International Rankings of Oman 2023, 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	43	11	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	92	508949	2020
Internet users - percent of population	7	96 %	2021
Internet users - total	103	4.320 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	46	13	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	87	572166	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	29	135	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	116	6.116 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	58	0.1 % of household expenditures	2018
Average household expenditures - on food	49	22.7 % of household expenditures	2018
Budget - expenditures	66	35.984 billion US Dollars	2018
Budget - revenues	67	29.334 billion US Dollars	2018
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	108	13.8 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	180	4.288 billion US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	73	46.270 billion US Dollars	2017
Exports	69	46.324 billion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	73	76.883 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	53	51.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	22	26.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	175	36.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	98	46.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	35	27.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	29	3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	133	1.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	15	46.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	136	51.8 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	129	N/A %	2023
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	112	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	46	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Imports	72	36.502 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	140	1.05 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	149	1.55 %	2021
Labor force	124	2.259 million US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	116	4.7 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	3	49.6 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	121	45 %	2016
Population below poverty line	160	N/A %	0
Public debt	106	46.9 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	77	155.028 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	129	3.09 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	55	34300 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	68	19.731 billion US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	26	31.3 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	180	3.12 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	53	29.6	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	111	11.6	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	95	14.6	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	108	191000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	35	46.447 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	55	29.682 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	99	115000 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	82	115000 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	61	32.320 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	71	8.601 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	56	3.717 billion kWh	2019
Electricity access	2	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	1	100 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	132	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	69	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	13	292.022 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	33	24.279 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - exports	17	13.798 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - imports	56	1.606 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - production	21	36.597 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - proven reserves	27	651.286 billion cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	19	779000 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	22	5.373 billion bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	52	234200 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	19	978800 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	62	33700 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	166	6041 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	50	229600 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	46	63.46 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	120	5.6 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	35	38.25 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	184	4.7	2018
Land use - arable land	159	0.1	2018
Land use - forest	184	0	2018
Land use - other	7	95.3	2018
Land use - permanent crops	84	0.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	136	4.5	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	98	0 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	159	1.400 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	75	1.550 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	73	240.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	101	130.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	60	2.32	2025
Urbanization - urban population	24	88.4	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2023
Geography
Area - land	70	309500 sq km	0
Area - total	74	309500 sq km	0
Area - water	215	072 sq km	0
Coastline	60	2092 km	0
Elevation - highest point	58	3004 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	106	310 meters	0
Irrigated land	88	1079 sq km	2020
Land boundaries - total	106	1561 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	184	4.7	2018
Land use - arable land	159	0.1	2018
Land use - forest	184	0	2018
Land use - other	7	95.3	2018
Land use - permanent crops	84	0.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	136	4.5	2018
Military
Military expenditures	5	5.5 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	141	0.17 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	63	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	113	0.29 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	150	0.47 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	94	0.02 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	57	21.62 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	47	11.2 %	1617
Contraceptive prevalence rate	97	29.7 %	2014
Current health expenditure	64	5.3 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	82	56.4 %	2023
Death rate	197	3.21 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	150	4 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	7	25.2 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	156	42 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	95	38 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	93	2.1 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	99	0.3 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	64	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	32	5.4 % of GDP	2019
Gross reproduction rate	48	1.3 %	2023
Hospital bed density	56	1.5 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	99	12.87 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	106	15.38 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	103	14.16 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	92	79.17 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	74	75.24 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	83	77.16 years	0
Literacy - female	50	92.7 %	2018
Literacy - male	23	97 %	0
Literacy - total population	34	95.7 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	105	17 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	121	25.1 years	2020
Median age - male	101	27.2 years	0
Median age - total	111	26.2 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	86	N/A	2023
Net migration rate	99	0.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	34	27 %	2016
Physicians density	84	1.77 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	131	3.833 million	2023
Population growth rate	46	1.8 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	119	0 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	121	0 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	94	0 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	8	15 years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	6	15 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	7	15 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	6	1.24 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	25	0.88 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	6	1.16 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	109	0.4 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	114	15.5 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	115	8 %	2020
Total fertility rate	57	2.67 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	60	2.32	2025
Urbanization - urban population	24	88.4	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	53	29.6	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	111	11.6	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	95	14.6	0
Transportation
Airports	42	132	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	30	1.191 million	3280
Heliports	23	3	2021
Merchant marine - total	108	57	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	38	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	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	26	2	2020
Railways	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	50	29685 km	2012
Roadways - total	69	60230 km	2012
Waterways	109	N/A km	2023

*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.

NOTE: The information regarding Oman on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Oman 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Oman 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.