Morocco vs Yemen
Morocco vs Yemen: Military spending per person
Military spending per person: $166 in Morocco in 2025 and $58 in Yemen in 2014, by SIPRI estimates. In 2014 the value was higher in Morocco, by $61, or 2.07 times that in Yemen.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Morocco has been higher since 1995, when it overtook Yemen.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Morocco | Yemen |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $166 | – |
| 2024 | $146 | – |
| 2023 | $138 | – |
| 2022 | $135 | – |
| 2021 | $145 | – |
| 2020 | $133 | – |
| 2019 | $103 | – |
| 2018 | $104 | – |
| 2017 | $99 | – |
| 2016 | $96 | – |
| 2015 | $95 | – |
| 2014 | $119 | $58 |
| 2013 | $121 | $57 |
| 2012 | $103 | $58 |
| 2011 | $102 | $59 |
| 2010 | $98 | $55 |
| 2009 | $96 | $56 |
| 2008 | $94 | $48 |
| 2007 | $78 | $44 |
| 2006 | $70 | $36 |
| 2005 | $67 | $36 |
| 2004 | $65 | $34 |
| 2003 | $62 | $38 |
| 2002 | $51 | $36 |
| 2001 | $51 | $27 |
| 2000 | $30 | $25 |
| 1999 | $43 | $21 |
| 1998 | $53 | $21 |
| 1997 | $52 | $23 |
| 1996 | $54 | $24 |
| 1995 | $55 | $49 |
| 1994 | $53 | $148 |
| 1993 | $49 | $101 |
| 1992 | $49 | $89 |
| 1991 | $47 | $73 |
| 1990 | $44 | $59 |
| 1989 | $42 | – |
| 1988 | $39 | – |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- 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 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 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