Morocco ranks 59th among military powers, according to the latest rankings from the Global Firepower Institute. The Kingdom gains two places compared to 2024 when it occupied 61st position. The details.
The Global Firepower Institute has published its ranking of the most militarily powerful countries. According to the new ranking of the most powerful armies in 2025, Morocco occupies 59th place out of a total of 145 countries with a score of 1.1273. The Kingdom has gained two places in the new ranking. Remember that the Kingdom was ranked in 61st place in 2024. In this new ranking, Morocco is ahead of several countries, including Azerbaijan (60th), Belgium (61st), Bulgaria (62nd), Serbia (63rd). ), Syria (64th), Cuba (67th), Australia (68th), Qatar (72nd), Croatia (74th), Jordan (75th), Libya (76th), Kuwait (79th), Bahrain (81st), Oman (82nd), New Zealand (86th), Paraguay (87th), Tunisia (90th). In terms of human resources, the FAR has 395,800 military men and women, 195,800 are in active service while 150,000 are in reserve and 50,000 people are in the Paramilitary Forces. According to the Global Firepower Institute, 15,254,135 people would be considered suitable for military service. The Royal Air Forces have a fleet of 260 military aircraft, including 83 combat aircraft and 78 helicopters. The Moroccan army has 903 combat tanks, 7,877 vehicles, 396 self-propelled guns and 111 warships. Furthermore, the report specifies that the country allocates 13.4 billion dollars to the military budget. On the African continent, Egypt remains the leading military power according to this new edition. This country ranks 19th in the world with a score of 0.3427. Algeria (26th globally) occupies the second position in Africa, followed by Nigeria (31st), South Africa (40th), Ethiopia (52nd), Angola ( 56 e), the Democratic Republic of Congo (66 e). Not surprisingly, the United States maintains its first place in the world rankings with a power index of 0.0744, closely followed by Russia and China. In fourth place is India, followed by South Korea (5th), the United Kingdom (6th), France (7th), Japan (8th), Turkey (9th) and Italy (10th). e). At the bottom of the world rankings, we find Somalia (142nd), the Central African Republic (143rd), Benin (144th) and Bhutan (145th).
Remember that since 2006, Global Firepower, an institute specializing in defense and armaments issues, has provided a unique analytical display of data concerning 145 modern military powers. The GFP ranking is based on each nation’s potential war capability on land, sea and air fought by conventional means. To create this ranking, the Institute based itself on more than 60 factors. Among them, we find the armament, the budget allocated to the military forces, the level of technological advancement, the natural resources of the country or even the human workforce in each profession (land, naval, air)… All these factors allow you to create the Power Index. In this ranking, the closer the score obtained is to 0, the greater the military power of the country. The maximum military power index is “0.0000,” a theoretical score that is impossible to achieve. Note that the methodology relating to the calculation of the power index is revised almost every year in order to take into consideration the different technological developments in national defense.
