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Oman Unemployment Rate

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Oman's Unemployment Rate dropped to 2.55 % in Dec 2020, from the previously reported number of 2.67 % in Dec 2019. Oman's Unemployment Rate is updated yearly, available from Dec 1991 to Dec 2020, with an average rate of 5.05 %. The data reached an all-time high of 6.03 % in Dec 1994 and a record low of 2.55 % in Dec 2020. The data is reported by reported by World Bank.

In the latest reports, Oman's Population reached 4.58 million people in Jun 2020. The country's Labour Force Participation Rate increased to 72.72 % in Dec 2020.

What was Oman's Unemployment Rate in 2020?

Last	Previous	Min	Max	Unit	Frequency	Range
2.55 % 2020 yearly 1991 - 2020	2.67 % 2019 yearly 1991 - 2020	2.55 2020	6.03 1994	%	yearly	1991 - 2020 Updated on 16 Sep 2020

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Albania (%)	11.90 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Jun 2020
Algeria (%)	11.70 2018	yearly	1982 - 2018
Argentina (%)	10.40 Mar 2020	quarterly	Dec 2002 - Mar 2020
Armenia (%)	17.50 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 2008 - Jun 2020
Australia (%)	6.83 Aug 2020	monthly	Feb 1978 - Aug 2020
Austria (%)	5.04 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 1993 - Aug 2020
Azerbaijan (%)	6.46 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 2008 - Jun 2020
Bahrain (%)	4.30 2016	yearly	1991 - 2016
Bangladesh (%)	4.15 2020	yearly	1991 - 2020
Belarus (%)	0.20 Aug 2020	monthly	Oct 2004 - Aug 2020
Belgium (%)	5.50 Jul 2020	monthly	Jan 1983 - Jul 2020
Bolivia (%)	3.40 2017	yearly	1999 - 2017
Bosnia and Herzegovina (%)	15.70 2019	yearly	2006 - 2019
Botswana (%)	18.72 2020	yearly	1991 - 2020
Brazil (%)	13.80 Jul 2020	monthly	Mar 2012 - Jul 2020
Brunei (%)	9.04 2020	yearly	1991 - 2020
Bulgaria (%)	5.90 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 2000 - Jun 2020
Cambodia (%)	0.10 2017	yearly	2007 - 2017
Canada (%)	10.20 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 1976 - Aug 2020
Chile (%)	12.90 Aug 2020	monthly	Mar 2009 - Aug 2020
China (%)	3.84 Jun 2020	quarterly	Dec 1999 - Jun 2020
Colombia (%)	16.76 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 2001 - Aug 2020
Croatia (%)	6.40 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 2000 - Jun 2020
Cyprus (%)	6.80 Jun 2020	quarterly	Jun 2004 - Jun 2020
Czech Republic (%)	2.72 Jul 2020	monthly	Jan 1993 - Jul 2020
Denmark (%)	5.50 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 2008 - Jun 2020
Ecuador (%)	6.64 Sep 2020	quarterly	Dec 2013 - Sep 2020
Egypt (%)	9.60 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 2003 - Jun 2020
Estonia (%)	7.10 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 1989 - Jun 2020
European Union (%)	6.20 Jan 2020	monthly	Jan 2000 - Jan 2020
Finland (%)	7.50 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 1988 - Aug 2020
France (%)	7.10 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 1975 - Jun 2020
Georgia (%)	11.57 2019	yearly	1991 - 2019
Germany (%)	4.40 Jul 2020	monthly	Jan 1991 - Jul 2020
Greece (%)	16.80 Jul 2020	monthly	Apr 1998 - Jul 2020
Hong Kong SAR, China (%)	6.10 Jul 2020	monthly	Oct 1981 - Jul 2020
Hungary (%)	4.70 Jul 2020	monthly	Jan 2000 - Jul 2020
Iceland (%)	4.80 Jul 2020	monthly	Jan 2003 - Jul 2020
India (%)	5.40 2020	yearly	1991 - 2020
Indonesia (%)	5.28 2019	yearly	1984 - 2019
Iran (%)	10.60 Mar 2020	quarterly	Jun 2001 - Mar 2020
Ireland (%)	5.20 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 1998 - Aug 2020
Israel (%)	4.61 Jul 2020	monthly	Jan 2012 - Jul 2020
Italy (%)	9.71 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 1983 - Aug 2020
Ivory Coast (%)	3.42 2020	yearly	1991 - 2020
Japan (%)	2.90 Jul 2020	monthly	Jan 1953 - Jul 2020
Jordan (%)	23.00 May 2020	quarterly	Feb 2000 - May 2020
Kazakhstan (%)	5.00 Jul 2020	monthly	Jan 2001 - Jul 2020
Kenya (%)	2.65 2020	yearly	1991 - 2020
South Korea (%)	3.90 Sep 2020	monthly	Jun 1999 - Sep 2020
Kosovo (%)	25.70 2019	yearly	2001 - 2019
Kuwait (%)	2.09 2018	yearly	1999 - 2018
Kyrgyzstan (%)	6.20 2018	yearly	1992 - 2018
Laos (%)	0.60 2020	yearly	1991 - 2020
Latvia (%)	9.00 Jul 2020	monthly	Jan 1998 - Jul 2020
Lebanon (%)	11.35 2018	yearly	2004 - 2018
Lithuania (%)	9.00 Jul 2020	monthly	Jan 1998 - Jul 2020
Luxembourg (%)	6.41 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 1995 - Aug 2020
Macau SAR, China (%)	2.80 Aug 2020	monthly	Sep 1996 - Aug 2020
North Macedonia (%)	16.70 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 2004 - Jun 2020
Malawi (%)	6.60 2013	yearly	2005 - 2013
Malaysia (%)	5.40 May 2020	monthly	Jan 2016 - May 2020
Malta (%)	4.40 Jun 2020	quarterly	Dec 2000 - Jun 2020
Mauritius (%)	7.10 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2004 - Mar 2020
Mexico (%)	3.26 Mar 2020	monthly	Jan 2005 - Mar 2020
Moldova (%)	4.29 Dec 2019	quarterly	Mar 1999 - Dec 2019
Mongolia (%)	6.60 Jun 2020	quarterly	Sep 2006 - Jun 2020
Montenegro (%)	15.20 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 2008 - Jun 2020
Morocco (%)	12.30 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 1999 - Jun 2020
Myanmar (%)	1.71 2020	yearly	1991 - 2020
Nepal (%)	1.47 2020	yearly	1991 - 2020
Netherlands (%)	3.80 Mar 2020	monthly	Jan 2003 - Mar 2020
New Zealand (%)	4.00 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 1986 - Jun 2020
Nigeria (%)	27.11 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Jun 2020
Norway (%)	5.20 Jul 2020	monthly	Jan 1989 - Jul 2020
Oman (%)	2.55 2020	yearly	1991 - 2020
Pakistan (%)	5.79 2018	yearly	1980 - 2018
Panama (%)	7.10 2019	yearly	2003 - 2019
Paraguay (%)	5.20 2017	yearly	1998 - 2017
Peru (%)	3.93 2018	yearly	2001 - 2018
Philippines (%)	10.00 Jul 2020	quarterly	Jul 1982 - Jul 2020
Poland (%)	6.10 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 1990 - Aug 2020
Portugal (%)	8.10 Jul 2020	monthly	Feb 1998 - Jul 2020
Qatar (%)	0.10 2018	yearly	1997 - 2018
Romania (%)	5.30 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 1997 - Aug 2020
Russia (%)	6.17 Jun 2020	monthly	Jan 1994 - Jun 2020
Saudi Arabia (%)	5.70 2019	yearly	1991 - 2019
Serbia (%)	7.30 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 2014 - Jun 2020
Singapore (%)	2.80 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 1987 - Jun 2020
Slovakia (%)	7.60 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 2006 - Aug 2020
Slovenia (%)	5.20 Jun 2020	quarterly	Jun 1997 - Jun 2020
South Africa (%)	23.30 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 2008 - Jun 2020
Spain (%)	15.33 Jun 2020	quarterly	Sep 1976 - Jun 2020
Sri Lanka (%)	5.40 Jun 2020	quarterly	Jun 2012 - Jun 2020
Sudan (%)	20.30 2010	yearly	1993 - 2010
Sweden (%)	9.25 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 1983 - Aug 2020
Switzerland (%)	4.63 Jun 2020	monthly	Jan 1991 - Jun 2020
Syria (%)	14.90 2011	yearly	2000 - 2011
Taiwan (%)	3.83 Aug 2020	monthly	Apr 1993 - Aug 2020
Tajikistan (%)	2.30 Apr 2018	monthly	Jan 2000 - Apr 2018
Thailand (%)	1.90 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 2001 - Aug 2020
Tunisia (%)	18.00 Jun 2020	quarterly	Jun 2011 - Jun 2020
Turkey (%)	13.60 Jul 2020	monthly	Jan 2005 - Jul 2020
Ukraine (%)	9.80 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 1999 - Jun 2020
United Arab Emirates (%)	2.23 2019	yearly	1995 - 2019
United Kingdom (%)	4.46 Jul 2020	monthly	Feb 1971 - Jul 2020
United States (%)	7.90 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1948 - Sep 2020
Uruguay (%)	10.80 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 2006 - Aug 2020
Venezuela (%)	6.35 Dec 2018	monthly	Jan 1999 - Dec 2018
Vietnam (%)	3.11 2019	yearly	1996 - 2019
Yemen (%)	13.50 2014	yearly	1994 - 2014

