International Rankings of Oman 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Oman, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Oman, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	92	13.31	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	89	473070	N/A
Internet users - percent of population	60	80.19 %	2018
Internet users - total	103	2.802 million	N/A
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	92	16.66	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	90	592196	N/A
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	11	179.57	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	112	6.383 million	N/A
Economy
Budget - expenditures	64	31.920 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	69	22.140 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	108	13.80 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	180	10.760 billion US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	73	46.270 billion US Dollars	2017
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	51	62	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	51	70	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	20	94	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	43	84	2020
Exports	47	103.300 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP (official exchange rate)	72	76.883 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	52	51.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	22	26.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	173	36.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	96	46.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	35	27.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	29	3.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	133	1.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	15	46.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	129	51.80 % of GDP	2017
Gross national saving	110	15	2019
Imports	75	24.120 billion US Dollars	2017
Industrial production growth rate	97	3.00 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	85	0.10 %	2019
Labor force	119	2.255 million US Dollars	2016
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	115	5 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	3	50 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	116	45 %	2016
Public debt	98	46.90 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	80	135.814 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP growth rate	128	0.90 %	2017
Real GDP per capita	73	27299 US Dollars	2019
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	64	16.090 billion US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	65	31.30 % of GDP	N/A
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	53	68.940 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	15	844100	2015
Crude oil - production	22	979000	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	22	5.373 billion	2018
Electricity - consumption	64	28.920 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	1	100	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	71	8.167 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	62	32.160 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	36	21.940 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	21	11.160 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	53	1.982 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	27	31.230 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	28	651.300 billion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	60	188000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	60	33700 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	159	6041 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	49	229600 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	46	63 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	119	6 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	34	38 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	179	5	2018
Land use - other	7	95	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	134	5	2018
Total renewable water resources	156	1.400 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	75	1.607 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	97	135.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	128	130.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	59	2.32	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	29	87	2021
Geography
Area - land	69	309500 sq km	N/A
Area - total	72	309500 sq km	N/A
Coastline	60	2092 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	50	3004 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	105	310 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	105	590 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	104	1561 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	179	5	2018
Land use - other	7	95	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	134	5	2018
Total renewable water resources	155	1.400 billion	2017
Population Density	205	11.94 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	2	9 % of GDP	2019
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	74	17.35	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	27	44.81	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	184	4.02	N/A
Birth rate	55	22.58 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	98	29.70 %	2014
Current Health Expenditure	69	4 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	193	3.25 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	132	3.30 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	3	29.90 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	150	33.30 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	117	30.00 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	13	7 % of GDP	2017
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	37	0.10	2019
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	101	2500	2019
Hospital bed density	54	1.50 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	97	13.40 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	104	16.05 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	100	14.76 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	88	79 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	69	75 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	83	77 years	N/A
Maternal mortality rate	97	19.00	2017
Median age - female	117	25 years	2020
Median age - male	96	27 years	N/A
Median age - total	106	26 years	N/A
Net migration rate	94	0.44 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	34	27.00 %	2016
Physicians density	81	2.00 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	129	3.695 million	2021
Population growth rate	45	1.89 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	7	15 years	2019
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	7	14 years	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	8	14 years	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	13	1.11	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	7	1.33	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	10	1.13	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	19	0.92 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	6	1.18 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	53	2.73 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	33	34	2016
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	91	10	N/A
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	82	14	N/A
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	59	2.32	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	29	87	2021
Transportation
Airports	42	132	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	34	5	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	1	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	20	7	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	65	13	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	7	51	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	29	33	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	29	119	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	43	26	2013
Heliports	23	3	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	37	510.430 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	46	10.438 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	60	57.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	26	2	2020
Roadways - paved	49	29685 km	1943
Roadways - total	62	60230 km	2012

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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