Photo: Alfred Weidinger from Vienna, Austria derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale
Topic 17 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Oman: Digital & Technology
How ready is a country to use, make and trade technology?
Oman is placed 80th of 198 countries on digital & technology in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: GovTech Maturity Index 0.854 (2025); Government AI Readiness Index 56.29 (2025).
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Digital & Technology
80th
of 198 countries placed
Placed from 4 of 4 key statistics
- 0.854GovTech Maturity Index, 2025GTMI score (0–1)
- 56.29Government AI Readiness Index, 2025AI readiness score (0–100)
- 0.201Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2025Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity
- 12.85Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports, 2024Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports)
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Oman on digital & technology — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
0.854
GTMI score (0–1)
Higher is better
Oman: 0.854. Across the 196 countries in this edition, values run from 0.01 (North Korea) to 0.997 (South Korea); the world median is 0.63.
- World median
- 0.63
- Best in Western Asia
- 0.996 Saudi Arabia
- Land neighbours
- United Arab Emirates 0.918 · Saudi Arabia 0.996 · Yemen 0.072
56.29
AI readiness score (0–100)
Higher is better
Ranked 61st of 195 by Oxford Insights
Oman: 56.29. Across the 195 countries in this edition, values run from 12.12 (Guinea-Bissau) to 88.36 (United States); the world median is 40.19.
- World median
- 40.19
- Best in Western Asia
- 71.57 Saudi Arabia
- Land neighbours
- United Arab Emirates 69.86 · Saudi Arabia 71.57 · Yemen 14.48
Key 3 of 4
Government Cyber Security Capacity
V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY-SA 4.0
0.201
Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity
Higher is better
Oman: 0.201. Across the 176 countries in this edition, values run from -2.66 (Liberia) to 3.715 (Estonia); the world median is 0.196.
- World median
- 0.196
- Best in Western Asia
- 3.497 Israel
- Land neighbours
- United Arab Emirates 1.897 · Saudi Arabia 1.76 · Yemen -1.301
Key 4 of 4
Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
12.85
Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports)
Higher is better
Oman: 12.85. Across the 170 countries in this edition, values run from 0.377 (Gambia) to 87.15 (Ireland); the world median is 25.42.
- World median
- 25.42
- Best in Western Asia
- 82.14 Israel
- Land neighbours
- United Arab Emirates 27.7 · Saudi Arabia 7.429
02Over time
Which way Oman is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Government AI Readiness Index
AI readiness score (0–100) · higher is better
OmanWorld median
Oman rose from 52.1 in 2020 to 56.29 in 2025; the world median went from 39.58 to 40.19.
Every year’s figures
Year Oman World median 2025 56 40.2 2024 63 43.3 2023 59 41.4 2022 58 40.3 2021 57 44.1 2020 52 39.6 Government Cyber Security Capacity
Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity · higher is better
OmanWorld median
Oman rose from -0.294 in 2000 to 0.201 in 2025; the world median went from -0.514 to 0.196.
Every year’s figures
Year Oman World median 2025 0.2 0.20 2024 0.2 0.11 2023 0.2 0.14 2022 0.2 0.16 2021 -0.1 0.12 2020 -0.1 0.12 2019 -0.1 0.10 2018 -0.1 -0.05 2017 -0.1 -0.08 2016 -0.1 -0.10 2015 -0.1 -0.17 2014 -0.1 -0.21 2013 -0.1 -0.21 2012 -0.1 -0.25 2011 -0.1 -0.32 2010 -0.1 -0.31 2009 -0.1 -0.50 2008 -0.1 -0.51 2007 -0.1 -0.51 2006 -0.1 -0.55 2005 -0.1 -0.55 2004 -0.3 -0.55 2003 -0.3 -0.55 2002 -0.3 -0.51 2001 -0.3 -0.51 2000 -0.3 -0.51 Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports) · higher is better
OmanWorld median
Oman rose from 9.533 in 2010 to 12.85 in 2024; the world median went from 19.88 to 25.42.
Every year’s figures
Year Oman World median 2024 12.852 25.42 2023 12.836 26.03 2022 16.961 26.04 2021 23.209 29.80 2020 20.148 29.47 2019 8.927 18.36 2018 8.749 20.09 2017 7.924 18.32 2016 8.517 18.15 2015 8.423 19.57 2014 9.129 21.00 2013 9.261 20.50 2012 7.465 19.56 2011 7.457 19.21 2010 9.533 19.88
03In context
Oman beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 198 countries on digital & technology, never a place within the region.