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National Accounts	Last	Frequency	Range
Nominal GDP (USD mn)	17,567.8 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2005 - Mar 2020
Real GDP Growth (%)	-0.8 2019	yearly	1999 - 2019
Nominal GDP Growth (%)	-3.919 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2006 - Mar 2020
GDP per Capita (USD)	16,529.408 2019	yearly	1980 - 2019
GDP Deflator Growth (%)	-3.5 2019	yearly	1999 - 2019
Private Consumption Expenditure (USD mn)	30,965.670 2019	yearly	1980 - 2019
Private Consumption: % of GDP (%)	40.6 2019	yearly	1980 - 2019
Public Consumption Expenditure (USD mn)	18,754.746 2019	yearly	1980 - 2019
Public Consumption: % of GDP (%)	24.6 2019	yearly	1980 - 2019
Investment: % of GDP (%)	20.5 2019	yearly	1967 - 2019
Gross Fixed Capital Formation (USD mn)	17,747.724 2019	yearly	1975 - 2019
Gross National Product (USD mn)	73,998.179 2018	yearly	1965 - 2018
Gross Savings Rate (%)	20.2 2018	yearly	1980 - 2018
Forecast: GDP PPP Per Capita (PPP Intl $)	34,394.951 2025	yearly	1980 - 2025
Forecast: Nominal GDP Per Capita (USD)	16,791.703 2025	yearly	1980 - 2025
Forecast: Real GDP Growth (%)	3.055 2025	yearly	1980 - 2025
Total Trade of Goods & Services: % of Nominal GDP (%)	106.749 2019	yearly	1970 - 2019
GDP: Uses: Final Consumption Expenditure (OMR mn)	19,145.700 2019	yearly	1980 - 2019
GDP: Uses: Final Consumption Expenditure: Households (OMR mn)	11,906.300 2019	yearly	1980 - 2019
GDP: Uses: Final Consumption Expenditure: Government (OMR mn)	7,211.200 2019	yearly	1980 - 2019
GDP: Uses: Gross Fixed Capital Formation (OMR mn)	6,824.000 2019	yearly	1975 - 2019
GDP: Uses: Changes in Inventories (OMR mn)	-806.700 2019	yearly	1996 - 2019
GDP: Uses: Exports of Goods and Services (OMR mn)	15,927.000 2019	yearly	1980 - 2019
GDP: Net Exports of Goods and Services (OMR mn)	4,186.500 2019	yearly	1980 - 2019
GDP: Resources: Imports of Goods and Services (OMR mn)	13,571.900 2019	yearly	1980 - 2019
GDP: 2010p: Uses: Final Consumption Expenditure: Government (OMR mn)	5,825.400 2019	yearly	1998 - 2019
GDP: 2010p: Uses: Gross Fixed Capital Formation (OMR mn)	7,110.900 2019	yearly	1998 - 2019
GDP: 2010p: Uses: Change in Inventories (OMR mn)	-854.800 2019	yearly	1998 - 2019
GDP: 2010p: Uses: Exports of Goods and Services (OMR mn)	16,818.500 2019	yearly	1998 - 2019
GDP: 2010p: Resources: Imports of Goods and Services (OMR mn)	13,274.600 2019	yearly	1998 - 2019
GDP: 2010p: Uses: Final Consumption Expenditure (OMR mn)	17,256.700 2019	yearly	1998 - 2019
GDP: 2010p: Uses: Final Consumption Expenditure: Households (OMR mn)	11,409.100 2019	yearly	1998 - 2019
GDP: ytd: at Basic Prices: NP: Industry (OMR mn)	1,105.300 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2005 - Mar 2020
GDP: ytd: at Basic Prices: NP: Services: Transport, Storage and Communication (OMR mn)	370.800 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2005 - Mar 2020
GDP: ytd: at Basic Prices: NP: Services: Hotels and Restaurants (OMR mn)	79.200 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2005 - Mar 2020
GDP: ytd: at Basic Prices: NP: Services: Wholesale and Retail Trade (OMR mn)	467.800 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2005 - Mar 2020
GDP: ytd: at Basic Prices: NP: Industry: Electricity and Water Supply (OMR mn)	95.800 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2005 - Mar 2020
GDP: ytd: at Basic Prices: NP: Industry: Manufacturing (OMR mn)	581.300 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2005 - Mar 2020
GDP: ytd: at Basic Prices: NP: Agriculture and Fishing (OMR mn)	195.400 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2005 - Mar 2020
GDP: ytd: at Basic Prices: NP: Industry: Building and Construction (OMR mn)	406.000 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2005 - Mar 2020
GDP: ytd: at Basic Prices: NP: Industry: Mining and Quarrying (OMR mn)	22.200 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2005 - Mar 2020
GDP: ytd: Taxes Less Subsidies on Products (OMR mn)	-98.200 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2005 - Mar 2020
