MUSCAT: The number of Indian expats living in Oman has dropped by nearly 35,000 in the last five months, data from the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) has revealed.
The number of Indian expatriates dropped from 617,730 in December 2019 to 582,076 in May 2020.
On Monday, based on the data by NCSI, The Arabian Stories reported a sharp decline in expat population in Oman. Nearly 40,000 expats left the country in two months. The data showed that the number of expatriate workers decreased from 1,662,113 in March 2020 to 1,622,251 by the end of May 2020.
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Meanwhile, Bangladesh nationals continues to be the largest expat community in the country despite a drop in the number. The number of Bangladesh nationals dropped from 630,681 in December 2019 to 599,713 in May 2020.
Pakistanis constituted the third largest community with a population of 200, 683, while Filipinos comes fourth with 48,020.
