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Oman
Oman, officially the Sultanate of Oman, is a country in the southeastern Arabian Peninsula in West Asia. It shares land borders with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen, and maritime borders with Iran and Pakistan.
Summary from Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Data refreshed on 2026.10.08 · source: Wikidata
Points to watch 2026.10.09
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Context
Not free according to Freedom House (score 24/100). Freedom House 2025
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The Institute's composite reading
Risque élevé
5.3 /10 risk
- Security 2.0
- Legitimacy 3.4
- Economy 6.3
- Diplomacy 5.0
- Influence 0.8
Security: 0 stable → 10 unstable · others: 0 weak → 10 strong. Computed from V-Dem, FH, CPI, RSF, World Bank, SIPRI, sanctions.
UN list of 2026.10.07: 3 people and 0 entities linked to the country by nationality or a known address. Regime: Libya.
Listings linked to the country by nationality or address: United States 32 (list of 2026.10.02), United Kingdom 3 (list of 2026.10.07), EU 4 (list of 2026.09.22).
- Capital
- Muscat
- Population
- 5,343,630 inh.
- Area
- 309,500 km²
- Currency
- OMR
- Regime
- absolute monarchy
Executive in office
Head of State
Haïtham bin Tariq Al Saïd
Parliament
Conseil consultatif
90 seats
Inception 1981
Conseil de l'État
86 seats
Economic indicators World Bank · 2025
GDP
110 G$
GDP / capita
19,947 $
Growth
2.4 %
Inflation
1.0 %
Unemployment
3.3 %
Defense / GDP
5.6 %
Life expectancy
80.2 yrs
Military bases Institute · Wikipedia
active rotational or scaled down uncertain closed or handed over foreign base on national soil
Register kept by the Institute, updated 2026.10.08; coordinates and links read from Wikipedia.
Foreign bases on national soil 1
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1
UK Joint Logistics Support Base Duqm
United Kingdom · Duqm
Strategic chokepoints 1 control point(s)
- borde (rive sud) Détroit d'Ormuz Avec Iran
Governance indices V-Dem 2025 · Freedom House 2026 · CPI 2025 · RSF 2026
Democracy (V-Dem)
0.17/1
Freedoms (Freedom House)
24/100
Corruption (CPI)
52/100
Press freedom (RSF)
44/100
Military posture SIPRI · 2025
Global spending rank
#42
Annual budget
5.9 Md$
Defense effort
5.7 %PIB
Trade dependencies OEC · UN Comtrade · 2023
Exports
65 Md$
Imports
36 Md$
Balance
29 Md$
Top exports
- 64.0% Pétrole brut + raffiné 42 Md$
- 11.0% Gaz naturel (LNG) 7 Md$
Top imports
- 8.5% Voitures 3 Md$
Export partners
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Chine
41.5%
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Inde
8.5%
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Corée du Sud
5.5%
Import partners
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Émirats arabes unis
28.0%
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Chine
8.0%
Diplomatic alignment UNGA 2020-2024 · Bailey-Strezhnev-Voeten
Vote concordance with each power at UN General Assembly.
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USA
38%
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GBR
41%
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FRA
44%
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DEU
44%
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RUS
56%
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CHN
70%
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IRN
60%
Abstention: 21%
Society · human UNDP HDI 2023 · World Bank · WID · UNHCR 2025
HDI
0.858/1
Refugees hosted
289
Refugees originating
133
National anthem
Nashid as-Salaam as-Sultani
Alliances and organisations Institut · Wikidata
- UN
- WTO
- Arab League
- OIC
- GCC
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Global attention Wikipedia · 90 days
The country's Wikipedia article is usually read 3,907 times a day (French and English). On 2026.10.07: 4,433, or ×1.2.
French + English French usual level 2026.07.10 · 2026.10.07 Wikimedia statistics (CC0), human users
Sources and freshness
- Executive, government, parliament, anthem · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-10-08
- Economy · World Bank (CC BY 4.0) · 2025
- Indices and figures · V-Dem 2026 (OWID) · Freedom House 2026 (OWID) · Transparency International CPI 2025 · RSF 2026 · PNUD IDH 2025 (OWID) · UNHCR 2025 · SIPRI 2026 (OWID) · read on 2026-10-08
- Memberships · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-10-08
- UN sanctions · Security Council consolidated list · list of 2026-10-07 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · US Treasury (OFAC), SDN and non-SDN lists · list of 2026-10-02 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · United Kingdom, UK Sanctions List (FCDO) · list of 2026-10-07 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · European Union, consolidated financial sanctions list · list of 2026-09-22 · read on 2026-10-08
- Institute dossier (sanctions, treaties, visits, capabilities) · as of 2026-05-01
- Summary · Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)