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

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Total employed population

Government Sector

Private Sector

Domestic Sector

All sectors

Males

Females

Total

Males

Females

Total

Males

Females

Total

Males

Females

Total

2010

104,325

59,657

163,982

985,631

54,294

1,039,925

20,739

72,682

93,421

1,110,695

186,633

1,297,328

2011

111,689

72,751

184,440

1,124,884

56,485

1,181,369

21,245

86,417

107,662

1,257,818

215,653

1,473,471

2012

117,099

77,227

194,326

1,302,175

60,191

1,362,366

22,322

103,560

125,882

1,441,596

240,978

1,682,574

2013

125,673

85,456

211,129

1,440,952

73,339

1,514,291

24,078

114,627

138,705

1,590,703

273,422

1,864,125

2014

133,383

92,450

225,833

1,393,385

74,338

1,467,723

109,017

131,163

240,180

1,635,785

297,951

1,933,736

2015

135,487

93,980

229,467

1,501,783

81,679

1,583,462

120,433

141,763

262,196

1,757,703

317,422

2,075,125

2016

138,480

95,081

233,561

1,638,478

89,541

1,728,019

134,296

148,747

283,043

1,911,254

333,369

2,244,623

2017

136,690

95,373

232,063

1,642,361

99,135

1,741,496

137,355

155,526

292,881

1,916,406

350,034

2,266,440

2018

135,694

95,205

230,899

1,582,368

104,917

1,687,285

136,431

158,129

294,560

1,854,493

358,251

2,212,744

2019

140,178

97,185

237,363

1,514,008

112,280

1,626,288

135,256

158,900

294,156

1,789,442

368,365

2,157,807

2020

291,476

101,708

393,184

1,335,192

132,865

1,468,057

155,205

147,554

302,759

1,781,873

382,127

2,164,000

2021

289,931

102,941

392,872

1,334,099

148,081

1,482,180

149,044

134,523

283,567

1,773,074

385,545

2,158,619

2022

295,944

111,550

407,494

1,581,704

161,251

1,742,955

182,224

176,450

358,674

2,059,872

449,251

2,509,123

2023

300,489

120,545

421,034

1,676,943

177,030

1,853,973

210,052

195,393

405,445

2,187,484

492,968

2,680,452

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.

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, Employment, Female Employment, Labour Market, National & Foreign Labour, Domestic Workers

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