What is life expectancy in Oman?

Life expectancy in Oman was 80.03 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.

What is the highest life expectancy recorded in Oman?

The highest recorded value was 80.03 years in 2023.

What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Oman?

The lowest recorded value was 29.3 years in 1950.

How does Oman rank for life expectancy?

Oman ranks 57th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Is life expectancy rising or falling in Oman?

Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Oman data come from?

The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Life expectancy in Oman

Name: Life expectancy in Oman
Creator: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Oman: Life expectancy was 80.03 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

80.03 years

Change on year

up 2.7%

World rank

57th

of 236 countries

All-time high

80.03 years

in 2023

All-time low

29.3 years

in 1950

Years of data

1950–2023

Life expectancy in Oman, 1950–2023

Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

Oman recorded 80.03 years for life expectancy in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.

That represents a change of up 2.7% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy in Oman peaked at 80.03 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 29.3 years, in 1950.

Oman ranks 57th of 236 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1950s	31.67 years	29.3 years	34.55 years	10
1960s	40.33 years	35.43 years	45.62 years	10
1970s	52.23 years	46.64 years	58.33 years	10
1980s	64.45 years	59.6 years	68.39 years	10
1990s	71.26 years	69.01 years	73.28 years	10
2000s	75 years	73.64 years	76.63 years	10
2010s	78.93 years	77.18 years	79.95 years	10
2020s	77.92 years	75.97 years	80.03 years	4

Countries ranked near Oman

54 Cayman Islands 80.36 years compare
55 Saint Martin (French part) 80.22 years compare
56 Faroe Islands 80.18 years compare
58 Czechia 79.83 years compare
59 Jersey 79.71 years compare
60 Albania 79.6 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More health data for Oman

Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 36,638 (2025)
Age population, age 16, male, interpolated 34,981 (2025)
Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 33,459 (2025)
Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 36,793 (2025)
Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 35,415 (2025)
Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 37,789 (2025)
Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 43,120 (2025)
Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 46,066 (2025)
Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 41,345 (2025)
Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 30,266 (2025)

All data for Oman →

Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy in Oman?: Life expectancy in Oman was 80.03 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest life expectancy recorded in Oman?: The highest recorded value was 80.03 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Oman?: The lowest recorded value was 29.3 years in 1950.
How does Oman rank for life expectancy?: Oman ranks 57th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy rising or falling in Oman?: Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Oman data come from?: The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Life expectancy
Unit: years
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 19,452 data points, 1543–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.