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Statistics centre counts 75,432 Omanis with disabilities in 2025

The National Centre for Statistics and Information counted 75,432 Omanis with disabilities in 2025, about 2.5 percent of the Omani population and about 9 percent more than in 2024.

People walking together on a Muscat street, including a woman using a wheelchair
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The Oman News Agency report, published by Times of Oman, said 44,916 were male and 30,516 female. 59 percent were under 40. North Al Batinah had the highest count, 16,199. Non-congenital causes accounted for 42,210 cases, 56 percent of the total. Physical disabilities were nearly 28 percent.

The same release said 18,437 Omanis with disabilities were employed, up 10 percent from the year before, and 51,252 people received the disability benefit, with about RO 74 million disbursed. School enrolment of Omanis with disabilities aged 6 and older was 483 in the 2025/2026 year. These figures are the centre’s, as reported; OmanCompass has not recalculated them.

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