Oman
Military spending in Oman
Military spending in Oman: 9.65% of GDP in 1971 and 5.68% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 5.68% of GDP
- Since 1971
- −3.97 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 8 of 151
- counting from the highest
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 24.96% of GDP in 1975, the lowest 4.96% of GDP in 2008.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Oman |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.68 |
| 2024 | 5.59 |
| 2023 | 5.51 |
| 2022 | 5.27 |
| 2021 | 6.62 |
| 2020 | 8.03 |
| 2019 | 7.44 |
| 2018 | 8.27 |
| 2017 | 8.41 |
| 2016 | 10.56 |
| 2015 | 9.57 |
| 2014 | 8.86 |
| 2013 | 9.75 |
| 2012 | 10.58 |
| 2011 | 6.45 |
| 2010 | 5.65 |
| 2009 | 6.07 |
| 2008 | 4.96 |
| 2007 | 6.72 |
| 2006 | 7.1 |
| 2005 | 7.71 |
| 2004 | 7.86 |
| 2003 | 7.96 |
| 2002 | 8.1 |
| 2001 | 8.2 |
| 2000 | 7.09 |
| 1999 | 7.52 |
| 1998 | 8.22 |
| 1997 | 9.36 |
| 1996 | 9.41 |
| 1995 | 10.97 |
| 1994 | 11.77 |
| 1993 | 11.53 |
| 1992 | 12.18 |
| 1991 | 11.06 |
| 1990 | 12.39 |
| 1989 | 12.5 |
| 1988 | 13.7 |
| 1987 | 13.2 |
| 1986 | 15.87 |
| 1985 | 15.56 |
| 1984 | 16.89 |
| 1983 | 17.16 |
| 1982 | 16.67 |
| 1981 | 15.71 |
| 1980 | 14.91 |
| 1979 | 15.64 |
| 1978 | 20.95 |
| 1977 | 18.78 |
| 1976 | 23.01 |
| 1975 | 24.96 |
| 1974 | 15.53 |
| 1973 | 18.6 |
| 1972 | 14.86 |
| 1971 | 9.65 |
- Estimate
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- 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
- Armed forces, share of workers2.12% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports4 million TIV in 2023
- Arms exports7 million TIV in 2017