Oman’s public revenues rise 16% to $25.6bn in first 9 months of 2026

JEDDAH: Oman’s public revenues rose 16 percent year on year to 9.83 billion Omani rials ($25.56 billion) in the first nine months of 2026, while the state budget recorded a surplus of 90 million rials, official data revealed.

The increase in revenues, compared with 8.48 billion rials in the same period of 2025, was mainly attributable to higher oil and non-oil revenues, according to the Financial Performance Bulletin issued by the Ministry of Finance and carried by Oman News Agency.

Public expenditure reached 9.74 billion rials by the end of the third quarter, up 824 million rials, or 9 percent, compared with 8.91 billion rials during the same period in 2025, reflecting increases across all expenditure items.