yemen: 2.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateMorocco: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Yemen: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingMorocco: 3.54% of GDP in 2025Yemen: 3.97% of GDP in 2014
- Military spending in US dollarsMorocco: $5.88B in 2025Yemen: $12.3B in 2014
- Military spending per personMorocco: $166 in 2025Yemen: $58 in 2014
- Military share of state spendingMorocco: 10.3% of government spending in 2025Yemen: 14.3% of government spending in 2014
- Armed forces personnelMorocco: 246,000 people in 2020Yemen: 40,000 people in 2020
- National powerMorocco: 0.4% of world capability in 2022Yemen: 0.24% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMorocco: 2.07% of the labour force in 2020Yemen: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsMorocco: 392 million TIV in 2025Yemen: 1 million TIV in 2022
- Arms exportsMorocco: 26 million TIV in 2024Yemen: 51 million TIV in 1986