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Key facts

  • Currency: Omani rial
  • Capital city: Muscat
  • Region: Western Asia
  • Continent: Asia
  • Land area: 309,500 km²
  • Population: 4,576,298
  • Political Leader: Haitham bin Tariq (Sultan and Prime Minister)

Latest news (see all)

Dubai Flooding Photos and Video: Heavy Rains in UAE and Oman Kill at Least 19

Read: The New York Times

2024-04-18

Heavy Rain and Floods Disrupt Dubai Airport and Kill 18 in Oman

Read: The New York Times

2024-04-17

18 Dead After Heavy Rain in Oman: Dubai Airport Struggles to Reopen

Read: The New York Times

2024-04-17

Heavy rains lash UAE and surrounding nations as the death toll in Oman rises to 18

Read: ABC News

2024-04-17

Heavy rains lash Dubai and disrupt flights, toll rises in Oman

Read: The Sydney Morning Herald

2024-04-17

Dubai hit with 'apocalyptic' once-in-a-generation superstorm as 18 killed by floods in Oman

Read: Mirror

2024-04-17

Heavy floods hit Dubai airport as Oman toll rises to 18

Read: Nation PK

2024-04-17

Metrics

Business

GDP 114,667,000,000.00 current US$
Inflation 2.81 annual %
Self-employed 4.40 % of total employment
Unemployment 1.50 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment 3.29 % of total employment

Environment

Agricultural land 14,662.20 km²
Alternative and nuclear energy 0.00 % of total energy use
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) 71,041.50 kt
Electricity production from coal sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from natural gas sources 97.37 % of total
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from nuclear sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from oil sources 2.63 % of total
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric 0.00 % of total
Net energy imports -206.19 % of energy use
Fertility rate 2.62 births per woman
Forest area 24 km²
Fossil fuel energy consumption 99.96 % of total
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 -16,105.80 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Median age 24.90 years
Methane emissions 19,838.90 kt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions 1,031.91 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Female Population 1,790,804
Male Population 2,785,494
Renewable energy consumption 0.05 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area 309,152.00 km²
Rural population 560,597
Urban land area 1,500.49 km²
Urban population 4,015,701
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters 5.06 % of total population

Health

Birth rate 18.42 per 1,000 people
Death rate 3.80 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita 844.62 current US$
Health expenditure 5.33 % of GDP
Incidence of HIV 0.05 per 1,000 uninfected population
Hospital beds 1.47 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth 73 years
Suicide mortality rate 4.90 per 100,000 population

Other

Access to electricity 100.00 % of population
Individuals using the Internet 96.38 % of population
Net migration 0
Press freedom 1.80

Politics

Armed forces personnel 47,000
Democracy score 3.04
Democracy type Authoritarian
Military expenditure 5.17 % of GDP
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 2.33 %

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Coordinates: [21°0′N, 57°0′N]
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Source

SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

Updated: 1 day ago

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