Oman and the countries it borders
Standing among all 198; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | GovTech Maturity IndexGTMI score (0–1) | Government AI Readiness IndexAI readiness score (0–100) | Government Cyber Security CapacityOriginal latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity | Digitally-Deliverable Services ExportsDigitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 United Arab Emirates | 26th | 0.918 | 69.86 | 1.897 | 27.7 |
 Saudi Arabia | 45th | 0.996 | 71.57 | 1.76 | 7.429 |
| Oman | 80th | 0.854 | 56.29 | 0.201 | 12.85 |
 Yemen | 198th | 0.072 | 14.48 | -1.301 | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Western Asia
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 198.
Placed either side on digital & technology
The countries immediately above and below Oman in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Oman is ahead of the world, and behind
18 more statistics filed under digital & technology, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median8
Statistics on which Oman does better than the middle country measured.
Mobile Phone OwnershipWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 91.6898.1891.68No earlier reading
Oman: 98.18 · world median 91.68 · Adults who own a mobile phone (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 45.83 to 100; higher is better.
Position 13th of 140 · derived.
Smartphone OwnershipWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 78.7889.1378.78No earlier reading
Oman: 89.13 · world median 78.78 · Adults whose main mobile phone is a smartphone (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 8.663 to 97.36; higher is better.
Position 25th of 140 · derived.
Internet Use Among AdultsWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 83.0592.4883.05No earlier reading
Oman: 92.48 · world median 83.05 · Adults who used the internet in the past three months (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 11.06 to 99.12; higher is better.
Position 31st of 140 · derived.
Primary Schools with Internet for TeachingUIS · 2024 · world median 98.6610098.66No real change since 2016
Oman: 100 · world median 98.66 · Primary schools with internet access for teaching (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100; higher is better.
AI User Share of the Working-Age PopulationMicrosoft AI Economy Institute · 2026 · world median 15.4527.615.45No real change since 2025
Oman: 27.6 · world median 15.45 · Generative-AI users (% of population aged 15–64). Microsoft AI Economy Institute, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 6.1 to 73.3; higher is better.
Made or Received a Digital PaymentWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 51.6560.4451.65No earlier reading
Oman: 60.44 · world median 51.65 · Adults who made or received a digital payment in the past year (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 12.26 to 94.91; higher is better.
Position 36th of 98 · derived.
Firms Experiencing Internet DisruptionsWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 32.3526.9232.35No earlier reading
Oman: 26.92 · world median 32.35 · Firms that experienced internet outages or slow-downs (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0.735 to 82.39; lower is better.
Position 103rd of 163 · derived, 1st = worst.
Frontier Technology Readiness IndexUNCTAD · 2023 · world median 0.4850.5510.485▲ Improved since 2013
Oman: 0.551 · world median 0.485 · Frontier Technology Readiness Index (0–1). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 1; higher is better.
Position 70th of 170 · derived.
Behind the world median5
Statistics on which Oman does worse than the middle country measured.
Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic)V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median -0.114-0.264-0.114▲ Improved since 2015
Oman: -0.264 · world median -0.114 · Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.2); higher = less disinformation. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.392 to 2.93; higher is better.
Position 97th of 176 · derived.
Share of Firms' Payments Made ElectronicallyWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 64.2258.9464.22No earlier reading
Oman: 58.94 · world median 64.22 · Payments made electronically in a typical month, excluding payroll and payments to government (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 2.172 to 99.91; higher is better.
Firms with Their Own WebsiteWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 62.3947.2962.39No earlier reading
Oman: 47.29 · world median 62.39 · Firms with their own website (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 1.824 to 97.88; higher is better.
Position 126th of 181 · derived.
Government Internet ShutdownsV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 1.023-0.4841.023▲ Improved since 2015
Oman: -0.484 · world median 1.023 · Original latent estimate (≈ −4 to +2); higher = fewer shutdowns. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.547 to 2.081; higher is better.
Position 129th of 176 · derived.
Government Social Media CensorshipV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 0.505-1.2820.505No real change since 2015
Oman: -1.282 · world median 0.505 · Original latent estimate (≈ −4.5 to +2.4); higher = less censorship. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.721 to 2.295; higher is better.
Position 151st of 176 · derived.
No better end5
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Share of Graduates from ICT ProgrammesUIS · 2023 · world median 5.6019.3115.601Moved since 2015
Oman: 9.311 · world median 5.601 · Tertiary graduates from ICT programmes (% of all graduates). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 17.19.
GitHub DevelopersGitHub · 2026 · world median 84,67095,17084,670Moved since 2020
Oman: 95,170 · world median 84,670 · Developer accounts located in the economy (as of quarter end). GitHub, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 110 to 32,410,529.
