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General Information

Region		Western Asia
Population (000, 2021)		5 223^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2021)		16.9^a
Capital city		Muscat
Capital city pop. (000, 2021)		1 501.6^c,b
UN membership date		07-Oct-71
Surface area (km2)		309 980^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		193.5^a
National currency		Rial Omani (OMR)
Exchange rate (per US$)		0.4^d

Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2021
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	56 913	68 400	76 332^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	1.7	4.6	-0.8^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	18 712.6	16 028.6	15 343.1^b
Economy: Agriculture (% of Gross Value Added)	1.4	1.9	2.3^b
Economy: Industry (% of Gross Value Added)	62.6	50.6	51.6^b
Economy: Services and other activity (% of GVA)	36	47.5	46.2^b
Employment in agriculture (% of employed)	5.2	4.9^e	4.4^e,d
Employment in industry (% of employed)	36.9	33.6^e	32.8^e,d
Employment in services (% employed)	58	61.4^e	62.7^e,d
Unemployment^e (% of labour force)	5	3.6	2.6^d
Labour force participation rate^e (female/male pop. %)	27.0 / 82.2	30.3 / 88.3	31.0 / 90.4^d
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	100	109	113^d
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	84	101	133^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	36 600	35 686	29 870^e,d
International trade: imports (million current US$)	19 775	29 007	21 123^e,d
International trade: balance (million current US$)	16 825	6 679	8 748^e,d
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	4 634	- 10 954	- 4 140^b

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Population growth rate^g (average annual %)	3.8	6.8	3.6^d
Urban population (% of total population)	75.2	81.4	85.4^b
Urban population growth rate^g (average annual %)	4.6	8	...
Fertility rate, total^g (live births per woman)	2.9	2.9	2.9^d
Life expectancy at birth^g (females/males, years)	77.5 / 73.2	78.7 / 74.5	80.0 / 75.8^d
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	25.7 / 3.9	21.8 / 3.8	22.9 / 4.5^a
International migrant stock^h,i (000/% of total pop.)	816.2 / 26.8	1 856.2 / 43.5	2 372.8 / 46.5^d
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	0.1^j	0.4	0.6^d
Infant mortality rate^g (per 1 000 live births)	9.8	9.6	7.3^d
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	2.8	4.3	4.1^k
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	1.9	2.1	1.9^b
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	4.2^l	5^m	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	100.8 / 105.4^l	110.7 / 106.0	107.7 / 98.6^b
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	97.2 / 102.3^l	102.4 / 104.2	102.4 / 111.9^b
Education: Upper secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	92.8 / 93.1^l	98.3 / 98.6	96.7 / 114.3^b
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	1.6	0.4	0.3^k
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	0	1.2	2.3ⁿ

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	35.8^o	73.5^e	95.2^b
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	...	0.3	0.2^p,k
Threatened species (number)	79	90	127
Forested area (% of land area)	~0.0	~0.0	~0.0^e,k
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	42.6 / 14.0	63.9 / 15.0	68.8 / 14.2^k
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	2 793	3 228	3 446^k
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	257	246	226^k
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	1 441	1 909	2 301^k
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	8.5	11.8	11.8^d
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	-0.04	...	...

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2019
c		Refers to Muscat governorate.
d		2020
e		Estimate.
f		Areas not elsewhere specified.
g		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
h		Refers to foreign citizens.
i		Including refugees.
j		Data as at the end of December.
k		2018
l		2009
m		2013
n		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
o		Population aged 5 years and over.
p		Partial data.