Saturday 17 / October / 2026
Muscat: The number of employed Omani women reached 270,696 in 2025, marking a 9 percent increase compared to the previous year, according to data released by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI).
The data showed that Oman had 2,115,212 females in 2025, including 1,510,248 Omani women, who accounted for 71 percent of the total. Young women aged 18–29 constituted 18 percent of Omani women. Projections indicate that the number of Omani women will reach approximately 1,998,744 by 2040.
Economic participation among Omani women aged 15 and above rose to 32.9 percent in 2025, up from 32.4 percent in 2024. Working women accounted for about 85 percent of economically active Omani women, while females represented around 30 percent of employed Omanis aged 15 and above.
Around 25 percent of employed Omani women worked in specialist professions in scientific, technical and human fields. The number of newly appointed Omani women reached 31,808 during 2025.
In healthcare, the total fertility rate among Omani women aged 15–49 remained at 2.8 births in 2025. Births under specialised medical supervision accounted for 99.9 percent of the total. Meanwhile, maternal mortality declined from 14.5 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2024 to 11.3 in 2025. Live births to mothers aged 40–44 increased by approximately 11 percent.
In education, 248,855 Omani females aged 10 and above were enrolled in school during the 2025/2026 academic year. Enrolment in adult education and literacy centres stood at 3,987, down 12 percent from the previous academic year.
The number of Omani women enrolled in higher education reached 79,250 in the 2024/2025 academic year, an increase of 5 percent year-on-year. The number holding postgraduate qualifications rose by approximately 11 percent, while 4.8 percent of Omani women aged 10 and above had no educational qualifications in 2025.
Regarding marital status, the overall marriage rate rose to 5.7 in 2025, compared with 4.5 in 2024, while the divorce rate remained stable at 1.
Ownership indicators also recorded growth, with the number of Omani women owning one or more plots of land increasing by 2 percent, residential property ownership rising by 3 percent, and vehicle ownership growing by 4 percent compared with the previous year.
In social protection, 743,023 Omani women benefited from various social protection benefits in 2025, accounting for approximately half of all beneficiaries.
The benefits included 616,446 recipients of child benefits, 5,076 of orphan benefits, 5,686 of widow benefits, 95,576 of elderly benefits and 20,239 of disability benefits. Women accounted for 9 percent of beneficiaries of widow benefits, while they represented 36 percent of maternity benefit recipients.
