Oman
Military spending in US dollars in Oman
Military spending in US dollars in Oman: $378M in 1971 and $5.94B in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $5.94B
- Since 1971
- +$5.56B
- Rank, 2025
- 42 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $10.4B in 2012, the lowest $378M in 1971.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Oman |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $5.94B |
| 2024 | $5.99B |
| 2023 | $5.89B |
| 2022 | $5.87B |
| 2021 | $6.02B |
| 2020 | $6.45B |
| 2019 | $6.91B |
| 2018 | $8.01B |
| 2017 | $7.27B |
| 2016 | $8.62B |
| 2015 | $8.27B |
| 2014 | $9.02B |
| 2013 | $9.73B |
| 2012 | $10.4B |
| 2011 | $5.77B |
| 2010 | $4.41B |
| 2009 | $4.18B |
| 2008 | $4.44B |
| 2007 | $4.68B |
| 2006 | $4.61B |
| 2005 | $4.33B |
| 2004 | $3.59B |
| 2003 | $3.19B |
| 2002 | $3.04B |
| 2001 | $2.95B |
| 2000 | $2.53B |
| 1999 | $2.13B |
| 1998 | $2.1B |
| 1997 | $2.37B |
| 1996 | $2.29B |
| 1995 | $2.43B |
| 1994 | $2.41B |
| 1993 | $2.27B |
| 1992 | $2.42B |
| 1991 | $2.02B |
| 1990 | $2.44B |
| 1989 | $2.17B |
| 1988 | $2.16B |
| 1987 | $2.18B |
| 1986 | $2.54B |
| 1985 | $3.07B |
| 1984 | $2.88B |
| 1983 | $2.46B |
| 1982 | $2.08B |
| 1981 | $1.92B |
| 1980 | $1.59B |
| 1979 | $1.59B |
| 1978 | $2.04B |
| 1977 | $1.55B |
| 1976 | $1.62B |
| 1975 | $1.51B |
| 1974 | $731M |
| 1973 | $684M |
| 1972 | $635M |
| 1971 | $378M |
- Estimate
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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 spending5.68% of GDP 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