GDP: ytd: at Basic Prices: Petroleum Activities: Crude Petroleum (OMR mn)	2,071.400 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2005 - Mar 2020
GDP: ytd: at Basic Prices: NP: Services: Real Estate and Business Activities (OMR mn)	321.800 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2005 - Mar 2020
GDP: ytd: at Producer Prices (OMR mn)	6,853.000 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2005 - Mar 2020
GDP: ytd: at Basic Prices: Petroleum Activities (OMR mn)	2,428.200 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2005 - Mar 2020
GDP: ytd: at Basic Prices: NP: Services: Financial Intermediation (OMR mn)	469.500 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2005 - Mar 2020
GDP: ytd: at Basic Prices: NP: Services: Public Administration and Defense (OMR mn)	855.100 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2005 - Mar 2020
Gross Domestic Product (GDP): ytd (OMR mn)	6,754.800 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2005 - Mar 2020
GDP: ytd: at Basic Prices: NP: Services: Others (OMR mn)	769.500 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2005 - Mar 2020
GDP: ytd: at Basic Prices: Petroleum Activities: Natural Gas (OMR mn)	356.700 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2005 - Mar 2020
GDP: ytd: at Basic Prices: Non Petroleum Activities (NP) (OMR mn)	4,634.400 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2005 - Mar 2020
GDP: 2010p: Petroleum Activities (OMR mn)	11,954.000 2019	yearly	1998 - 2019
GDP: 2010p: NP: Services: Real Estate and Business Activities (OMR mn)	1,290.400 2019	yearly	1998 - 2019
GDP: 2010p: NP: Services: Hotels and Restaurants (OMR mn)	320.100 2019	yearly	1998 - 2019
GDP: 2010p: NP: Services: Financial Intermediation (OMR mn)	1,577.600 2019	yearly	1998 - 2019
GDP: 2010p: NP: Industry (OMR mn)	5,962.700 2019	yearly	1998 - 2019
GDP: 2010p: NP: Agriculture and Fishing (OMR mn)	757.700 2019	yearly	1998 - 2019
GDP: 2010p: NP: Industry: Building and Construction (OMR mn)	1,943.300 2019	yearly	1998 - 2019
GDP: 2010p: Non Petroleum Activities (NP) (OMR mn)	19,313.800 2019	yearly	1998 - 2019
GDP: 2010p: NP: Services: Transport, Storage and Communication (TC) (OMR mn)	1,844.600 2019	yearly	1998 - 2019
GDP: 2010p: NP: Industry: Mining and Quarrying (OMR mn)	146.500 2019	yearly	1998 - 2019
GDP: 2010p: NP: Industry: Manufacturing (OMR mn)	3,119.500 2019	yearly	1998 - 2019
GDP: 2010p: NP: Services: Wholesale and Retail Trade (OMR mn)	2,098.400 2019	yearly	1998 - 2019
Gross Domestic Product (GDP): 2010p (OMR mn)	28,850.100 2019	yearly	1998 - 2019
GDP: 2010p: NP: Industry: Electricity and Water Supply (OMR mn)	753.300 2019	yearly	1998 - 2019
GDP: 2010p: NP: Services: Public Administration and Defense (OMR mn)	3,053.200 2019	yearly	1998 - 2019
GDP: 2010p: NP: Services: Education (OMR mn)	1,410.500 2019	yearly	1998 - 2019
GDP: 2010p: NP: Services: Health (OMR mn)	555.300 2019	yearly	1998 - 2019
GDP: 2010p: NP: Services: Other Community, Social and Personal Services (OMR mn)	315.500 2019	yearly	1998 - 2019
GDP: 2010p: NP: Services: Private Household With Employed Persons (OMR mn)	127.700 2019	yearly	1998 - 2019
GDP: 2010p: Financial Intermediation Services Indirectly Measured (OMR mn)	-577.500 2019	yearly	1998 - 2019
GDP: 2010p: Petroleum Activities: Crude Petroleum (OMR mn)	10,805.200 2019	yearly	1998 - 2019
GDP: 2010p: Petroleum Activities: Natural Gas (OMR mn)	1,148.800 2019	yearly	1998 - 2019
GDP: Gross Fixed Capital Formation (OMR mn)	6,824.000 2019	yearly	1998 - 2019
GDP: Gross Fixed Capital Formation: Oil Activities (OMR mn)	2,022.500 2019	yearly	1998 - 2019
GDP Deflator (2010=100)	101.731 2019	yearly	1998 - 2019
GDP per Capita: OMR (OMR)	6,355.600 2019	yearly	1998 - 2019
National Savings (OMR mn)	4,256.800 2019	yearly	1980 - 2019
National Savings: Gross National Income (OMR mn)	28,452.300 2018	yearly	1980 - 2018
National Savings: Gross National Disposable Income (OMR mn)	24,547.000 2018	yearly	1980 - 2018

