Oman
Country in Asia
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 5.5M (2025). World rank 120 of 216; in Asia, 37 of 49. Area: 309,500 km². World rank 73 of 249; in Asia, 21 of 50. Life expectancy: 80.3 years (2024). World rank 51 of 216 (1 = best); in Asia, 12 of 49. From 2015 to 2025: population 4.2M → 5.5M, GDP $78.7B → $109.6B, and GDP per person $18,808 → $19,947.
State
- Official name
- Sultanate of Oman
- Local name
- عمان
- Capital
- Muscat
- Region
- Asia
- Form of government
- Absolute monarchy
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Haitham bin Tarik Al Said
- Head of government
- Haitham bin Tarik Al Said
- Women in parliament
- 0% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 5,494,691 2025
- Area
- 309,500 km²
- GDP
- $109.6B 2025
- GDP per person
- $19,947 2025
- Life expectancy
- 80.3 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- Arabic
- Currency
- Omani Rial (OMR)
- Time zones
- UTC+4
- Calling code
- +968
- Emergency numbers
- 112, 968
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- C, G
- Mains voltage
- 240 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 2,092
- Neighbours
- Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
- Agricultural land
- 4.8% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Jebel Shams, 3,004 m
- Lowest point
- Arabian Sea, 0 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 310
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 28
- Warmest month in the capital
- June, 34°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- January, 21°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 125 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 17.8 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +4% 2025
- Living in cities
- 79.5% 2025
- Net migration per year
- +113.7K 2025
- Born in another country
- 43.2% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 24.3% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 73% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 2.7% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 82.1 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 78.7 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 2.5 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 16.8 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 1.9 2024
Society
- Religions
- Muslim 85.9%, Christian 6.4%, Hindu 5.7%, and other 2% (2020)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 66.9 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 58.2 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 60.1 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 67.4 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 37.4 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $42,295 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +2.4% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- High income
- Gross national income per person
- $19,520 2024
- Inflation
- +1% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 47 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 2.8% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 52.7% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 47.2% 2025
- Unemployment
- 3.3% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 13.9% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 30% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 66.1% 2024
- Imports, share of GDP
- 48.8% 2024
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- -1.1% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +6.2% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 0% 2025
Education
- Adult literacy
- 97.3% 2022
- Primary school enrolment
- 94.7% 2024
- Secondary school enrolment
- 95.1% 2024
- Higher education enrolment
- 42.2% 2024
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 4.4% 2022
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 3.5% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $732 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 6.3% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 2 2022
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 4.7 2022
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 1 2023
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 99% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 8.3 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 10.3 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 13 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.1% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 17% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 66.2% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 8.5% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 92.7% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 99.3% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 100% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 0.1 2023
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 10.6 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 0.9 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 76 2025
- Natural hazards
- droughts and dust and sand storms
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 46.9 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 18.7 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 25 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 0% 2024
- Protected areas
- 20.8% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 296 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 117% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 95.3% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 121 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 11.1 2024
- Internet domain
- .om
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 8,489 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 0.1% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 1.9% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 95.8% 2024
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 8,697,025 2023
- Airports
- 37 2025
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 0.4% 2024
- Researchers per million people
- 739 2024
- Scientific articles per year
- 1,640 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 98 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 5% 2023