Morocco vs United States of America: Military spending as a share of GDP
Morocco
3.1%
in 2019
United States of America
3.2%
in 2019
Morocco rank
22nd
United States of America rank
20th
Military spending as a share of GDP over time
- Morocco
- United States of America
How they compare
United States of America currently reports 3.2% against 3.1% in Morocco, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 122 shared years of data; in 1847 it was Morocco ahead.
Morocco ranks 22nd and United States of America ranks 20th of 172 countries.
Across the 14 decades both report, Morocco averaged higher in 6 and United States of America in 8.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Morocco | United States of America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1840s | 3.4% | 1.0% | 2.4% | Morocco |
| 1850s | 4.2% | 0.7% | 3.5% | Morocco |
| 1860s | 3.8% | 4.9% | 1.1% | United States of America |
| 1870s | 5.2% | 0.6% | 4.6% | Morocco |
| 1880s | 6.9% | 0.3% | 6.6% | Morocco |
| 1890s | 9.5% | 0.5% | 8.9% | Morocco |
| 1900s | 10.9% | 0.7% | 10.2% | Morocco |
| 1950s | 1.5% | 9.0% | 7.5% | United States of America |
| 1960s | 1.8% | 7.1% | 5.3% | United States of America |
| 1970s | 2.9% | 4.6% | 1.6% | United States of America |
| 1980s | 3.5% | 4.5% | 1.0% | United States of America |
| 1990s | 2.6% | 3.2% | 0.6% | United States of America |
| 2000s | 2.6% | 3.1% | 0.5% | United States of America |
| 2010s | 2.7% | 3.1% | 0.4% | United States of America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher military spending as a share of gdp, Morocco or United States of America?
- United States of America, at 3.2% against 3.1% in Morocco as of 2019.
- What is the difference in military spending as a share of gdp between Morocco and United States of America?
- 0.1%, with United States of America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Morocco and United States of America?
- 122 years are reported by both, from 1847 to 2019.
- How do Morocco and United States of America rank globally for military spending as a share of gdp?
- Morocco ranks 22nd and United States of America ranks 20th of 172 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Barnum et al. - Global Military Spending Dataset (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Military spending as a share of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Military spending measured as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP).