OMAN STATISTICAL SNAPSHOT 2016 ABOUT THE SNAPSHOT The Oman Statistical Snapshot presents the main development and economic data and key indicators under the following topics: demography, education, macroeconomy and public finance, trade, labor and employment, energy, and water. The snapshot has been compiled by ADP team based on the latest available data as of 31 March 2016. Unless otherwise indicated, the Snapshot is based on official data published by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI).
Demography Total population size (World Population Prospects, 2014) 3.9 Million Population below 30 years, percentage of total population (World 63.3 Population Prospects, 2014) National population (2013) 2.2 Million Population growth rate (World Population Prospects, 2014) 6.7 Population density (World Population Prospects, 2014) 12.7 Inhabitant per square kilometer Urban population, percentage of total population (World Urbanization 77.2 Prospects, 2014) Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (World Development Indicators, 2015) 1.2 Human Development Index* Human Development index (HDI) rank (2014) 52 Human Development index (HDI) value (2014) 0.793 * Source: United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Reports (2015), http://hdr.undp.org/en/data 0.815 0.741 Education Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, both sexes (UNESCO, 2015) 94.8 School enrollment primary education, total students, percentage of the same age population (UNESCO, 2014) 110.3 Gender Parity Index, Primary education (UNESCO, 2014) 1.1 School enrollment tertiary education, total students, percentage of the same age population (UNESCO, 2011) 28.6 School enrollment tertiary education, total students (2014) 124,906 Student Gender Parity Index, tertiary education (UNESCO,2011) 1.4 1
Macroeconomy and Public Finance GDP, PPP (constant 2011 international $) (World Development Indicators, 2014) Gross Domestic Product (GDP), annual growth rate, 2005 constant prices (International Monetary Fund, 2015) GNI per capita, PPP (current international $) (World Development Indicators, 2013) Major economic activity, highest contribution to GDP: Mining and quarrying, gross value added, current prices (2014) Inflation, year on year percentage change of the consumer price index, annual average (International Monetary Fund, 2015) 156 billion Int$ 4.4 33,690 Int$ 14,965 Million R.O 0.4 Cash surplus/deficit (2014) 1,064 Million R.O Oil revenues, percentage of total government revenues (2014) 84 General government gross debt, percentage of GDP (2014) 4.8 Trade Trade account balance (2014) 9.2 Billion Omani Riyal Imports from Arab countries (2014) 4.6 Billion Omani Riyal Trade to GDP ratio (World Development Indicators, 2014) 115.4 Main export category: Oil exports, percentage of total exports (2014) 80 2
Labor and Employment Labor force participation rate for ages 15+ years, total (World Development Indicators, 2014) Unemployment rate, total (KILM International Labour Organization, 2015) Youth unemployment rate (World Development Indicators, 2014) 66.3 83.2 29.3 6.3 5.2 14.3 18.8 16.4 30.1 Energy Crude oil production (2014) 344.4 Million barrels Natural gas production (2014) 1,332.8 Billion standard cubic feet Crude oil exports (2014) 292.2 Million barrels Net natural gas exports (U.S. Energy Information Administration, 2013) 337.3 Billion cubic feet Reserves to production ratio (U.S. Energy Information Administration, 2014) 14.4 3
Water** Improved water source ( of population with access) (2015) 93.4 Improved sanitation facilities ( of population with access) (2015) 96.7 ** Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (2015), http://databank.worldbank.org/data/reports.aspx?source=world development indicators ADP is a joint initiative between UNDP, the Coordination Group of Arab, National and Regional Development Institutions (CG), the Islamic Development Bank and the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) www.arabdevelopmentportal.com 2016 4