Oman's trade in services (% of GDP) was 17.1% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 0.24 percentage points from 17.34% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 17.1% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 14.1% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 17.34% | 2015 |
| Highest | 19.32% | 2019 |
| Lowest | 5.91% | 1990 |
| Average since 2016 | 16.63% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 7.33% | 1978 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Oman's trade in services (% of GDP) fell 0.1 percentage points on 2024 (from 17.2% to 17.1%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.37 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.96 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 4.09 percentage points in 1998 and the biggest yearly fall was 5.21 percentage points in 2020. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 10% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Oman had the 83rd highest value of the 135 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Oman | 17.1% | 2025 |
| World | 15.19% | 2025 |
| High income | 18.51% | 2025 |
Closest to Oman in the 2025 ranking
- Korea, Rep. — 80th of 135: 17.88%
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 81st of 135: 17.43%
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 82nd of 135: 17.15%
- Cambodia — 84th of 135: 16.72%
- Mozambique — 85th of 135: 16.53%
- Burundi — 86th of 135: 16.48%
What this measures
Total trade in services includes services provided by residents to non-residents plus services provided by non-residents to residents. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 48 values
| Year | Trade in services (% of GDP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 17.1 |
| 2024 | 17.2 |
| 2023 | 17.24 |
| 2022 | 13.98 |
| 2021 | 13.08 |
| 2020 | 14.1 |
| 2019 | 19.32 |
| 2018 | 18.08 |
| 2017 | 18.31 |
| 2016 | 17.92 |
| 2015 |
Trade in services (% of GDP) in nearby economies
More economic policy & debt data for Oman
- GDP (current US$) — US$109.61 billion (2025)
- GDP (current LCU) — 42.14 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$93.82 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant LCU) — 39.3 billion (2025)
- GDP per capita (current US$) — US$19,947 (2025)
- GDP per capita (current LCU) — 7,670 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$17,074 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 7,151 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$) — US$3.08 billion (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU) — 1.18 billion (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Oman's trade in services (% of GDP)?
- 17.1% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1978?
- It is up 9.77 percentage points from 7.33% in 1978. The highest value was 19.32% in 2019 and the lowest 5.91% in 1990.
- How does Oman rank?
- 83rd highest of 135 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in trade in services (% of GDP) unusual for Oman?
- In 2025, Oman's trade in services (% of GDP) fell 0.1 percentage points on 2024 (from 17.2% to 17.1%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.37 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.96 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator BG.GSR.NFSV.GD.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF); World Development Indicators Database, World Bank (WB); National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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