Unemployment Rate, Male (As % of Male Labour Force) rose 2.09% to 1.71% in Oman in 2021, according to World Bank.
Historically, Unemployment Rate, Male (As % of Male Labour Force) in Oman reached an all time high of 3.43% in 1994 and an all time low of 0.904% in 2018. When compared to Oman's main peers, Unemployment Rate, Male (As % of Male Labour Force) in Iran amounted to 9.89%, 3.72% in Saudi Arabia, 2.38% in United Arab Emirates and 12.4% in Yemen in 2021.
Oman has been ranked 165th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of Unemployment Rate, Male (As % of Male Labour Force), 18 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Unemployment Rate, Male (As % of Male Labour Force) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Bahrain | % | 0.478% | 0.479% | 0.483% | 0.503% | 0.509% | ||||||||||||||||
| Djibouti | % | 22.8% | 22.6% | 22.4% | 22.6% | 22.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Eritrea | % | 5.02% | 5.10% | 5.19% | 5.25% | 5.32% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | % | 9.43% | 10.7% | 10.3% | 10.5% | 9.11% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | % | 8.50% | 8.51% | 10.3% | 10.2% | 10.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Jordan | % | 10.8% | 13.1% | 15.8% | 16.9% | 15.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Oman | % | 1.99% | 1.77% | 1.36% | 0.904% | 0.945% | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | % | 2.82% | 3.24% | 3.59% | 3.96% | 3.38% | ||||||||||||||||
| Qatar | % | 0.062% | 0.062% | 0.062% | 0.052% | 0.071% | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | % | 2.49% | 2.56% | 3.21% | 2.94% | 2.16% | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkmenistan | % | 5.29% | 5.31% | 5.34% | 5.35% | 5.37% | ||||||||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | % | 1.25% | 1.12% | 1.47% | 1.49% | 1.48% | ||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | % | 12.6% | 12.3% | 12.2% | 12.1% | 12.0% |
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