GitHub RepositoriesGitHub · 2026 · world median 141,454128,017141,454Moved since 2020
Oman: 128,017 · world median 141,454 · Public repositories located in the economy (as of quarter end). GitHub, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 142 to 77,284,974.
Anthropic AI Usage IndexAnthropic · 2026 · world median 0.960.730.96No earlier reading
Oman: 0.73 · world median 0.96 · Claude usage index (1 = in proportion to working-age population). Anthropic, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0.07 to 6.4.
GitHub Git PushesGitHub · 2025 · world median 148,71475,931148,714Moved since 2020
Oman: 75,931 · world median 148,714 · Git pushes during the quarter. GitHub, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1,967 to 40,768,192.
No current reading for Oman
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index, ICT Goods Exports (last 2023) and ICT Services Exports (last 2023). Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Digital & Technology among Oman’s 15 topics
Digital & Technology is Oman’s 6th best-placed topic of 15. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Work & Labour43rd of 1824/4 keys
- Mobility & Trade57th of 1773/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeing69th of 2003/4 keys
- Development & Human Capitaljoint 76th of 1963/3 keys
- Food & Agriculture72nd of 1844/4 keys
- Digital & Technology80th of 1984/4 keys
- Governance & Institutions90th of 1944/4 keys
- Peace & Security83rd of 1774/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation92nd of 1763/4 keys
- Risk & Resiliencejoint 104th of 1934/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge119th of 1982/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties127th of 1984/4 keys
- Energyjoint 108th of 1653/3 keys
- Gender & Equality176th of 1832/4 keys
- Environment & Sustainability181st of 1864/4 keys
No standing on Poverty & Inequality: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on digital & technology
The three countries placed highest of 198, and the leaders Oman can most readily be measured against.
=1
EstoniaNorthern Europe
Joint 1st of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Andrus Uuetalu derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0 ee, greyscale
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South KoreaEastern Asia
Joint 1st of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Unknown author · CC BY-SA 2.0, greyscale
3
SingaporeSouth-eastern Asia
3rd of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Khairul Nizam . · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Asia
South Korea=1st4/4 keysHighest in Western Asia
Israel13th4/4 keysThis page
Oman80th4/4 keys
Positions out of 198 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Questions
Oman on digital & technology: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Oman rank on digital & technology?
Oman is placed 80th of 198 countries on Digital & Technology in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics (GovTech Maturity Index, Government AI Readiness Index, Government Cyber Security Capacity and Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest GovTech Maturity Index figure for Oman?
0.854 in 2025 (gTMI score (0–1)), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 0.63.
What is the latest Government AI Readiness Index figure for Oman?
56.29 in 2025 (aI readiness score (0–100)), according to Oxford Insights. The world median in the same edition was 40.19.
How does Oman compare with Yemen on digital & technology?
Yemen is placed 198th of 198, and Oman 80th. GovTech Maturity Index: Yemen 0.072, Oman 0.854; Government AI Readiness Index: Yemen 14.48, Oman 56.29; Government Cyber Security Capacity: Yemen -1.301, Oman 0.201.
How have Oman’s digital & technology figures changed?
Government AI Readiness Index rose from 52.1 in 2020 to 56.29 in 2025; Government Cyber Security Capacity rose from -0.294 in 2000 to 0.201 in 2025; Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports rose from 9.533 in 2010 to 12.85 in 2024.
Which digital & technology statistics are missing for Oman?
No current reading is published for Oman on Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index, ICT Goods Exports and ICT Services Exports. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
08Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Broadband and mobile subscriptions, connection speeds and the cost of getting online are absent, for the licence reason above; internet use and phone ownership, from the World Bank’s own household survey, and firms’ websites and internet disruptions, from its Enterprise Surveys, are published here as context. The ICT share of goods exports votes under Mobility & Trade. Digital public services and data-protection law are not held yet. Research and development spending is filed under Education & Knowledge, and what an economy knows how to make is under Economy & Innovation.
How the Digital & Technology standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The digital & technology method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- GovTech Maturity Index — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Government AI Readiness Index — Oxford Insights, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Government Cyber Security Capacity — V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
The other 18 statistics on this page come from 7 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Oman’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Oman (banner) — Alfred Weidinger from Vienna, Austria derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY 2.0
- Estonia — Andrus Uuetalu derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0 ee
- South Korea — Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Singapore — Khairul Nizam ., CC BY 2.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Oman: Digital & Technology — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/oman/digital