AI & jobs · Country profile

Oman

High income Capital: Muscat 11 regions
26%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 706K people.
MODEL78th of 183 most exposed World 21%High income 35%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
706K
of 2.8M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
2.7%
75K people
People in workILO
2.8M
14% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
3.3%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
13.9%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$19,947
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
95%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.53
54th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
5.5M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
42%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
4%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
79%

Women and men

MODEL

Based on the real occupation mix of women’s and men’s jobs (ILO).

Women: any exposure 36%
Men: any exposure 24%
Women: highest exposure 4.0%
Men: highest exposure 2.5%

Women are +11.4 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Oman 26%
High income 35%
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 20%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
OmanHigh income average
Digital infrastructure 0.12
Human capital & labour policy 0.16
Innovation & integration 0.13
Regulation & ethics 0.13

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.53 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Oman is highlighted. The other dots are all countries with both measures.

Sources: ILO modelled estimates 2025 · World Bank WDI · IMF AIPI · Anthropic Economic Index · Wikidata · Natural Earth. How the estimates are made.

Regions of Oman