MUSCAT: The total government spending on health sector amounted to 7.4 per cent in 2020, while the contribution of the health sector to the gross domestic product (GDP) amounted to 3.9 per cent (OMR 954.1 million).
According to the report issued by the National Centre for Stastics and Information (NCSI), the average monthly expenditure of Omani families on healthcare amounted to OMR 9 in 2018-2019.
Meanwhile, the number of healthcare institutions in Oman also reached 1,587 in 2020, of which 64 per cent are private clinics. According to NCSI, the Omanisation rate in both government and private healthcare institutions also increased by seven per cent from 2016 to 2020.
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