Oman: Employed non-Omani population by sex and sector of employment (public, private, domestic) (2010-2023)

 

Non-Omanis

Government Sector

Private Sector

Domestic Sector

All sectors

Males

Females

Total

Males

Females

Total

Males

Females

Total

Males

Females

Total

2010

15,842

7,770

23,612

842,149

20,060

862,209

20,739

72,682

93,421

878,730

100,512

979,242

2011

17,050

8,132

25,182

985,006

21,922

1,006,928

21,245

86,417

107,662

1,023,301

116,471

1,139,772

2012

18,495

9,027

27,522

1,165,357

24,943

1,190,300

22,322

103,560

125,882

1,206,174

137,530

1,343,704

2013

19,392

11,000

30,392

1,297,092

35,339

1,332,431

24,078

114,627

138,705

1,340,562

160,966

1,501,528

2014

20,536

13,075

33,611

1,240,426

29,787

1,270,213

109,017

131,163

240,180

1,369,979

174,025

1,544,004

2015

21,354

14,148

35,502

1,342,408

31,434

1,373,842

120,433

141,763

262,196

1,484,195

187,345

1,671,540

2016

23,914

13,710

37,624

1,469,483

35,453

1,504,936

134,296

148,747

283,043

1,627,693

197,910

1,825,603

2017

23,048

13,335

36,383

1,464,340

38,468

1,502,808

137,355

155,526

292,881

1,624,743

207,329

1,832,072

2018

22,607

12,811

35,418

1,395,278

39,875

1,435,153

136,431

158,129

294,560

1,554,316

210,815

1,765,131

2019

21,921

12,549

34,470

1,322,240

41,715

1,363,955

135,256

158,900

294,156

1,479,417

213,164

1,692,581

2020

30,461

13,451

43,912

1,078,982

36,340

1,115,322

123,178

128,864

252,042

1,232,621

178,655

1,411,276

2021

27,864

13,777

41,641

1,067,974

39,600

1,107,574

119,351

116,267

235,618

1,215,189

169,644

1,384,833

2022

28,158

15,898

44,056

1,314,124

45,652

1,359,776

147,520

155,956

303,476

1,489,802

217,506

1,707,308

2023

28,802

15,376

44,178

1,401,609

52,561

1,454,170

154,518

174,382

328,900

1,584,929

242,319

1,827,248

Source: NCSI. Statistical Yearbooks, 2009 to 2024

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

Data for the governmental sector exclude Security and Defence personnels.

https://cbo.gov.om/sites/assets/Documents/English/Publications/AnnualReports/AnnualReport2017eng.pdf

Private sector includes Private, Communal and Other Sectors.

Omanis in the private sector are registered with the Public Authority for Social Insurance (PASI).

2020 and after: employment data is taken from National Registration system (includes insured and uninsured employees).

2. Institution which provides data

National Center for Statistics and Information (NCSI)

3. Data availability

The data on employment by sector and nationality is available in NCSI’s Statistical Yearbooks (chapter “Employment”)

https://www.ncsi.gov.om/Elibrary/LibraryContentDoc/bar_bar_Statistical%20Year%20Book%202024%20Issue%2052_a0f3084d-42a7-4183-83c0-3c9e603f89b5.pdf

https://www.ncsi.gov.om/Pages/Publications.aspx

Last date of access: September 2024.

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Keywords: Oman, National Labour, Foreign Labour, Employment, Female Employment, Labour Market, National & Foreign Labour, Domestic Workers