🇴🇲 Oman Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇴🇲 Oman OM / OMN #70

Nomad Score 54.0

Cities 10

Region Arab League, Middle East, Arab World, Asia, Asia, Western Asia

Currency OMR

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary Islamic absolute monarchy

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 52/100

Press Freedom (2025) 42.3/100 #134

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.175

HDI 0.858

Regional Blocs AL

🏛 WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

Political Stability (2023) 66th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 70th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 61th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 62th pct

Regulatory Quality (2023) 67th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 21th pct

Source: World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI). Percentile rank among all countries (0=lowest, 100=highest).

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2023) 0.1/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 10.6/100k

Military Spending (2024) 5.6% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary Islamic absolute monarchy

Title	Name
Sultan	Haitham bin Tariq
Crown Prince of Oman	Theyazin bin Haitham

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 52 / 100

Interpretation Moderate corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 42.3 / 100

Global Rank #134 / 180

Rank Change +3 vs previous year

RSF Zone MENA

Political #134 33.1

Economic #98 40.2

Legal #162 26.7

Social #161 31.6

Safety #84 79.9

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.175

Liberal 0.140

Participatory 0.120

Deliberative 0.073

Egalitarian 0.174

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	42.3	134	33.1	40.2	26.7	31.6	79.9
2024	42.5	137	35.9	37.7	26.8	35.7	76.5
2023	37.9	155	36.3	33.8	15.1	38.1	66.1
2022	36.0	163	32.7	24.0	18.4	45.0	59.8
2021	56.6	133	-	-	-	-	100.0
2020	56.6	135	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	56.6	132	-	-	-	-	71.1
2018	59.3	127	-	-	-	-	66.0
2017	59.5	126	-	-	-	-	62.9
2016	59.6	125	-	-	-	-	73.6
2015	61.2	127	-	-	-	-	83.9
2014	61.2	134	-	-	-	-	-
2013	58.5	141	-	-	-	-	-
2012	55.0	119	-	-	-	-	-
2010	40.3	124	-	-	-	-	-
2009	29.5	106	-	-	-	-	-
2008	32.7	123	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index