Oman
Armed forces, share of workers in Oman
Armed forces, share of workers in Oman: 5.7% of the labour force in 1990 and 2.12% of the labour force in 2020, by IISS estimates.
- Latest, 2020
- 2.12% of the labour force
- Since 1990
- −3.58 percentage points
- Rank, 2020
- 23 of 168
- counting from the highest
- World, 2020
- 0.79% of the labour force
% of the labour force · IISS
What the numbers say
- The highest was 6.43% of the labour force in 1995, the lowest 1.86% of the labour force in 2018.
Every year
% of the labour force · IISS
| Year | Oman | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2.12 | 0.79 |
| 2019 | 1.93 | 0.79 |
| 2018 | 1.86 | 0.8 |
| 2017 | 1.89 | 0.8 |
| 2016 | 1.96 | 0.81 |
| 2015 | 2.08 | 0.82 |
| 2014 | 2.2 | 0.82 |
| 2013 | 2.32 | 0.83 |
| 2012 | 2.6 | 0.87 |
| 2011 | 3.27 | 0.88 |
| 2010 | 3.96 | 0.89 |
| 2009 | 4.18 | 0.89 |
| 2008 | 4.37 | 0.89 |
| 2007 | 4.57 | 0.89 |
| 2006 | 4.78 | 0.95 |
| 2005 | 4.88 | 0.96 |
| 2004 | 4.98 | 0.94 |
| 2003 | 5.29 | 0.98 |
| 2002 | 5.43 | 1 |
| 2001 | 5.77 | 1.01 |
| 2000 | 5.89 | 1.07 |
| 1999 | 5.99 | 1.09 |
| 1998 | 6.12 | 1.13 |
| 1997 | 6.24 | 1.15 |
| 1996 | 6.33 | 1.18 |
| 1995 | 6.43 | 1.2 |
| 1994 | 4.76 | 0.94 |
| 1993 | 4.95 | 0.98 |
| 1992 | 5.32 | 1.03 |
| 1991 | 4.76 | 1.03 |
| 1990 | 5.7 | 1.11 |
Good to know
- Active-duty military personnel as a share of everyone working or looking for work, by the IISS Military Balance.
- Source: IISS, The Military Balance, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 168 countries with a value in 2020, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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Oman in numbers
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Military
- Military spending5.68% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$5.94B in 2025
- Military spending per person$1,109 in 2025
- Military share of state spending20% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel47,000 people in 2020
- National power0.17% of world capability in 2022
- Arms imports4 million TIV in 2023
- Arms exports7 million TIV in 2017