COMCEC Transport and Communications
Outlook 2018
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Oman
Population (million people) 4.5 2015
GDP (current million US$) 70,255 2015
GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2011 international $) 35,983 2015
Global Competitiveness Index 4.28 2016
Logistics performance index: Overall (1=low to 5=high) 3.23 2016
Quality of overall infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 4.88 2016
Quality of roads, 1-7 (best) 5.51 2016
Quality of railroad infrastructure, 1-7 (best) N/A 2016
Quality of port infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 4.58 2016
Quality of air transport infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 4.74 2016
Liner shipping connectivity index 47.35 2016
Burden of customs procedure, (7=extremely efficient) 4.35 2015
Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units) 3,620,364 2014
Merchant fleet by flag of registration, number of ships 39 2016
Merchant fleet by flag of registration, tonnage 711 2016
Container penetration (incl. transhipment) TEU/1,000 capita 855 2014
Motorways (Km)
Highways, main or national roads (Km)
Secondary or regional roads (Km)
Other roads (Km)
Total length of roads (Km) 64,051 2013
Paved roads (%) 51 2013
Paved roads (Km) 32,605 2013
Non-paved roads (Km) 31,446 2013
Length of roads by GDP per capita (Km/$) 2.9 2013
Road network density (km/1,000 population) 14.26 2013
Density of roads (Km/Km2) 0.21 2013
Vehicle ownership (vehicle/1,000 population) 298 2013
Estimated road deaths annually 924 2013
Mortality rate [deaths/100,000 population] 25.4 2013
Rail lines (total route-km)
Rail network density (km/100,000 km2 land area)
Rail network density (km/1 million population)
Railways, goods transported (million ton-km)
Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km)
Air transport, freight (million ton-km) 412.2 2015
Air transport, passengers carried 6,365,784 2015
Per capita air passengers 1.418 2015
CO2 emissions of transport per capita
CO2 emissions from transport (% of total fuel combustion) 21.3 2013
Fixed-telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 9.80 2016
Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 159.22 2016
Fixed-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 6.19 2016
Percentage of individuals using the Internet 69.82 2016