Household Spending Survey in Oman 2004-2014

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This paper provides information on household spending in Oman during the period from 2004 to 2014. The information was obtained from various sources found online; much data was taken, for instance, from the National Centre for Statistics and Information (n. pag.), and also other sources. The received data was compiled into a table.

Table 1. Household Spending, Oman, 2004-2014. All the prices are given in OMR and rounded to whole numbers. The percents are rounded to the nearest tenths. Some data has been interpolated from the statistics found on the Internet.

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Food 132
26.2%		 139
26.0%		 147
25.9%		 159
25.6%		 169
25.3%		 179
25.0%		 189
24.7%		 198
24.5%		 206
24.3%		 216
24.2%		 224
24.1%
Clothes 17
3.4%		 17
3.2%		 19
3.3%		 21
3.4%		 24
3.6%		 28
3.9%		 30
3.9%		 31
3.9%		 35
4.1%		 34
3.8%		 35
3.8%
Housing 17
3.4%		 18
3.4%		 20
3.6%		 24
3.8%		 28
4.2%		 31
4.4%		 37
4.9%		 43
5.3%		 47
5.5%		 50
5.6%		 53
5.7%
Water, Electricity, Garbage 16
3.2%		 16
3.0%		 17
3.0%		 17
2.7%		 18
2.7%		 19
2.7%		 20
2.6%		 21
2.6%		 22
2.6%		 23
2.6%		 23
2.5%
Gas and other Fuels 15
2.9%		 14
2.7%		 15
2.7%		 16
2.6%		 17
2.6%		 18
2.5%		 19
2.5%		 21
2.6%		 23
2.7%		 25
2.8%		 28
3.0%
Furnishing 17
3.3%		 18
3.3%		 19 3.4% 20
3.3%		 23
3.5%		 26
3.7%		 30
3.9%		 34
4.2%		 36
4.3%		 38
4.3%		 41
4.4%
Household Equipment and Routine Maintenance of the House 59
11.6%		 63
11.7%		 68
11.9%		 75
12.0%		 81
12.1%		 87
12.2%		 93
12.2%		 102
12.7%		 105
12.4%		 110
12.4%		 115
12.4%
Health 15
3.0%		 13
2.4%		 14
2.4%		 16
2.6%		 16
2.4%		 22
3.1%		 20
2.6%		 19
2.4%		 25
3.0%		 29
3.0%		 29
3.1%
Transport 88
17.5%		 95
17.7%		 101
17.8%		 111
17.9%		 121
18.2%		 132
18.5%		 143
18.7%		 151
18.8%		 160
19.0%		 170
19.1%		 179
19.2%
Communication 10
2.0%		 11
2.0%		 11
1.9%		 11
1.8%		 12
1.8%		 12
1.7%		 13
1.7%		 14
1.7%		 14
1.7%		 15
1.7%		 15
1.6%
Education 35
6.9%		 35
6.5%		 38
6.6%		 40
6.5%		 44
6.6%		 48
6.7%		 51
6.7%		 54
6.7%		 57
6.7%		 59
6.6%		 61
6.6%
Restaurants and Hotels 12
2.4%		 13
2.4%		 14
2.4%		 15
2.4%		 17
2.6%		 19
2.7%		 21
2.8%		 24
3.0%		 26
3.1%		 28
3.1%		 29
3.1%
Miscellaneous 72
14.2%		 84
15.7%		 86
15.1%		 96
15.4%		 96
14.4%		 92
12.9%		 98
12.8%		 94
11.6%		 90
10.6%		 96
10.8%		 98
10.5%
Total Spending, 100% 505 536 569 621 668 714 765 807 847 892 930

During the period in question, Oman has experienced a significant growth of the average household income (Sophia par. 1-3), which allowed the population to increase their spending (“Omani Household Spending Revealed” par. 4), in particular, on cars (Sophia par. 6), restaurants and hotels. It is also evident that Omani started buying accommodations (Sophia par. 4), which means the increase in housing costs, as well as higher furnishing and household equipment spending.

The interpolated data also shows the relative increase in the costs of transport. On the other hand, people started spending relatively less money on food (Muscat Daily par. 2). Clearly, the effect of the increase of the average household income on health expenditures was insignificant; therefore, the household spending on health issues vary from year to year, without apparent dependence on this increase (“Oman – Health Expenditure” n. pag.).

This is further affected by the fact that medical expenditures in Oman are mostly covered by the government (Rogers par. 1). It is also interesting to note that miscellaneous expenditures have decreased gradually, which is possibly due to the housing costs increase in particular.

Works Cited

Muscat Daily. NCSI Survey Shows Omani Households Are Spending Less on Food, More on Lifestyle. 2014. Web.

National Centre for Statistics and Information. Web.

Oman – Health Expenditure. Web.

Omani Household Spending Revealed. 2014. Web.

Rogers, Simon. . 2012. Web.

Sophia, Mary. . 2014. Web.

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