Production	Last	Frequency	Range
Industrial Production Index Growth (%)	-1.9 Apr 2017	monthly	Jul 1968 - Apr 2017
Minerals Production (Metric Ton)	87,757,085.000 2018	yearly	2009 - 2018
Gold Production (kg)	3.000 2017	yearly	1993 - 2017
Silver Production (Metric Ton)	0.000 2014	yearly	1996 - 2014
Electricity Consumption (GWh)	33,796.000 2019	yearly	1991 - 2019
Natural Gas Production (Cub m mn)	4,272.000 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 2011 - Aug 2020
Oil Production (Barrel th)	28,587.100 Aug 2020	monthly	Feb 2006 - Aug 2020
Oil Production: Crude Oil (Barrel th)	22,329.300 Aug 2020	monthly	Feb 2006 - Aug 2020
Oil Production: Daily Average (Barrel th)	922.200 Aug 2020	monthly	Feb 2006 - Aug 2020
Crude Oil: No of Producing Wells (Unit)	9,416.000 2015	yearly	1980 - 2015

Construction and Properties	Last	Frequency	Range
Building Permits (Unit)	23,780.000 2019	yearly	1997 - 2019
No of Building Permits: Residential (Unit)	20,007.000 2019	yearly	1997 - 2019
No of Building Permits: Non Residential (Unit)	2,639.000 2019	yearly	1997 - 2019

Government and Public Finance	Last	Frequency	Range
Consolidated Fiscal Balance: % of GDP (%)	-8.0 Mar 2020	quarterly	Dec 2005 - Mar 2020
Consolidated Fiscal Balance (USD mn)	-1,025.488 May 2020	monthly	Jun 2003 - May 2020
Tax Revenue (USD mn)	3,121.711 2019	yearly	1996 - 2019
Tax Revenue: % of GDP (%)	4.1 2019	yearly	1996 - 2019
National Government Debt (USD mn)	37,689.5 2018	yearly	1990 - 2018
Government Debt: % of GDP (%)	47.2 2018	yearly	1990 - 2018
Forecast: Government Expenditure (OMR bn)	13.997 2025	yearly	1990 - 2025
Forecast: Government Net Debt (OMR bn)	32.239 2025	yearly	1990 - 2025
Forecast: Government Revenue (OMR bn)	11.252 2025	yearly	1990 - 2025
Government Revenue (OMR mn)	358.300 Jul 2020	monthly	Jun 2003 - Jul 2020
Government Expenditure: Current (OMR mn)	853.400 Jul 2020	monthly	Jun 2003 - Jul 2020
Government Financing (OMR mn)	117.800 May 2020	monthly	Jan 2006 - May 2020
Government Surplus or Deficit: Remaining (OMR mn)	-276.500 May 2020	monthly	Jan 2006 - May 2020
Government Revenue: Corporate Income Tax (OMR mn)	0.800 May 2020	monthly	Jan 2006 - May 2020
Government Expenditure (OMR mn)	866.700 May 2020	monthly	Jun 2003 - May 2020
Government Revenue: Non Oil (OMR mn)	2,589.681 2019	yearly	1990 - 2019
Government Debt (OMR mn)	14,491.600 2018	yearly	2001 - 2018

