Arab Country Profiles
- Country name : Sultanate of Oman
- Capital : Muscat
- Area : 309,500 km²
- Population : 4,793,616 (2018)
- Population growth rate : 4.18% (2018)
- Life expectancy at birth : 75.7 years (2017)
- Age structure : 0-14 years : 30.01% - 15-64 years : 66.41% - 65 years and over : 3.49%
- Urbanisation : 78.09% (2016)
- Labour force : 2.5 million (2017)
- Gross Domestic Product : $71.93 billion (2016)
- GDP – real growth rate : 3% (2016)
- GDP – composition by sector : agriculture : 1.7% - industry : 45.2% - services : 53%
- GDP – per capita : $45,500 (2017)
- Natural resources : petroleum, copper, asbestos, marble, limestone, gypsum, natural gas
- Industries : oil production and refining, gas production, construction, cement, copper, steel, chemicals
- Industrial production growth rate : 0.3% (2017)
- Land use : arable land : 0.1% - permanent crops : 0.12% - other : 99.78%
- Agricultural products : dates, limes, bananas, alfalfa, vegetables, camels, cattle, fish
- Exports in general : $21.1 billion (2016)
- Exports to Belgium : $14.412 million (2017)
- Exports – commodities : petroleum, re-exports, fish, metals, textiles
- Exports – partners : China (51%), UAE (8.7), India (4.4), USA (3.9), Iraq (3.6) (2016)
- Imports in general : $20.6 billion (2016)
- Imports from Belgium : $143.029 million (2017)
- Imports – commodities : machinery, transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, livestock, lubricants
- Imports – partners : UAE 51% India 5.4%, China 5.5%, Saudi Arabia (3.9), US 3.7% (2016)
- Current account balance : -$10.3 billion (2017)
- Budget : revenues : $22.68 billion - expenditures : $37.65 billion (2017)
- Reserves of foreign exchange & gold : $32.07 billion (31 December 2017)
