MUSCAT : Oman provided more than 36,000 job opportunities and over 15,000 vocational training placements linked to employment and workforce replacement during 2025, a senior labour official said on Wednesday.
Ammar Al-Saadi, Director General of the General Directorate of Labour at the Ministry of Labour, said 36,413 job opportunities were generated during the year, alongside 15,069 vocational training opportunities combined with employment and replacement programmes.
Al-Saadi was speaking during the ministry’s annual media briefing, where officials outlined labour market performance, employment policies and ongoing reforms aimed at strengthening workforce participation and aligning skills with market needs.
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He said the figures reflected the government’s continued focus on expanding job creation in both the public and private sectors, while using training programmes as a pathway to sustainable employment and workforce localisation.
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