Demographic and Labour Market	Last	Frequency	Range
Population (Person mn)	4.6 2020	yearly	1977 - 2020
Labour Force Participation Rate (%)	72.7 2020	yearly	1990 - 2020
Employed Persons (Person)	1,855,674.000 2019	yearly	1986 - 2019
Unemployment Rate (%)	2.55 2020	yearly	1991 - 2020
Labour Productivity Growth (%)	2.52 2019	yearly	1999 - 2019
Forecast: Population (Person mn)	5.040 2025	yearly	1980 - 2025
Forecast: Employment (Person mn)	0.000	yearly	-
Forecast: Unemployment Rate (%)	0.000	yearly	-
Employment: Government (Person)	229,386.000 2019	yearly	1982 - 2019

Domestic Trade and Household Survey	Last	Frequency	Range
Motor Vehicles Sales (Unit)	63,500 2019	yearly	2005 - 2019
Motor Vehicles Sales Growth (%)	-0.2 2019	yearly	2006 - 2019
Motor Vehicle Sales: Commercial Cars (Unit)	13,576.000 Dec 2019	semiannually	Dec 2005 - Dec 2019
Motor Vehicle Sales: Passenger Cars (Unit)	49,924.000 Dec 2019	semiannually	Dec 2005 - Dec 2019
Household Expenditure per Capita (USD)	3,110.731 2011	yearly	2007 - 2011
Household Income per Capita (USD)	4,964.629 2011	yearly	2007 - 2011
Household Income: Monthly Average (OMR)	1,173.000 2019	yearly	2011 - 2019
Average Household Size (Person)	5.000 2019	yearly	2011 - 2019
Household Expenditure: Monthly Average (OMR)	587.000 2019	yearly	2011 - 2019

Inflation	Last	Frequency	Range
Consumer Price Index CPI Growth (%)	-1.3 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 2002 - Aug 2020
CPI: Food and Non Alcoholic Beverage Change (%)	0.379 Aug 2020	monthly	Nov 2005 - Aug 2020
Producer Price Index Growth (%)	-20.2 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 2009 - Jun 2020
Forecast: Consumer Price Index Growth (%)	2.500 2025	yearly	1980 - 2025
CPI: Food and Non Alcoholic Beverages: Non Alcoholic Beverages (2012=100)	120.300 Aug 2020	monthly	Dec 2012 - Aug 2020
CPI: Education (2012=100)	129.200 Mar 2019	monthly	Dec 2012 - Mar 2019
CPI: Health (2012=100)	108.000 Mar 2019	monthly	Dec 2012 - Mar 2019
CPI: Tobacco (2012=100)	254.000 Aug 2020	monthly	Dec 2012 - Aug 2020
CPI: Transport (2012=100)	107.600 Aug 2020	monthly	Dec 2012 - Aug 2020
Consumer Price Index (CPI) (2012=100)	105.300 Aug 2020	monthly	Dec 2012 - Aug 2020
Producer Price Index (PPI) (2007=100)	101.600 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 2008 - Jun 2020
PPI: Oil & Gas (2007=100)	102.800 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 2008 - Jun 2020
PPI: Oil & Gas: Crude Oil & Natural Gas (2007=100)	106.000 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 2008 - Jun 2020
PPI: Non Oil (2007=100)	96.900 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 2008 - Jun 2020

