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General Information

Region		Western Asia
Population (000, 2025)		5 495^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2025)		17.8^a
Capital city		Muscat
Capital city pop. (000, 2025)		1 501.6^c,d
UN membership date		7 October 1971
Surface area (km2)		309 980^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		166^a
National currency		Rial Omani (OMR)
Exchange rate (per US$)		0.4^e

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	78 711	75 909	105 896^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	5	-3.4	1.2^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	18 808.0	16 785.0	20 972.0^b
Economy: Agriculture^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	1.6	2.4	2.2^b
Economy: Industry^f,h (% of Gross Value Added)	50.6	45.1	52.7^b
Economy: Services and other activity^f,i (% of GVA)	47.8	52.6	45^b
Employment in agriculture^j (% of employed)	5.2	5.3	6.1^b
Employment in industry^j (% of employed)	37.4	43.1	40.2^b
Employment in services^j (% employed)	57.3	51.6	53.7^b
Unemployment (% of labour force)	3.4^j	2.9	3.1^j
Labour force participation rate^j (female/male pop. %)	29.7 / 87.4	28.8 / 84.4	30.6 / 87.0
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	109	114	119^b
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	100	153	169^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	35 686	33 479^j	50 658^j,e
International trade: imports (million current US$)	29 007	28 507^j	43 644^j,e
International trade: balance (million current US$)	6 679	4 972^j	7 014^j,e
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	- 10 833	- 12 562	2 638^b

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate (average annual %)	5.1	-2.2	3.5^a
Urban population (% of total population)	81.4	85.4^d	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	8^l	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	3	2.6	2.5^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	81.3 / 77.9	79.5 / 76.5	82.2 / 78.9^a
Population age distribution^m (0-14/60+ years old, %)	22.2 / 4.0	25.6 / 4.3	24.3 / 4.3^a
International migrant stockⁿ (000/% of total pop.)	1 828.0 / 43.7	1 766.1 / 39.1	2 283.4 / 43.2^e
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	0.4	0.6	0.7^e
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	11.2	10.7	9.7^a
Health: Current expenditure^j,o (% of GDP)	4.1	5.1	2.9^p
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	2.1	2	2^p
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio^j (f/m per 100 pop.)	106.2 / 102.0	93.9 / 90.5	91.0 / 89.2^p
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio ^j (f/m per 100 pop.)	105.6 / 106.0	94.4 / 96.3	89.8 / 90.8^p
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio^j (f/m per 100 pop.)	98.1 / 98.9	90.7 / 92.7	96.7 / 100.3^p
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	0.4	0.3	0.1^b
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	1.2	2.3^q	0^q

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	73.5^j	95.2^r	95.3^e
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.2	0.3	0.3^p
Threatened species (number)	90	112	191^e
Forested area (% of land area)	~0.0	~0.0	~0.0^p
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	59.2 / 14.1	59.8 / 13.2	64.1 / 13.6^p
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	3 228	3 651	4 083^p
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	263	261	278^p
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	1 909	622	2 059^p
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	22.5	22.9	52.3^e
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	0.01^s	...	...

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		2023
c		Refers to Muscat governorate.
d		2019
e		2024
f		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
g		Exc. irrigation canals and landscaping care.
h		Exc. publishing activities. Inc. irrigation canals.
i		Inc. publishing activities and landscape care. Exc. repair of personal and household goods.
j		Estimate.
k		Areas not elsewhere specified.
l		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
m		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
n		Refers to foreign citizens.
o		Based on calendar year (January 1 to December 31).
p		2022
q		Data at 1 January of the reporting year.
r		Population aged 18 years and over.
s		2010