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Oman

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan · High income · capital Muscat

Reports 19 of 21 indicators tracked here.

Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.

Health

Life expectancy

2024 · 2 years old

80.2years

Ranks 52 of 217 in 2024

7% above world median · 5% above Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Under-5 mortality

2024 · 2 years old

10.3per 1,000 live births

Ranks 78 of 196 in 2024

31% below world median · 20% below Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Maternal mortality

2023 · 3 years old

13per 100,000 live births

Ranks 54 of 194 in 2023

72% below world median · 24% below Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Child stunting

2017 · 9 years old

11.4% of under-5s

Ranks 9 of 30 in 2017

35% below world median · about the same Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Medians computed across 30 countries reporting in 2017 — not a published figure

Health spending

2023 · 3 years old

3.49% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

45% below world median

Medians computed across 192 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Fertility rate

2024 · 2 years old

2.51births per woman

Not ranked — no better end

32% above world median · about the same Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education

Adult literacy

2022 · 4 years old

97.3% of adults 15+

Ranks 13 of 45 in 2022

7% above world median · about the same Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Medians computed across 45 countries reporting in 2022 — not a published figure

Primary enrolment

2024 · 2 years old

94.7% gross

Ranks 101 of 134 in 2024

5% below world median · 3% below Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Medians computed across 134 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education spending

2022 · 4 years old

4.38% of GDP

Ranks 71 of 164 in 2022

8% above world median · 4% below Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Medians computed across 164 countries reporting in 2022 — not a published figure

Economy

GDP per capita

2025 · 1 year old

19,947current US$

Ranks 56 of 186 in 2025

1.5× above world median · 2.5× above Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

GDP per capita (PPP)

2025 · 1 year old

42,295international $

Ranks 55 of 185 in 2025

1.1× above world median · 1.2× above Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Medians computed across 185 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Unemployment

2025 · 1 year old

3.3% of labour force

Ranks 49 of 182 in 2025

36% below world median · 61% below Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Inflation

2025 · 1 year old

1.0% per year

Not ranked — no better end

68% below world median

Medians computed across 165 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Military spending

2024 · 2 years old

5.59% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

2.5× above world median

Medians computed across 147 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Infrastructure

Electricity access

2024 · 2 years old

100.0% of population

Ranks 1 of 215 in 2024

about the same world median · about the same Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Safe drinking water

2024 · 2 years old

91.1% of population

Ranks 58 of 148 in 2024

13% above world median · 7% above Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Medians computed across 148 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Internet use

2024 · 2 years old

95.3% of population

Ranks 27 of 182 in 2024

16% above world median · 10% above Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Environment

CO₂ per person

2024 · 2 years old

18.65t CO₂e per person

Not ranked — no better end

6.3× above world median

Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Society

Population

2025 · 1 year old

5.5mpeople

Not ranked — no better end

16% below world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Never reported

Oman has no figure in this dataset for Extreme poverty, Income inequality (Gini). That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.