Foreign Trade	Last	Frequency	Range
Forecast: Exports of Goods Growth (%)	4.316 2025	yearly	1980 - 2025
Trade Balance (USD mn)	1,089.2 Mar 2020	monthly	Jan 1975 - Mar 2020
Total Exports (USD mn)	2,886.3 Mar 2020	monthly	Jan 1974 - Mar 2020
Total Exports Growth (%)	-11.0 Mar 2020	monthly	Jan 1975 - Mar 2020
Aluminum: Exports (USD th)	3,564,243.639 2019	yearly	1995 - 2019
Exports: Medicament (USD th)	106,657.053 2019	yearly	1995 - 2019
Exports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product (USD th)	6,235.072 2019	yearly	1995 - 2019
Total Imports (USD mn)	1,797.1 Mar 2020	monthly	Jan 1975 - Mar 2020
Total Imports Growth (%)	-9.7 Mar 2020	monthly	Jan 1976 - Mar 2020
Imports: Medicament (USD th)	250,244.863 2019	yearly	1995 - 2019
Imports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product (USD th)	82,377.655 2019	yearly	1995 - 2019
Total Exports to USA (USD mn)	27.858 Jun 2020	monthly	Oct 1986 - Jun 2020
Total Imports from USA (USD mn)	20.992 Jun 2020	monthly	Jan 1981 - Jun 2020
Total Exports to China (USD mn)	47.074 Jun 2017	monthly	Nov 2009 - Jun 2017
Total Imports from China (USD mn)	72.822 Mar 2020	monthly	Jun 1984 - Mar 2020
Exports (OMR mn)	1,284.900 Dec 2019	monthly	Jan 1974 - Dec 2019
Exports: Non Oil: Chemical Products (OMR mn)	34.600 Mar 2020	monthly	Jan 2006 - Mar 2020
Exports: Oil and Gas (OMR mn)	876.100 Dec 2019	monthly	Jan 2006 - Dec 2019
Exports: Oil and Gas: Crude Oil (OMR mn)	661.800 Dec 2019	monthly	Jan 1995 - Dec 2019
Exports: Oil and Gas: Liquefied Natural Gas (OMR mn)	110.100 Mar 2020	monthly	Jan 2006 - Mar 2020
Exports: Non Oil: Mineral Products (OMR mn)	27.000 Mar 2020	monthly	Jan 2006 - Mar 2020
Exports: Non Oil: United Arab Emirates (OMR mn)	62.900 Mar 2020	monthly	Jan 2006 - Mar 2020
Re-Exports (OMR mn)	133.200 Mar 2020	monthly	Jan 2006 - Mar 2020
Exports: Non Oil: India (OMR mn)	18.900 Mar 2020	monthly	Jan 2006 - Mar 2020
Exports: Non Oil: Saudi Arabia (OMR mn)	48.900 Mar 2020	monthly	Jan 2006 - Mar 2020
Exports: Non Oil: China (OMR mn)	21.100 Dec 2019	monthly	Oct 2006 - Dec 2019
Exports: Non Oil (OMR mn)	257.400 Dec 2019	monthly	Jan 2006 - Dec 2019
Imports: Mineral Products (OMR mn)	59.600 Mar 2020	monthly	Jan 2006 - Mar 2020
Imports: Chemical Products (OMR mn)	76.600 Mar 2020	monthly	Jan 2006 - Mar 2020
Imports: Electrical Machinery, Mechanical Equipment and Parts (OMR mn)	123.200 Mar 2020	monthly	Jan 2006 - Mar 2020
Imports: Transport Equipment (OMR mn)	54.100 Mar 2020	monthly	Jan 2006 - Mar 2020
Imports: United Arab Emirates (OMR mn)	282.800 Mar 2020	monthly	Jan 2006 - Mar 2020
Imports: Japan (OMR mn)	35.200 Dec 2017	monthly	Jan 2006 - Dec 2017
Imports: United States (OMR mn)	18.700 Mar 2020	monthly	Jan 2006 - Mar 2020
Imports: India (OMR mn)	34.000 Mar 2020	monthly	Feb 2006 - Mar 2020
Imports: Saudi Arabia (OMR mn)	43.900 Mar 2020	monthly	Jan 2011 - Mar 2020
Imports (OMR mn)	819.700 Dec 2019	monthly	Jan 1975 - Dec 2019
Exports: Crude Oil (Barrel th)	23,086.800 Aug 2020	monthly	Feb 2006 - Aug 2020
Exports: Crude Oil: Japan (Barrel th)	996.200 Aug 2020	monthly	Feb 2006 - Aug 2020
Exports: Crude Oil: China (Barrel th)	19,893.000 Aug 2020	monthly	Feb 2006 - Aug 2020
Exports: Crude Oil: India (Barrel th)	500.900 Aug 2020	monthly	Nov 2010 - Aug 2020

