Starting a business - Score in Oman
Oman: Starting a business - Score was 93.46 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Oman, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Oman recorded 93.46 for starting a business - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 33.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Oman peaked at 93.46 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 46.71, in 2006.
That places Oman 32nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business - Score in Oman, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 48.41 | — |
| 2004 | 48.41 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 48.42 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 46.71 | -3.5% |
| 2007 | 47.49 | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 58.26 | +22.7% |
| 2009 | 69.8 | +19.8% |
| 2010 | 68.73 | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 70.8 | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 73.9 | +4.4% |
| 2013 | 74.76 | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 74.98 | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 70.66 | -5.8% |
| 2016 | 91.12 | +28.9% |
| 2017 | 93.45 | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 93.43 | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 93.46 | +0.0% |
Oman compared with similar countries
- Oman's 93.46 is above the median for high income countries, which is 91.07, 1.0× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Oman's 93.46 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 87.84, 1.1× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Starting a business - Score in Oman changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +28.9% | 70.66 | 91.12 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 52.5 | 46.71 | 69.8 | 7 |
| 2010s | 80.53 | 68.73 | 93.46 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Oman
More private sector data for Oman
- Merchandise trade 91.0% (2025)
- Food imports 13.9% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 53.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 44.50 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 3.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 13.8% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 55.28 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 10,060 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.5043 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -15.17 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Oman?
- Starting a business - score in Oman was 93.46 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Oman?
- The highest recorded value was 93.46 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Oman?
- The lowest recorded value was 46.71 in 2006.
- How does Oman rank for starting a business - score?
- Oman ranks 32nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Oman?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Oman data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for starting a business is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators: the procedures, time and cost for an entrepreneur to start and formally operate a business, as well as the paid-in minimum capital requirement.