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

 

Omanis

Government Sector

Private Sector

Domestic Sector

All sectors

Males

Females

Total

Males

Females

Total

Males

Females

Total

Males

Females

Total

2010

88,483

51,887

140,370

143,482

34,234

177,716

 

 

 

231,965

86,121

318,086

2011

94,639

64,619

159,258

139,878

34,563

174,441

0

0

0

234,517

99,182

333,699

2012

98,604

68,200

166,804

136,818

35,248

172,066

0

0

0

235,422

103,448

338,870

2013

106,281

74,456

180,737

143,860

38,000

181,860

0

0

0

250,141

112,456

362,597

2014

112,847

79,375

192,222

152,959

44,551

197,510

0

0

0

265,806

123,926

389,732

2015

114,133

79,832

193,965

159,375

50,245

209,620

0

0

0

273,508

130,077

403,585

2016

114,566

81,371

195,937

168,995

54,088

223,083

0

0

0

283,561

135,459

419,020

2017

113,642

82,038

195,680

178,021

60,667

238,688

0

0

0

291,663

142,705

434,368

2018

113,087

82,394

195,481

187,090

65,042

252,132

0

0

0

300,177

147,436

447,613

2019

118,257

84,636

202,893

191,768

70,565

262,333

0

0

0

310,025

155,201

465,226

2020

261,015

88,257

349,272

256,210

96,525

352,735

32,027

18,690

50,717

549,252

203,472

752,724

2021

262,067

89,164

351,231

266,125

108,481

374,606

29,693

18,256

47,949

557,885

215,901

773,786

2022

267,786

95,652

363,438

267,580

115,599

383,179

34,704

20,494

55,198

570,070

231,745

801,815

2023

271,687

105,169

376,856

275,334

124,469

399,803

55,534

21,011

76,545

602,555

250,649

853,204

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

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