ECONDEX

Economic and development data for every country, explained with the numbers checked.

Oman

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan. High income. Capital: Muscat. Population 5,494,691 (2025).

Key trends

GDP per person (PPP) (constant international $)
36,386 42,224 48,061 1995 2025 36,143
GDP growth (%)
−3.1 2.8 8.7 1995 2025 2.4
Inflation, consumer prices (% annual)
−0.6 5.8 12.1 2001 2025 1.0
Life expectancy at birth (years)
71.7 75.9 80.1 1995 2024 80.2

Indicators

Each country reports for different years, so check the year beside every figure. Rank 1 is the highest value among countries with recent data.

Economy

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
GDP per person (PPP)constant international $ 36,143 2025 −1,418 −3,671 63 of 199
GDP growth% 2.4% 2025 +5.8 pp −2.6 pp 135 of 209
GDP per person growth% −1.6% 2025 +0.3 pp −2.0 pp 197 of 209
GNI per person (Atlas method)current US$ 19,520 2024 +1,660 −2,540 68 of 201
Trade% of GDP 114.9% 2024 +28.4 pp +12.6 pp 45 of 183
Foreign direct investment, net inflows% of GDP 6.2% 2025 +3.6 pp +8.9 pp 33 of 195

Prices and jobs

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Inflation, consumer prices% annual 1.0% 2025 +1.4 pp +0.9 pp 146 of 180
Unemployment (modelled ILO estimate)% of labour force 3.3% 2025 +0.3 pp −0.2 pp 138 of 186

People and health

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Populationpeople 5,494,691 2025 +972,194 +1,309,796 120 of 217
Population growth% annual 4.0% 2025 +5.5 pp −0.5 pp 3 of 217
Urban population% of total 79.5% 2025 −0.5 pp +2.2 pp 61 of 217
Life expectancy at birthyears 80.2 2024 +0.3 +1.2 52 of 217
Infant mortalityper 1,000 live births 8.3 2024 −0.4 −0.8 124 of 196
Health spending% of GDP 3.5% 2023 +0.3 pp +1.0 pp 168 of 193

Education

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Adult literacy rate% of people aged 15+ 97.3% 2022 +1.8 pp +10.4 pp 21 of 86
Government spending on education% of GDP 4.4% 2022 −1.6 pp 0.0 pp 74 of 171

Access and infrastructure

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Internet users% of population 95.3% 2024 +5.0 pp +25.0 pp 27 of 185
Access to electricity% of population 100.0% 2024 0.0 pp 0.0 pp 69 of 215

Environment and energy

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Renewable energy% of final energy consumption 0.1% 2021 +0.1 pp +0.1 pp 204 of 212

* Latest figure is too old to be included in rankings or peer medians.

Advanced metrics

Indicator Own history Versus peers (latest) Growth and catch-up
10-yr meanZ-score Income group medianRegion medianVolatility (σ) 10-yr CAGR% of high-income median10 yrs earlier
GDP per person (PPP) 38,591 −2.3 49,305 15,000 1,046 −1.0% 73% 89%
GDP growth 2.1% +0.1 2.2% 3.2% 3.3 – – –
GDP per person growth −0.7% −0.3 1.7% 1.9% 2.5 – – –
GNI per person (Atlas method) 18,724 +0.5 37,020 5,475 1,719 −1.2% 54% 78%
Trade 94.6% +2.5 100.6% 83.8% 8.2 – – –
Foreign direct investment, net inflows 5.2% +0.2 2.1% 2.0% 4.3 – – –
Inflation, consumer prices 0.9% 0.0 2.3% 1.8% 0.8 – – –
Unemployment (modelled ILO estimate) 2.8% +0.8 5.1% 9.0% 0.6 – – –
Population 4,638,624 +2.7 2,930,494 11,520,684 316,990 +2.8% 188% 159%
Population growth 2.8% +0.4 0.4% 1.6% 2.8 – – –
Urban population 79.1% +0.4 81.3% 79.5% 1.0 – – –
Life expectancy at birth 78.9 +1.0 81.3 76.7 1.3 – – –
Infant mortality 8.8 −1.9 3.6 12.0 0.2 – – –
Health spending 3.7% −0.3 8.0% 5.6% 0.8 – – –
Government spending on education 5.4% −1.0 4.5% 4.5% 1.1 – – –
Internet users 85.8% +1.0 93.5% 86.6% 9.9 – – –
Access to electricity 100.0% – 100.0% 100.0% 0.0 – – –
Renewable energy 0.0% +2.9 11.4% 3.7% 0.0 – – –

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