Morocco
Military spending in Morocco
Military spending in Morocco: 1.18% of GDP in 1956 and 3.54% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 3.54% of GDP
- Since 1956
- +2.36 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 14 of 151
- counting from the highest
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 6.62% of GDP in 1977, the lowest 1.18% of GDP in 1956.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Morocco |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2013 | 3.81 |
| 2012 | 3.46 |
| 2011 | 3.3 |
| 2010 | 3.39 |
| 2009 | 3.29 |
| 2008 | 3.18 |
| 2007 | 3.05 |
| 2006 | 3.11 |
| 2005 | 3.26 |
| 2004 | 3.25 |
| 2003 | 3.49 |
| 2002 | 3.49 |
| 2001 | 3.73 |
| 2000 | 2.21 |
| 1999 | 2.9 |
| 1998 | 3.46 |
| 1997 | 4.19 |
| 1996 | 3.95 |
| 1995 | 4.35 |
| 1994 | 4.49 |
| 1993 | 4.66 |
| 1992 | 4.3 |
| 1991 | 4.14 |
| 1990 | 4.15 |
| 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
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.
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- Military spending in US dollars$5.88B in 2025
- Military spending per person$166 in 2025
- Military share of state spending10.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel246,000 people in 2020
- National power0.4% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers2.07% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports392 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports26 million TIV in 2024