Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Israel fits inside Morocco 20 times
Israel: 22,070 km² (2024) · Morocco: 446,550 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Morocco’s coastline is 11 times as long as Israel’s
Israel: 273 km (2026 edition) · Morocco: 2,945 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Morocco’s highest peak towers 1,929 m above Israel’s
Israel: 2,236 m (2026 edition) · Morocco: 4,165 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 67% of Morocco, versus 24% of Israel
Israel: 23.8% (2024) · Morocco: 67.2% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Morocco has 3.8 times as many people as Israel
Israel: 10.1 million (2025) · Morocco: 38.4 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Israel is 5.4 times as densely populated as Morocco
Israel: 468 per km² (2025) · Morocco: 86 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Morocco and Israel are practically level
Israel: 176 cm (2019) · Morocco: 176.4 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Israel are 1.0 cm taller than in Morocco
Israel: 162.2 cm (2019) · Morocco: 161.2 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
Morocco and Israel are practically level
Israel: 29.2 years (2023) · Morocco: 29.2 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Israel have 0.7 more children on average than in Morocco
Israel: 2.87 children per woman (2024) · Morocco: 2.21 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
13% of people in Israel are 65 or older, versus 8.5% in Morocco
Israel: 12.7% (2025) · Morocco: 8.5% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
Morocco hosts 51% more refugees per resident than Israel
Israel: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Morocco: 0.2 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Israel has produced 5.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Morocco 0.3
Israel: 5.9 (2026) · Morocco: 0.3 (2026)
How many official languages?
Israel and Morocco are practically level
Israel: 2 (2026) · Morocco: 2 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Israel’s economy is 3.3 times the size of Morocco’s
Israel: $611 billion (2025) · Morocco: $182 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Israel produces 5.4 times as much per person as Morocco
Israel: Int$59,717 (2025) · Morocco: Int$11,112 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Israel: 38.3 (2022) · Morocco: no data
How many live on less than $3 a day?
Israel: 0.4% (2022) · Morocco: no data
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 9.0% in Morocco, versus 3.5% in Israel
Israel: 3.5% (2025) · Morocco: 9% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Israel spends 7.8% of its GDP on the military, Morocco 3.5%
Israel: 7.8% (2025) · Morocco: 3.5% (2025)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Israel’s central government collects 23% of GDP in tax, Morocco’s 23%
Israel: 23.2% (2024) · Morocco: 22.7% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Israel’s price level (US = 100) is 2.4× Morocco’s
Israel: 101% (2025) · Morocco: 42% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Israel spends 17 times as much on health per person as Morocco
Israel: $3,928 (2023) · Morocco: $232 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Israel live 7.7 years longer than in Morocco
Israel: 83.2 years (2024) · Morocco: 75.5 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Morocco is 5.4 times as likely to die before turning one as in Israel
Israel: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024) · Morocco: 14.7 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Israel has 5.1 times as many doctors per person as Morocco
Israel: 3.8 per 1,000 (2023) · Morocco: 0.7 per 1,000 (2021)
How many hospital beds are there?
Israel has 4.3 times as many hospital beds per person as Morocco
Israel: 3.1 per 1,000 (2023) · Morocco: 0.7 per 1,000 (2023)
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Israel is 2 times that in Morocco
Israel: 6.9 per 100k (2023) · Morocco: 3.4 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
23% of adults in Israel are obese, versus 22% in Morocco
Israel: 23.3% (2024) · Morocco: 22% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
21% of adults in Israel smoke, versus 13% in Morocco
Israel: 21.2% (2024) · Morocco: 12.5% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Israel rate their lives 2.54 points higher than in Morocco
Israel: 7.19 (2025) · Morocco: 4.65 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Israel drink 9.2 times as much alcohol as in Morocco
Israel: 4.2 litres (2023) · Morocco: 0.5 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Israel has 3.3 times as much meat per person as Morocco
Israel: 108.7 kg (2023) · Morocco: 32.8 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Israel has 400 kcal more food per person per day than Morocco
Israel: 3,754 kcal (2023) · Morocco: 3,354 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Morocco put in 283 more hours a year than in Israel
Israel: 1,890 hours (2023) · Morocco: 2,174 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Israel went to school 7.3 years longer than in Morocco
Israel: 13.5 years (2023) · Morocco: 6.2 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Morocco welcomed 3 times as many tourists per resident as Israel (2019)
Israel: 0.1 (2024) · Morocco: 0.29 (2022)
How many World Heritage sites?
Israel and Morocco are practically level
Israel: 9 (2026) · Morocco: 9 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Morocco has won 26 Olympic medals, Israel 20
Israel: 20 (2026 edition) · Morocco: 26 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
91% of people in Morocco are online, versus 88% in Israel
Israel: 88% (2024) · Morocco: 91% (2024)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Israel is 5.2 times as fast as in Morocco
Israel: 392 Mbps (2026) · Morocco: 76 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
Israel and Morocco are practically level
Israel: 100% (2024) · Morocco: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
92% of people in Israel live in cities, versus 63% in Morocco
Israel: 92% (2025) · Morocco: 63% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Israel has 177 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Morocco 153
Israel: 177 (2024) · Morocco: 153 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Morocco’s railway network is 33% longer than Israel’s
Israel: 1,720 km (2021) · Morocco: 2,295 km (2021)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Israel fly 3 times as many passengers per resident as those from Morocco
Israel: 0.73 (2023) · Morocco: 0.24 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 13% of Morocco, but only 6.8% of Israel
Israel: 6.8% (2024) · Morocco: 12.8% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Israel emits 3.1 times as much CO₂ as someone in Morocco
Israel: 5.6 t (2024) · Morocco: 1.8 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
24% of Morocco’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Israel
Israel: 16.9% (2025) · Morocco: 24% (2025)
How clean is the air?
The air in Israel carries 17% more fine dust than in Morocco
Israel: 20.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Morocco: 17.4 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 3% more likely to be murdered in Morocco than in Israel
Israel: 1.6 per 100k (2022) · Morocco: 1.7 per 100k (2024)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Morocco are 3.3 times as deadly as in Israel
Israel: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Morocco: 22.2 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Israel is on average 1.8 °C warmer than Morocco
Israel: 21.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Morocco: 19.3°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Morocco gets 17% more rain than Israel
Israel: 205 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Morocco: 239 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
Quick answers
Is Israel bigger than Morocco?
Morocco is larger. Israel fits inside Morocco 20 times.
Which has more people, Israel or Morocco?
Morocco has 3.8 times as many people as Israel (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Israel or Morocco?
People in Israel live 7.7 years longer than in Morocco. Life expectancy at birth is 83.2 years in Israel and 75.5 in Morocco.
Are people taller in Israel or Morocco?
Morocco and Israel are practically level (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
