Military branches Royal Armed Forces (includes Army, Navy, Air Force)

Military manpower - military age 18 years of age

Military manpower - availability
males age 15-49: 7,779,077 (1997 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service
males: 4,927,589 (1997 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually
males: 336,969 (1997 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure $1.38 billion (1995)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP 4.1% (1995)

Disputes - international claims and administers Western Sahara, but sovereignty is unresolvedand the UN is attempting to hold a referendum on the issue; the UN-administeredcease-fire has been in effect since September 1991; Spain controls five placesof sovereignty (plazas de soberania) on and off the coast of Morocco - thecoastal enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla which Morocco contests as well as theislands of Penon de Alhucemas, Penon de Velez de la Gomera, and Islas Chafarinas

Illicit drugs illicit producer of hashish; trafficking on the increase for both domesticand international drug markets; shipments of hashish mostly directed to WesternEurope; transit point for cocaine from South America destined for WesternEurope

NOTE: The information regarding Morocco on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Morocco Military 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Morocco Military 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.