Oman: Employed population by nationality (Omani/ non-Omani), sex and sector of economic activity (private and domestic sectors) (2021)

  Omanis Expatriates Total
Agriculture, forestry & fishing 1,593 82,717 84,310
Mining & quarrying 29,618 12,856 42,474
Manufacturing 33,669 171,296 204,965
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 2,784 968 3,752
Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities 1,517 5 1,522
Construction 52,897 353,584 406,481
Wholesale & Retail Trade; Repair of motor vehicles & motorcycles 40,575 206,868 247,443
Transport, Storage 21,669 62,310 83,979
Accommodation and food service activities 10,070 103,471 113,541
Information and communications 5,357 7,926 13,283
Financial and insurance activities 18,865 2,771 21,636
Real estate activities 1,645 10,076 11,721
Professional, scientific and technical activities 11,421 19,446 30,867
Administrative and support services activities 21,587 67,125 88,712
Education 7,821 12,826 20,647
Human health and social work activities 3,924 11,793 15,717
Arts, entertainment and recreation 588 3,069 3,657
Other service activities 1,190 53,911 55,101
Activities of households as employers; undifferentiated goods- and services-producing activities of households for own use 0 182,600 182,600
Activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies 9 864 873
Total 266,799 1,371,477 1,638,276

Source: NCSI. Monthly Statistical Bulletin

 

ANNEXED NOTE

 

  1. Technical Notes and Definitions

 

Period of reference: end of year.

 

Data refer to:

  1. the Omani population employed in the private sector (insured labourers)

Source : Public Authority for Social Insurance (PASI), Petroleum Development Oman (PDO)

  1. expatriates employed in the private and domestic sectors (agregated figures).

Source: Royal Oman Police (ROP)

 

Classification of economic activities: ISIC Rev.4 (2008).

 

  1. Institution which provides data

 

National Center for Statistics and Information (NCSI)

 

  1. Data availability

 

The data is available in NCSI’s Monthly Statistical Bulletins (January of the year following the reference year).

https://www.ncsi.gov.om/Elibrary/Pages/LibraryContentView.aspx

 

Last date of access: December 2022.

GLMM and GRC cannot guarantee that the link to access the source will not change; that the information will not be removed from the website it was obtained from; that no geo-blockages will be imposed; or that the information will not be available for any another reason.

 

Keywords: Oman, National Labour, Foreign Labour, Employment