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Muscat · pop. 5M · Arabic · Omani rial

Trajectories

economic complexity

#100

Slipping in export sophistication, from #79 in 1995.

2024 · −0.55

Harvard Growth Lab · thin line is the world’s median
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1995−0.12
1996−0.15−0.02 pts
1997high−0.05+0.10 pts
1998−0.06−0.01 pts
1999−0.060 pts
2000−0.36−0.30 pts
2001−0.12+0.24 pts
2002−0.14−0.02 pts
2003−0.35−0.21 pts
2004−0.30+0.05 pts
2005−0.11+0.20 pts
2006−0.31−0.20 pts
2007−0.21+0.10 pts
2008−0.27−0.06 pts
2009−0.31−0.05 pts
2010−0.310 pts
2011−0.310 pts
2012−0.35−0.04 pts
2013−0.350 pts
2014−0.27+0.08 pts
2015−0.32−0.05 pts
2016−0.31+0.01 pts
2017−0.14+0.17 pts
2018−0.17−0.02 pts
2019−0.07+0.09 pts
2020−0.06+0.02 pts
2021−0.20−0.15 pts
2022−0.14+0.06 pts
2023−0.27−0.13 pts
2024latest−0.55−0.28 pts

economic momentum

$20.3K

Roughly doubled since 2000. GDP per head in 2024, in current US dollars.

2024 · $20.3K

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median
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whenvaluechange
1990$7,546
1991low$6,977−7.5%
1992$7,318+4.9%
1993$7,039−3.8%
1994$7,068+0.4%
1995$7,414+4.9%
1996$8,068+8.8%
1997$8,235+2.1%
1998$7,219−12.3%
1999$7,915+9.6%
2000$9,754+23.2%
2001$9,612−1.5%
2002$9,869+2.7%
2003$10.5K+6.0%
2004$11.8K+12.8%
2005$14.4K+22.3%
2006$16.9K+17.3%
2007$18.8K+11.0%
2008high$26.6K+41.4%
2009$20.7K−22.3%
2010$23.6K+14.1%
2011$25.2K+6.9%
2012$24.6K−2.2%
2013$23.5K−4.8%
2014$23.2K−1.3%
2015$18.8K−18.8%
2016$17.1K−9.0%
2017$17.8K+4.1%
2018$19.9K+11.7%
2019$19.2K−3.6%
2020$16.8K−12.5%
2021$19.4K+15.6%
2022$23.2K+19.7%
2023$21.0K−9.5%
2024latest$20.3K−3.5%

prices

0.6%

A year’s rise in consumer prices, in 2024. The world’s median was 3.1%.

2024 · 0.6%

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median
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2001low−0.8%
2002−0.3%+0.54 pts
20030.2%+0.51 pts
20040.6%+0.39 pts
20051.9%+1.28 pts
20063.5%+1.64 pts
20075.8%+2.29 pts
2008high12.4%+6.54 pts
20093.5%−8.91 pts
20103.3%−0.21 pts
20114.0%+0.79 pts
20122.9%−1.09 pts
20131.1%−1.89 pts
20141.0%−0.04 pts
20150.1%−0.95 pts
20161.1%+1.04 pts
20171.6%+0.48 pts
20180.9%−0.70 pts
20190.5%−0.40 pts
2020−0.4%−0.90 pts
20211.7%+2.09 pts
20222.5%+0.82 pts
20231.0%−1.56 pts
2024latest0.6%−0.36 pts

demographic curve

2.5 children per woman

Above replacement: still growing. Fell from 7.9 in 1980.

2024 · 2.5

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median · rule marks replacement (2.1)
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whenvaluechange
19607.3
19617.3+0.1%
19627.3+0.4%
19637.3+0.2%
19647.4+0.5%
19657.4+0.3%
19667.4+0.3%
19677.4+0.3%
19687.5+0.3%
19697.5+0.4%
19707.5+0.5%
19717.6+0.5%
19727.6+0.4%
19737.6+0.5%
19747.7+0.6%
19757.7+0.5%
19767.7+0.4%
19777.8+0.5%
19787.8+0.5%
19797.8+0.4%
19807.9+0.5%
1981high7.9+0.2%
19827.8−0.8%
19837.7−1.1%
19847.6−1.4%
19857.5−1.7%
19867.4−2.1%
19877.2−2.4%
19887.0−3.1%
19896.7−3.4%
19906.5−3.9%
19916.2−4.0%
19925.9−4.5%
19935.6−4.7%
19945.4−4.9%
19955.1−5.4%
19964.8−5.5%
19974.5−5.6%
19984.3−5.5%
19994.1−4.9%
20003.9−5.2%
20013.7−4.9%
20023.5−4.2%
20033.4−4.0%
20043.2−5.1%
20053.0−5.3%
20062.9−5.0%
20072.8−4.1%
20082.80.0%
20092.8+2.4%
20103.0+5.1%
20113.0−0.6%
20122.9−0.9%
20133.0+0.9%
20143.0+0.5%
20153.0−0.2%
20162.9−0.5%
20172.9−0.9%
20182.8−3.9%
20192.7−4.1%
20202.6−2.2%
20212.6−1.9%
2022low2.4−5.4%
20232.5+3.1%
2024latest2.5−0.7%

Metrics

  1. population
    5M
    124 of 176
    REST Countries · UN data
  2. gdp
    $106B
    67 of 170
    World Bank · latest available
  3. gdp per capita
    $21,028
    48 of 170
    World Bank · latest available
  4. military spending
    $6B
    37 of 151
    SIPRI via World Bank
  5. military % of gdp
    5.5%
    6 of 148
    SIPRI via World Bank
  6. area
    310K km²
    73 of 176
    REST Countries
  7. population density
    16.1 /km²
    152 of 176
    zuhd — derived from population and area
  8. life expectancy
    80.0 yr
    34 of 175
    World Bank · latest available
  9. internet access
    95%
    24 of 166
    ITU via World Bank
  10. co₂ per capita
    18.7 t
    5 of 163
    World Bank · Climate Watch
  11. urbanisation
    79%
    44 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
  12. fertility rate
    2.5
    67 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
  13. foreign-born share
    43%
    6 of 167
    World Bank · UN DESA
  14. remittances % of gdp
    0.0%
    152 of 155
    World Bank · IMF BOP
  15. r&d % of gdp
    0.4%
    68 of 123
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
  16. researchers per million
    739
    61 of 118
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
  17. scientific articles / yr
    1.6K
    76 of 168
    NSF / World Bank
  18. high-tech exports %
    5%
    87 of 153
    World Bank · UN Comtrade
  19. youth unemployment
    14%
    93 of 166
    ILO via World Bank
  20. adult literacy
    97%
    28 of 109
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
  21. democracy (v-dem)
    0.14
    112 of 163
    V-Dem via Our World in Data
  22. clean government
    55
    43 of 164
    Transparency International via Our World in Data
  23. press freedom
    43.4
    118 of 163
    RSF via Our World in Data
  24. human development
    0.858
    43 of 164
    UNDP via Our World in Data
  25. refugees hosted
    294
    127 of 150
    UNHCR via Our World in Data
  26. refugees produced
    118
    127 of 152
    UNHCR via Our World in Data

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