Oman vs Saudi Arabia: Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates

Oman

3.3%

in 2024

Saudi Arabia

3.2%

in 2025

Oman rank

138th

Saudi Arabia rank

141st

Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates over time

Oman
Saudi Arabia

How they compare

Oman currently reports 3.3% against 3.2% in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 10 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Oman ahead.

Oman ranks 138th and Saudi Arabia ranks 141st of 185 countries.

Individual pages

Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates in Oman
Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates in Saudi Arabia
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates
Unit: %
Source: Labour Force Statistics, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 185 places, 5,169 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon. Figures refer to national estimates and may not be fully comparable across countries.