Travel services in Oman
Oman: Travel services was 21.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Travel services in Oman, 1980–2024
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service imports.
Analysis
Oman recorded 21.1% for travel services in 2024.
That represents a change of down 8.4% on the previous year and up 22.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Oman peaked at 28.2% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 4.8%, in 1995.
Oman ranks 96th of 198 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Travel services in Oman, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 6.2% | — |
| 1981 | 5.6% | -9.0% |
| 1982 | 5.0% | -11.5% |
| 1983 | 6.3% | +27.4% |
| 1984 | 7.3% | +15.9% |
| 1985 | 7.3% | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 6.8% | -6.4% |
| 1987 | 9.7% | +42.2% |
| 1988 | 9.0% | -8.0% |
| 1989 | 8.2% | -8.3% |
| 1990 | 6.5% | -20.6% |
| 1991 | 4.9% | -25.2% |
| 1992 | 5.0% | +3.1% |
| 1993 | 5.2% | +2.9% |
| 1994 | 5.2% | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 4.8% | -8.6% |
| 1996 | 26.2% | +452.4% |
| 1997 | 22.3% | -15.0% |
| 1998 | 21.0% | -6.0% |
| 1999 | 25.7% | +22.7% |
| 2000 | 26.8% | +4.2% |
| 2001 | 27.3% | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 28.2% | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 24.5% | -13.2% |
| 2004 | 20.4% | -16.6% |
| 2005 | 21.2% | +4.1% |
| 2006 | 18.3% | -14.0% |
| 2007 | 14.8% | -19.2% |
| 2008 | 14.6% | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 16.5% | +13.1% |
| 2010 | 15.7% | -4.4% |
| 2011 | 15.8% | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 15.2% | -3.8% |
| 2013 | 15.2% | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 17.2% | +13.6% |
| 2015 | 17.9% | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 22.3% | +24.3% |
| 2017 | 22.2% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 23.0% | +3.6% |
| 2019 | 22.6% | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 9.3% | -58.8% |
| 2021 | 11.4% | +22.8% |
| 2022 | 19.2% | +67.7% |
| 2023 | 23.0% | +20.0% |
| 2024 | 21.1% | -8.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 7.1% | 5.0% | 9.7% | 10 |
| 1990s | 12.7% | 4.8% | 26.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 21.2% | 14.6% | 28.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.7% | 15.2% | 23.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.8% | 9.3% | 23.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Oman
- 93 Dominican Republic 21.2% compare
- 94 Uruguay 21.2% compare
- 95 South Sudan 21.2% compare
- 97 North Macedonia 20.8% compare
- 98 Latvia 20.6% compare
- 99 Marshall Islands 20.3% compare
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 travel services in Oman?
- Travel services in Oman was 21.1% in 2024, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Oman?
- The highest recorded value was 28.2% in 2002.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Oman?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.8% in 1995.
- How does Oman rank for travel services?
- Oman ranks 96th out of 198 countries with data for 2024.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Oman?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Oman data come from?
- The figures come from Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Travel services (% of commercial service imports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Travel services cover goods and services for own use or to give away acquired from an economy by nonresidents during visits to that economy, or acquired from other economies by residents during visits to these other economies. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service imports which are commercial services provided by non-residents to residents.