Oman — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Oman, 1960–2025.
GDP per capita for Oman was 19,947 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 26,577 in 2008. The lowest was 83 in 1960 (about 239.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 8.79% per year.
Oman ranks 75 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 35%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 5,348, so Oman sits above it. It peaked in 2008 and has fallen 25% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 6%. Within Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan it ranks 8 of 23 economies; Libya (6,449) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 229% in 1974. That is 3% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1967; grown tenfold by 1974. Doubling roughly every 8.2 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 97th of 111 in 1960 → 73rd of 146 in 1970 → 39th of 163 in 1980 → 51st of 192 in 1990 → 55th of 204 in 2000 → 50th of 212 in 2010 → 65th of 210 in 2020 → 56th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19,947.4 | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 20,285.23 | -3.5% |
| 2023 | 21,027.74 | -9.5% |
| 2022 | 23,223.58 | +19.7% |
| 2021 | 19,403.46 | +15.6% |
| 2020 | 16,784.86 | -12.5% |
| 2019 | 19,180.19 | -3.6% |
| 2018 | 19,901.76 | +11.7% |
| 2017 | 17,820.07 | +4.1% |
| 2016 | 17,110.19 | -9.0% |
| 2015 | 18,808.31 | -18.8% |
| 2014 | 23,160.65 | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 23,458.02 | -4.8% |
| 2012 | 24,642.3 | -2.2% |
| 2011 | 25,188.01 | +6.9% |
| 2010 | 23,570.18 | +14.1% |
| 2009 | 20,655.92 | -22.3% |
| 2008 | 26,576.78 | +41.4% |
| 2007 | 18,792.65 | +11.0% |
| 2006 | 16,930.86 | +17.3% |
| 2005 | 14,434.86 | +22.3% |
| 2004 | 11,800.85 | +12.8% |
| 2003 | 10,463.54 | +6.0% |
| 2002 | 9,869.13 | +2.7% |
| 2001 | 9,611.96 | -1.5% |
| 2000 | 9,753.85 | +23.2% |
| 1999 | 7,915.44 | +9.6% |
| 1998 | 7,219.03 | -12.3% |
| 1997 | 8,234.64 | +2.1% |
| 1996 | 8,068 | +8.8% |
| 1995 | 7,414.3 | +4.9% |
| 1994 | 7,068.39 | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 7,038.93 | -3.8% |
| 1992 | 7,317.79 | +4.9% |
| 1991 | 6,977.33 | -7.5% |
| 1990 | 7,545.7 | +35.0% |
| 1989 | 5,591.23 | +5.9% |
| 1988 | 5,279.1 | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 5,204 | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 5,181.88 | -31.4% |
| 1985 | 7,548.7 | +6.8% |
| 1984 | 7,070.07 | +5.3% |
| 1983 | 6,714.19 | -0.7% |
| 1982 | 6,759.3 | -1.5% |
| 1981 | 6,865.58 | +14.9% |
| 1980 | 5,974.3 | +51.9% |
| 1979 | 3,933.51 | +29.2% |
| 1978 | 3,043.75 | -5.0% |
| 1977 | 3,204.87 | +2.0% |
| 1976 | 3,142.53 | +16.7% |
| 1975 | 2,692 | +22.2% |
| 1974 | 2,203.41 | +229.0% |
| 1973 | 669.83 | +27.9% |
| 1972 | 523.68 | +18.5% |
| 1971 | 441.94 | +14.3% |
| 1970 | 386.79 | +4.0% |
| 1969 | 371.95 | +23.8% |
| 1968 | 300.38 | +71.9% |
| 1967 | 174.71 | +54.4% |
| 1966 | 113.16 | +4.7% |
| 1965 | 108.13 | +0.1% |
| 1964 | 108.06 | +1.2% |
| 1963 | 106.83 | +4.4% |
| 1962 | 102.33 | +21.1% |
| 1961 | 84.53 | +1.4% |
| 1960 | 83.39 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Oman’s GDP per capita in 1961?
84.53 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Oman’s GDP per capita figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Oman’s GDP per capita growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +23822.0% in total — about 8.8% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 19,947.4; 2024: 20,285.23; 2023: 21,027.74; 2022: 23,223.58; 2021: 19,403.46. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.