Balance of Payments	Last	Frequency	Range
Direct Investment Abroad (USD mn)	626.8 2019	yearly	2001 - 2019
Current Account Balance (USD mn)	-4,140.4 2019	yearly	1974 - 2019
Current Account Balance: % of GDP (%)	-5.4 2019	yearly	1974 - 2019
Foreign Direct Investment (USD mn)	3,420.0 2019	yearly	1970 - 2019
Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP (%)	4.5 2019	yearly	1970 - 2019
Foreign Portfolio Investment (USD mn)	3,058.518 2019	yearly	1996 - 2019
Foreign Portfolio Investment: % of GDP (%)	4.0 2019	yearly	1996 - 2019
Foreign Portfolio Investment: Equity Securities (USD mn)	59.8 2019	yearly	1974 - 2019
Foreign Portfolio Investment: Debt Securities (USD mn)	0.000 2019	yearly	1974 - 2019
Forecast: Current Account Balance (USD bn)	-2.732 2025	yearly	1980 - 2025
BoP: Current Account: Transfers (OMR mn)	-3,774.000 2017	yearly	1996 - 2017
BoP: Current Account: GI: GS: Services: Credit (OMR mn)	1,713.000 2018	yearly	1996 - 2018
BoP: CF: Financial Account: Other Investment: Liabilities (OMR mn)	-601.000 2018	yearly	1996 - 2018
BoP: CF: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment (OMR mn)	2,466.000 2018	yearly	1996 - 2018
BoP: Current Account: GI: GS: Goods: Imports (OMR mn)	-9,092.000 2018	yearly	1996 - 2018
BoP: Capital and Financial Account (CF) (OMR mn)	2,949.000 2018	yearly	1996 - 2018
BoP: CF: Financial Account: Other Investment (OMR mn)	-1,788.000 2018	yearly	1996 - 2018
BoP: Current Account: GI: GS: Goods (OMR mn)	6,954.000 2018	yearly	1996 - 2018
BoP: Current Account: GI: Income: Credit (OMR mn)	449.000 2018	yearly	1996 - 2018
BoP: CF: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Assets (OMR mn)	-683.000 2018	yearly	2001 - 2018
BoP: CF: Financial Account (OMR mn)	2,841.000 2018	yearly	1996 - 2018
BoP: Current Account: GI: Income: Debit (OMR mn)	-2,478.000 2018	yearly	1996 - 2018
BoP: CF: Capital Account: Grants: Credit (OMR mn)	116.000 2018	yearly	1996 - 2018
BoP: CF: Capital Account (OMR mn)	107.000 2018	yearly	1996 - 2018
BoP: CF: Financial Account: Other Investment: Assets (OMR mn)	-1,187.000 2018	yearly	1996 - 2018
BoP: CF: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Liabilities (OMR mn)	3,149.000 2018	yearly	1996 - 2018
Balance of Payments (BoP) (OMR mn)	990.000 2018	yearly	1996 - 2018
BoP: Current Account (OMR mn)	-1,671.000 2018	yearly	1996 - 2018
BoP: Current Account: GI: GS: Services: Debit (OMR mn)	-4,480.000 2018	yearly	1996 - 2018
BoP: Current Account: GI: GS: Services (OMR mn)	-2,767.000 2018	yearly	1996 - 2018
BoP: CF: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment (OMR mn)	2,163.000 2018	yearly	1996 - 2018
BoP: CF: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Liabilities (OMR mn)	2,439.000 2018	yearly	1996 - 2018
BoP: CF: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Assets (OMR mn)	-275.000 2018	yearly	2001 - 2018
BoP: CF: Capital Account: Grants: Debit (OMR mn)	-8.000 2018	yearly	1996 - 2018
BoP: Current Account: GI: Income (OMR mn)	-2,030.000 2018	yearly	1996 - 2018
BoP: Current Account: GI: GS: Goods: Exports (OMR mn)	16,045.000 2018	yearly	1996 - 2018
BoP: Net Errors and Omissions (OMR mn)	-287.000 2018	yearly	1996 - 2018
BoP: Reserve Assets (OMR mn)	-990.000 2018	yearly	1996 - 2018
Foreign Direct Investment: Oil and Gas (OMR mn)	8,540.100 2018	yearly	2005 - 2018
Foreign Direct Investment: Manufacturing (OMR mn)	1,149.400 2018	yearly	2005 - 2018
Foreign Direct Investment: Financial Intermediation (OMR mn)	1,451.900 2018	yearly	2005 - 2018
Foreign Direct Investment: Real Estate, Renting and Business Activities (OMR mn)	621.300 2018	yearly	2005 - 2018
Foreign Direct Investment: Construction (OMR mn)	125.700 2018	yearly	2005 - 2018
Foreign Direct Investment: United Kingdom (OMR mn)	6,624.600 2018	yearly	2005 - 2018
Foreign Direct Investment: United Arab Emirates (OMR mn)	1,033.900 2018	yearly	2005 - 2018
Foreign Direct Investment: United States of America (OMR mn)	1,553.300 2018	yearly	2005 - 2018
Foreign Direct Investment: India (OMR mn)	251.400 2018	yearly	2005 - 2018
Foreign Direct Investment: Kuwait (OMR mn)	387.100 2018	yearly	2005 - 2018
No of Registered Enterprises (Unit)	312,720.000 2019	yearly	1999 - 2019

Monetary	Last	Frequency	Range
Non Performing Loans Ratio (%)	4.0 Jun 2020	quarterly	Jun 2008 - Jun 2020
Non-Performing Loans (USD mn)	458.518 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 2008 - Jun 2020
Money Supply M1 (USD mn)	14,885.566 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 1999 - Aug 2020
Money Supply M2 (USD mn)	49,827.308 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 1999 - Aug 2020
M2 Growth (%)	11.0 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 2000 - Aug 2020
Reserve Requirement Ratio (%)	5.0 Sep 2020	monthly	Jun 2006 - Sep 2020
Foreign Exchange Reserves (USD mn)	17,001.3 Aug 2020	monthly	Apr 1970 - Aug 2020
Foreign Exchange Reserves: % of GDP (%)	21.348 Mar 2020	quarterly	Dec 2005 - Mar 2020
Foreign Exchange Reserves: Months of Import (NA)	9.0 Mar 2020	monthly	Jan 1975 - Mar 2020
Gold Reserves (USD mn)	1.821 Aug 2020	monthly	Dec 1969 - Aug 2020
Total Deposits Growth (%)	4.0 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 2001 - Aug 2020
Total Deposits (USD mn)	53,009.670 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 2000 - Aug 2020
Domestic Credit (USD mn)	60,009.1 Aug 2020	monthly	Dec 1999 - Aug 2020
Domestic Credit Growth (%)	15.7 Aug 2020	monthly	Dec 2000 - Aug 2020
Total Loans (USD mn)	57,615.085 Aug 2020	monthly	Dec 1998 - Aug 2020
Total Loans Growth (%)	1.19 Aug 2020	monthly	Dec 1999 - Aug 2020
Private Debt: % of Nominal GDP (%)	67.42 Mar 2020	quarterly	Dec 2005 - Mar 2020
Money Supply (OMR mn)	19,158.600 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 1999 - Aug 2020
Domestic Assets (OMR mn)	14,743.300 Aug 2020	monthly	Dec 1999 - Aug 2020
Money Supply: Quasi Money (OMR mn)	13,435.100 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 1999 - Aug 2020
Deposits: Private Sector (OMR mn)	14,280.200 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 1999 - Aug 2020
Non Performing Loans (OMR mn)	162.000 Dec 2019	quarterly	Mar 2008 - Dec 2019

