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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 old80.2years
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 old10.3per 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 old13per 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 old11.4% 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 old3.49% 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 old2.51births 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 old97.3% 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 old94.7% 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 old4.38% 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 old19,947current 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 old42,295international $
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 old3.3% 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 old1.0% 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 old5.59% 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 old100.0% 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 old91.1% 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 old95.3% 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 old18.65t 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 old5.5mpeople
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.