MUSCAT — Oman’s electricity production rose 4.2% year on year in the first nine months of 2026, while water output declined 1.7%, preliminary figures from the National Centre for Statistics and Information showed.
Total electricity generation reached 42,873.4 gigawatt-hours (GWh) through September, up from 41,164.9 GWh in the same period of 2025.
Muscat recorded the fastest growth, with output more than tripling to 749.6 GWh from 244.5 GWh, an increase of 206.6%. Al Dakhiliyah followed with a 45.4% rise to 3,136.7 GWh from 2,157.2 GWh.
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The Al Batinah and Al Dhahirah governorates together remained the largest source of electricity generation, producing 26,071.2 GWh, up 5.6% from 24,687.3 GWh a year earlier.
Output in Dhofar increased 4.5% to 4,811.1 GWh from 4,601.8 GWh, while Al Wusta recorded a 9.3% rise to 141.2 GWh from 129.2 GWh. Musandam’s production edged up 0.7% to 436.6 GWh from 433.7 GWh.
Generation in North Al Sharqiyah and South Al Sharqiyah, however, fell 17.4% to 7,090.6 GWh from 8,587.8 GWh.
Net electricity production, which includes purchases through Oman’s power and water procurement companies, rose 4.4% to 41,721.4 GWh, compared with 39,973.6 GWh a year earlier.
Water production across Oman fell to about 374.3 million cubic metres in the nine-month period, down from 380.8 million cubic metres in 2025.
Muscat’s water output declined 5.4% to approximately 145 million cubic metres from 153.3 million cubic metres.
Dhofar recorded a 3.7% increase to 59.4 million cubic metres from 57.3 million cubic metres, while production in the remaining governorates slipped 0.2% to about 169.9 million cubic metres from 170.2 million cubic metres.
