Morocco among World's strongest 100 military powers, ranks 61th

Morocco among World's strongest 100 military powers, ranks 61th
Wednesday 10 January 2024 - 13:41

The Royal Armed Forces maintained its rank among the 61 most powerful armies around the world, according to the latest ranking of the “Global Firepower” platform which ranks armies around the world for the year 2024.

Egypt continued to lead the Arab armies, according to the same classification. Saudi Arabia ranked among the second strongest Arab armies, followed by Algeria, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, and Syria. Morocco came in seventh place in the Arab world.

At the African level, Egypt again ranked first, Algeria second, South Africa third, Nigeria fourth, Ethiopia fifth, Angola sixth, and Morocco ranked seventh.

Globally, the United States of America maintained its lead again, followed by Russia, China came in third place, and India in fourth place, ahead of Britain, which ranked sixth. 

France fell to eleventh place.  Italy maintained its tenth place.

Morocco raised its budget, in the 2024 Finance Law, to 124 billion dirhams, which also includes defense industry establishment workshops, which Morocco is counting on to achieve local military industrialization.

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