0.2% (2004 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
13.5% of GDP (2004 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $9.291 billion
expenditures: $8.747 billion, including capital expenditures of NA
(2004 est.)

Public debt:
10.3% of GDP (2004 est.)

Agriculture - products:
dates, limes, bananas, alfalfa, vegetables; camels, cattle; fish

Industries:
crude oil production and refining, natural and liquefied natural
gas (LNG) production, construction, cement, copper, steel,
chemicals, optic fiber

Industrial production growth rate:
-1.2% (2004 est.)

Electricity - production:
9.896 billion kWh (2003)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
9.792 billion kWh (2003)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2002)

Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2002)

Oil - production:
775,000 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - consumption:
54,000 bbl/day (2003 est.)

Oil - exports:
721,000 bbl/day (2004)

Oil - imports:
NA

Oil - proved reserves:
5.5 billion bbl (2003 est.)

Natural gas - production:
13.77 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
6.34 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Natural gas - exports:
7.43 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2001 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:
829.7 billion cu m (2003)

Current account balance:
$2.674 billion (2004 est.)

Exports:
$13.14 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Exports - commodities:
petroleum, reexports, fish, metals, textiles

Exports - partners:
China 29.5%, South Korea 17.5%, Japan 11.5%, Thailand 10.6%, UAE
7.2% (2004)

Imports:
$6.373 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food,
livestock, lubricants

Imports - partners:
UAE 21.2%, Japan 16.6%, UK 8.4%, Italy 6%, Germany 5.1%, US 4.7%
(2004)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$4.144 billion (2004 est.)

Debt - external:
$4.814 billion (2004 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$76.4 million (1995)

Currency (code):
Omani rial (OMR)

Currency code:
OMR

Exchange rates:
Omani rials per US dollar - 0.3845 (2004), 0.3845 (2003), 0.3845
(2002), 0.3845 (2001), 0.3845 (2000)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Oman

Telephones - main lines in use:
233,900 (2002)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
464,900 (2002)

Telephone system: