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Armed forces as a share of the population — all countries

Armed forces as a share of the population — Morocco

Armed forces as a share of the population in Morocco in 2022 — 0.525%. Ranked 31 in the world out of 189. Since 1847, the indicator has fallen by 0.103 pp.

2022 0.525% −0.005 pp vs 2021
World rank 31of 189
Period maximum 0.874%1987
Period minimum 0.137%1911

Trend over time

1847–2022 · % of population

Armed forces as a share of the population — Morocco, 1847–202200.250.50.751184718651883190119191937195519731991200920221847: 0.628%1850: 0.597%1853: 0.568%1856: 0.541%1859: 0.515%1862: 0.49%1865: 0.466%1868: 0.443%1871: 0.422%1874: 0.361%1877: 0.344%1880: 0.327%1883: 0.312%1886: 0.33%1889: 0.314%1892: 0.299%1895: 0.285%1898: 0.272%1901: 0.26%1904: 0.25%1907: 0.144%1910: 0.139%1957: 0.225%1960: 0.232%1963: 0.319%1966: 0.48%1969: 0.48%1972: 0.413%1975: 0.441%1978: 0.463%1981: 0.605%1984: 0.699%1987: 0.874%1990: 0.796%1993: 0.748%1996: 0.726%1999: 0.7%2002: 0.669%2005: 0.667%2008: 0.633%2011: 0.611%2014: 0.571%2017: 0.553%2020: 0.536%2022: 0.525%
Change over the period: −0.103 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2022

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Morocco

Morocco 0.525%
World computed 0.259%
Middle East & North Africa computed 0.534%
Northern Africa computed 0.356%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.207%
Armed forces as a share of the population — Morocco, by year Morocco All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 0.525 −0.005 pp
2021 0.53 −0.005 pp
2020 0.536 −0.006 pp
2019 0.541 −0.006 pp
2018 0.547 −0.006 pp
2017 0.553 −0.003 pp
2016 0.556 −0.008 pp
2015 0.563 −0.008 pp
2014 0.571 −0.008 pp
2013 0.579 −0.023 pp
2012 0.603 −0.009 pp
2011 0.611 −0.008 pp
2010 0.619 −0.007 pp
2009 0.627 −0.007 pp
2008 0.633 −0.022 pp
2007 0.655 −0.006 pp
2006 0.661 −0.006 pp
2005 0.667 +0.004 pp
2004 0.663 +0.001 pp
2003 0.662 −0.006 pp
2002 0.669 −0.01 pp
2001 0.679 −0.02 pp
2000 0.698 −0.001 pp
1999 0.7 −0.013 pp
1998 0.712 −0.002 pp
1997 0.714 −0.012 pp
1996 0.726 −0.013 pp
1995 0.739 +0.006 pp
1994 0.733 −0.015 pp
1993 0.748 −0.015 pp
1992 0.763 −0.016 pp
1991 0.779 −0.017 pp
1990 0.796 −0.018 pp
1989 0.814 −0.019 pp
1988 0.833 −0.041 pp
1987 0.874 +0.046 pp
1986 0.828 +0.072 pp
1985 0.756 +0.057 pp
1984 0.699 +0.051 pp
1983 0.648 +0.034 pp
1982 0.614 +0.009 pp
1981 0.605 −0 pp
1980 0.605 +0.085 pp
1979 0.52 +0.057 pp
1978 0.463 −0.012 pp
1977 0.475 −0.041 pp
1976 0.516 +0.075 pp
1975 0.441 +0.049 pp
1974 0.392 −0.01 pp
1973 0.402 −0.01 pp
1972 0.413 −0.011 pp
1971 0.423 −0.011 pp
1970 0.434 −0.045 pp
1969 0.48 −0.012 pp
1968 0.492 +0.023 pp
1967 0.468 −0.012 pp
1966 0.48 +0.101 pp
1965 0.379 +0.029 pp
1964 0.35 +0.031 pp
1963 0.319 −0.049 pp
1962 0.368 +0.033 pp
1961 0.335 +0.103 pp
1960 0.232 −0.006 pp
1959 0.238 −0.008 pp
1958 0.246 +0.021 pp
1957 0.225 +0.032 pp
1956 0.192 —
1911 0.137 −0.002 pp
1910 0.139 −0.002 pp
1909 0.14 −0.002 pp
1908 0.142 −0.002 pp
1907 0.144 −0.002 pp
1906 0.146 −0.101 pp
1905 0.247 −0.003 pp
1904 0.25 −0.003 pp
1903 0.253 −0.003 pp
1902 0.256 −0.003 pp
1901 0.26 −0.003 pp
1900 0.263 −0.004 pp
1899 0.267 −0.004 pp
1898 0.272 −0.004 pp
1897 0.276 −0.004 pp
1896 0.281 −0.005 pp
1895 0.285 −0.005 pp
1894 0.29 −0.005 pp
1893 0.295 −0.005 pp
1892 0.299 −0.005 pp
1891 0.304 −0.005 pp
1890 0.309 −0.005 pp
1889 0.314 −0.005 pp
1888 0.319 −0.005 pp
1887 0.325 −0.005 pp
1886 0.33 −0.005 pp
1885 0.335 −0.005 pp
1884 0.341 +0.029 pp
1883 0.312 −0.005 pp
1882 0.317 −0.005 pp
1881 0.322 −0.005 pp
1880 0.327 −0.005 pp
1879 0.333 −0.006 pp
1878 0.338 −0.006 pp
1877 0.344 −0.006 pp
1876 0.35 −0.006 pp
1875 0.355 −0.006 pp
1874 0.361 −0.006 pp
1873 0.367 −0.048 pp
1872 0.415 −0.007 pp
1871 0.422 −0.007 pp
1870 0.429 −0.007 pp
1869 0.436 −0.007 pp
1868 0.443 −0.007 pp
1867 0.451 −0.007 pp
1866 0.458 −0.008 pp
1865 0.466 −0.008 pp
1864 0.474 −0.008 pp
1863 0.482 −0.008 pp
1862 0.49 −0.008 pp
1861 0.498 −0.008 pp
1860 0.506 −0.009 pp
1859 0.515 −0.009 pp
1858 0.523 −0.009 pp
1857 0.532 −0.009 pp
1856 0.541 −0.009 pp
1855 0.55 −0.009 pp
1854 0.559 −0.009 pp
1853 0.568 −0.01 pp
1852 0.578 −0.01 pp
1851 0.588 −0.009 pp
1850 0.597 −0.01 pp
1849 0.607 −0.01 pp
1848 0.617 −0.01 pp
1847 0.628 —

Northern Africa, 2022

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

MA Morocco 0.525 EG Egypt 0.39 DZ Algeria 0.306 TN Tunisia 0.297 SD Sudan 0.211
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

Military personnel on active duty as a percent of the entire population of the country. The indicator answers the question of how large the armed forces are relative to the size of the country — an army that is large in absolute numbers in a large country can come out smaller by this measure than the small army of a small state.

Important: A close indicator — the share of the labor force — answers a different question: what part of those able to work is occupied in the army instead of the economy. In countries with young populations the two diverge noticeably.

Source: Military Expenditure Database (SIPRI), license SIPRI terms of use.

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