Banking Statistics	Last	Frequency	Range
Liquid Assets Ratio (%)	8.1 2019	yearly	2001 - 2019
Capital Adequacy Ratio (%)	18.3 Jun 2020	quarterly	Jun 2008 - Jun 2020
Central Bank of Oman: Assets (OMR mn)	7,821.700 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 2000 - Aug 2020

Interest and Foreign Exchange Rates	Last	Frequency	Range
Bank Lending Rate (% pa)	5.482 Aug 2020	monthly	Dec 1984 - Aug 2020
Exchange Rate against USD (OMR/USD)	0.385 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 1957 - Aug 2020
Policy Rate (% pa)	0.50 Aug 2020	monthly	May 2007 - Aug 2020
Short Term Interest Rate (% pa)	0.00 Jul 2020	monthly	Jan 2004 - Jul 2020
Deposit Rate: Weighted Avg: Rial Omani (% pa)	1.943 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 1999 - Aug 2020
Lending Rate: Weighted Avg: Rial Omani (% pa)	5.482 Aug 2020	monthly	Dec 1984 - Aug 2020
Foreign Exchange Rate: Buy: Euro (OMR/EUR)	0.448 Sep 2020	monthly	Jul 2002 - Sep 2020
Foreign Exchange Rate: Buy: US Dollar (OMR/USD)	0.384 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1957 - Sep 2020
Foreign Exchange Rate: Sell: US Dollar (OMR/USD)	0.385 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 2000 - Sep 2020
Foreign Exchange Rate: Sell: Euro (OMR/EUR)	0.450 Sep 2020	monthly	Jul 2002 - Sep 2020

Energy	Last	Frequency	Range
Electricity Production (GWh)	4,261 Jul 2020	monthly	Jan 2009 - Jul 2020
Natural Gas Production: OPEC: Marketed Production (Cub m mn)	35,864.100 2019	yearly	1970 - 2019
Natural Gas: Exports (Cub m mn)	8,500.000 2019	yearly	1960 - 2019
Natural Gas: Imports (Cub m mn)	302.300 2019	yearly	1975 - 2019
Crude Oil: Production (Barrel/Day th)	840.603 2019	yearly	1967 - 2019
Crude Oil: Exports (Barrel/Day th)	838.594 2019	yearly	1980 - 2019
Oil Consumption (Barrel/Day th)	295.236 2019	yearly	1965 - 2019

Tourism	Last	Frequency	Range
Visitor Arrivals (Person)	2,301,000 2018	yearly	2005 - 2018
Visitor Arrivals Growth (%)	-0.6 2018	yearly	2006 - 2018
Tourism Revenue (USD mn)	2,975 2018	yearly	1996 - 2018
Tourism Revenue Growth (%)	9.5 2018	yearly	1997 - 2018
No of Hotel Rooms (Unit)	22,182.000 2018	yearly	1996 - 2018
No of Hotels (Unit)	491.000 2019	yearly	1996 - 2019
Rooms Occupancy Rate (%)	37.400 2019	yearly	1996 - 2019

Financial Market	Last	Frequency	Range
Equity Market Index (Jun2004=1000)	3,771.9 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 2003 - Aug 2020
Market Capitalization: % of GDP (%)	50.6 2019	yearly	2003 - 2019
Market Capitalization (USD mn)	40,590.532 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 2003 - Sep 2020
Market Capitalization: Muscat Securities Market (MSM) (OMR)	19,890,494,792.272 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 2003 - Sep 2020
No of Shares Traded: Muscat Securities Market (MSM) (Unit)	108,611,336.000 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 2003 - Sep 2020
No of Trades: Muscat Securities Market (MSM) (Unit)	7,047.000 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 2003 - Sep 2020
Shares Traded: Value: Muscat Securities Market (MSM) (OMR)	16,934,618.000 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 2003 - Sep 2020

Transport and Telecommunications	Last	Frequency	Range
Motor Vehicle Registered (Unit th)	980.000 2015	yearly	2005 - 2015
Container Port Throughput (TEU)	4,838,712.000 2019	yearly	2008 - 2019
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index (2004=100)	62.970 2018	yearly	2004 - 2018
Number of Subscriber Fixed Line (Unit)	592,196.000 2019	yearly	1965 - 2019
Number of Subscriber Mobile (Person)	6,383,458.000 2019	yearly	1960 - 2019
Teledensity: Fixed Line (Number)	12.824 2019	yearly	1965 - 2019
Teledensity: Mobile (Number)	138.232 2019	yearly	1960 - 2019
Exports: ICT Goods (USD th)	182,877.294 2018	yearly	2000 - 2018
Exports: Telecommunication Equipment (USD th)	51,855.659 2019	yearly	1995 - 2019
Exports: Television (USD th)	24,593.923 2019	yearly	1995 - 2019
Imports: ICT Goods (USD th)	1,250,969.034 2018	yearly	2000 - 2018
Imports: Telecommunication Equipment (USD th)	666,381.203 2019	yearly	1995 - 2019
Imports: Television (USD th)	99,184.884 2019	yearly	1995 - 2019
Number of Vehicles: Private (Unit)	1,180,519.000 Jun 2019	monthly	Jan 2016 - Jun 2019
Number of Vehicles: Commercial (Unit)	246,052.000 Jun 2019	monthly	Jan 2016 - Jun 2019
Air Transport: Muscat International Airport: No of Passengers (Person)	73,433.000 Jul 2020	monthly	Feb 2006 - Jul 2020
Air Transport: Muscat International Airport: Cargo (Ton)	133,061,822.000 2015	yearly	1997 - 2015

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