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Oman

At a glance

  • Oman has a population of about 5.5M; its total GDP of $109.6B ranks #69 of 168 countries with data.
  • Its surface area of 309,981 km² is about 1.6× the world median of 190,157 km².
  • Forest area stands out most against the median: 0.0% — rank #167 of 169 countries with data.

Oman: all 46 metrics vs the world median

Metric Value Rank vs median
Population & land
Population 5.5M (2025) #118 / 169 median 11.5M · 48%
Population growth 4.0% (2025) #3 / 169 median 1.1% · 3.6×
Urban population share 79.5% (2025) #41 / 169 median 63.8% · 1.2×
Population aged 65+ 2.7% (2025) #154 / 169 median 7.4% · 36%
Fertility rate 2.5 (2024) #66 / 169 median 2.1 · 1.2×
Birth rate 16.8‰ (2024) #80 / 169 median 16.0‰ · 1.0×
Death rate 1.9‰ (2024) #166 / 169 median 7.1‰ · 27%
Net migration 113.7K (2025) #15 / 169 N/A
Surface area 309,981 km² #72 / 176 median 190,157 km² · 1.6×
Population density derived 17.7/km² (2025) #146 / 169 median 73.2/km² · 24%
Economy
GDP (total) $109.6B (2025) #69 / 168 median $80.7B · 1.4×
GDP per capita $19,947 (2025) #50 / 168 median $6,834 · 2.9×
GNI per capita $19,520 (2024) #48 / 168 median $6,350 · 3.1×
GDP growth (annual) 2.4% (2025) #105 / 168 median 3.1% · 78%
Inflation rate 1.0% (2025) #134 / 162 median 3.3% · 29%
Unemployment rate 3.3% (2025) #126 / 168 median 5.1% · 63%
Gini index N/A N/A N/A
Poverty rate ($2.15/day) N/A N/A N/A
Trade & industry
Exports share of GDP 66.1% (2024) #26 / 163 median 35.0% · 1.9×
Imports share of GDP 48.8% (2024) #63 / 163 median 40.2% · 1.2×
Agriculture share of GDP 2.8% (2025) #121 / 168 median 7.2% · 39%
Manufacturing share of GDP 9.4% (2025) #102 / 165 median 11.2% · 84%
International tourist arrivals 869K (2020) #97 / 162 median 1.1M · 77%
Tourism receipts $669M (2020) #85 / 165 median $705M · 95%
Health & education
Life expectancy 80.2 years (2024) #33 / 169 median 73.8 years · 1.1×
Infant mortality 8.3‰ (2024) #106 / 166 median 13.1‰ · 64%
Under-five mortality 10.3‰ (2024) #102 / 166 median 15.8‰ · 65%
DPT immunization 99.0% (2024) #10 / 166 median 90.5% · 1.1×
Hospital beds 1.0 per 1,000 (2023) #128 / 167 median 2.0 per 1,000 · 49%
Health spending share of GDP 3.5% (2023) #141 / 165 median 6.5% · 53%
Secondary school enrollment 95.1% (2024) #64 / 167 median 90.5% · 1.1×
Education spending share of GDP 4.4% (2022) #71 / 165 median 4.1% · 1.1×
Society & living
Human Development Index 0.858 (2023) #43 / 165 median 0.754 · 1.1×
Internet users 95.3% (2024) #22 / 169 median 81.5% · 1.2×
Mobile subscriptions 120.6 per 100 (2024) #73 / 169 median 116.4 per 100 · 1.0×
Fixed broadband 11.1 per 100 (2024) #90 / 168 median 12.1 per 100 · 92%
Electricity access 100.0% (2024) #54 / 169 median 99.9% · 1.0×
Environment & security
CO₂ emissions per capita 18.7 t (2024) #5 / 165 median 2.6 t · 7.1×
CO₂ emissions (total) derived 98.5 Mt (2024) #40 / 165 median 21.3 Mt · 4.6×
Renewable electricity share 1.9% (2021) #154 / 169 median 34.1% · 6%
Renewable energy consumption 0.1% (2021) #165 / 169 median 26.9% · <1%
Forest area 0.0% (2023) #167 / 169 median 32.4% · <1%
Agricultural land 4.8% (2023) #159 / 169 median 41.7% · 11%
Arable land 0.3% (2023) #167 / 168 median 11.0% · 3%
PM2.5 exposure 46.9 µg/m³ (2023) #13 / 168 median 19.8 µg/m³ · 2.4×
Military spending 5.6% (2024) #10 / 157 median 1.8% · 3.1×

Ranks are value-descending and count only the countries that have data for that metric (#1 = highest value); N/A rows occupy no rank.

The median is the unweighted middle value across the countries with data (gold tick) — not a world average. Bars grow with the value: reaching the tick means matching the median, and a full bar means twice the median or more. The median value and this country's multiple are noted under each bar.

Oman's true-shape outline

Oman's border outline from Natural Earth 1:110m boundaries — total surface area 309,981 km².

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Data & method

Indicators: World Bank Open Data, 43 indicators — CC BY 4.0 © World Bank — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Human Development Index — CC BY 3.0 IGO © United Nations Development Programme — https://hdr.undp.org/terms-use

Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:110m (public domain); surface areas are computed with an equal-area spherical formula (Chamberlin–Duquette).

Reference facts (capital, languages, currencies, subregion): mledoze/countries (ODbL).