Morocco vs Yemen
Morocco vs Yemen: Military spending
Military spending: 3.54% of GDP in Morocco in 2025 and 3.97% of GDP in Yemen in 2014, by SIPRI estimates. In 2014 the value was higher in Yemen, by 0.57 percentage points, or 1.17 times that in Morocco.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Yemen has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Morocco | Yemen |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.54 | – |
| 2024 | 3.44 | – |
| 2023 | 3.55 | – |
| 2022 | 3.81 | – |
| 2021 | 3.75 | – |
| 2020 | 3.98 | – |
| 2019 | 2.87 | – |
| 2018 | 2.9 | – |
| 2017 | 2.95 | – |
| 2016 | 2.98 | – |
| 2015 | 2.96 | – |
| 2014 | 3.4 | 3.97 |
| 2013 | 3.81 | 4.08 |
| 2012 | 3.46 | 4.57 |
| 2011 | 3.3 | 4.93 |
| 2010 | 3.39 | 4.69 |
| 2009 | 3.29 | 5.65 |
| 2008 | 3.18 | 4.45 |
| 2007 | 3.05 | 4.85 |
| 2006 | 3.11 | 4.31 |
| 2005 | 3.26 | 4.87 |
| 2004 | 3.25 | 5.3 |
| 2003 | 3.49 | 6.86 |
| 2002 | 3.49 | 6.9 |
| 2001 | 3.73 | 5.48 |
| 2000 | 2.21 | 4.92 |
| 1999 | 2.9 | 5.17 |
| 1998 | 3.46 | 6.08 |
| 1997 | 4.19 | 5.81 |
| 1996 | 3.95 | 5.28 |
| 1995 | 4.35 | 6.35 |
| 1994 | 4.49 | 8.4 |
| 1993 | 4.66 | 7.06 |
| 1992 | 4.3 | 7.28 |
| 1991 | 4.14 | 7.01 |
| 1990 | 4.15 | 6.55 |
| 1989 | 4.39 | – |
| 1988 | 4.13 | – |
| 1987 | 4.37 | – |
| 1986 | 4.3 | – |
| 1985 | 5.39 | – |
| 1984 | 4.02 | – |
| 1983 | 4.51 | – |
| 1982 | 6.22 | – |
| 1981 | 6.39 | – |
| 1980 | 5.94 | – |
| 1979 | 5.63 | – |
| 1978 | 5.84 | – |
| 1977 | 6.62 | – |
| 1976 | 6.22 | – |
| 1975 | 4.6 | – |
| 1974 | 3.15 | – |
| 1973 | 3.06 | – |
| 1972 | 2.84 | – |
| 1971 | 2.63 | – |
| 1970 | 2.32 | – |
| 1969 | 2.39 | – |
| 1968 | 3.01 | – |
| 1967 | 2.62 | – |
| 1966 | 2.68 | – |
| 1965 | 2.43 | – |
| 1964 | 2.84 | – |
| 1963 | 3.2 | – |
| 1962 | 2.57 | – |
| 1961 | 2.7 | – |
| 1960 | 2.32 | – |
| 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 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 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