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Oman — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Oman, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
3.25%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · -19.8% since 1991
Unemployment for Oman was 3.25% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 4.69% in 2004. The lowest was 1.80% in 2018 (about 1.8× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.65% per year.
Oman ranks 139 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 74%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 9.00%, so Oman sits below it. It peaked in 2004 and has fallen 31% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 4%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
3.25%
First (1991)
4.06%
Change
-19.8%
Highest
4.69%
in 2004
Lowest
1.80%
in 2018
Average
3.74%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.65%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.25% |
| 2024 | 3.2% |
| 2023 | 3.18% |
| 2022 | 3.3% |
| 2021 | 1.9% |
| 2020 | 2.94% |
| 2019 | 2.05% |
| 2018 | 1.8% |
| 2017 | 2.52% |
| 2016 | 3.27% |
| 2015 | 3.4% |
| 2014 | 3.45% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the labor force without work but available for and seeking employment. National definitions differ, so cross-country comparison needs care. Figures are in % of total labor force. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS — Unemployment Rate. 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.