Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Oman
Oman: Travel services (% of commercial service imports) was 22.8% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Travel services in Oman, 1980–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service imports.
Analysis
Oman recorded 22.8% for travel services in 2025.
That represents a change of up 8.3% on the previous year and up 27.2% 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 81st of 198 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 46 years of available data.
Travel services (% of commercial service imports) 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 | 21.0% | -8.6% |
| 2025 | 22.8% | +8.3% |
Oman compared with similar countries
- Oman's 22.8% is above the median for high income countries, which is 21.8%, 1.0× the median. (72 countries reporting)
- Oman's 22.8% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 23.9%, 95% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services (% of commercial service imports) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +452.4% | 4.8% | 26.2% |
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 | 17.8% | 9.3% | 23.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Oman
More private sector data for Oman
- Merchandise trade 91.0% (2025)
- Food imports 14.9% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 55.6% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 44.50 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 12.82 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 4.3% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 17.3% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 55.28 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 5.71 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 10,060 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Oman?
- Travel services in Oman was 22.8% in 2025, 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 81st out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Oman?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.2%. 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.