Oman: Employed population by nationality (Omani/ non-Omani) and sex (2010-2023)

 

Omanis

Expatriates

Total

 

Males

Females

Total

Males

Females

Total

Males

Females

Total

2010

231,965

86,121

318,086

878,730

100,512

979,242

1,110,695

186,633

1,297,328

2011

234,517

99,182

333,699

1,023,301

116,471

1,139,772

1,257,818

215,653

1,473,471

2012

235,422

103,448

338,870

1,206,174

137,530

1,343,704

1,441,596

240,978

1,682,574

2013

250,141

112,456

362,597

1,340,562

160,966

1,501,528

1,590,703

273,422

1,864,125

2014

265,806

123,926

389,732

1,369,979

174,025

1,544,004

1,635,785

297,951

1,933,736

2015

273,508

130,077

403,585

1,484,195

187,345

1,671,540

1,757,703

317,422

2,075,125

2016

283,561

135,459

419,020

1,627,693

197,910

1,825,603

1,911,254

333,369

2,244,623

2017

291,663

142,705

434,368

1,624,743

207,329

1,832,072

1,916,406

350,034

2,266,440

2018

300,177

147,436

447,613

1,554,316

210,815

1,765,131

1,854,493

358,251

2,212,744

2019

310,025

155,201

465,226

1,479,417

213,164

1,692,581

1,789,442

368,365

2,157,807

2020

549,252

203,472

752,724

1,232,621

178,655

1,411,276

1,781,873

382,127

2,164,000

2021

557,885

215,901

773,786

1,215,189

169,644

1,384,833

1,773,074

385,545

2,158,619

2022

570,070

231,745

801,815

1,489,802

217,506

1,707,308

2,059,872

449,251

2,509,123

2023

602,555

250,649

853,204

1,584,929

242,319

1,827,248

2,187,484

492,968

2,680,452

Source: NCSI. Statistical Yearbooks, 2020 to 2024

ANNEXED NOTES

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

Data refer to the total employed population, in the governmental, private and domestic sectors.

Data for the governmental sector exclude Security and Defence personnels.

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: 2 September 2024.

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