Appendix A. Tables

Table 1. Metric Conversion Coofficients and Factors


When you kow	Multiply by	To find
Millimeters	0.04	inches
Centimeters	0.39	inches
Meters	3.3	feet
Kilometers	0.62	miles
Hectares	2.47	acres
Square kilometers	0.39	square miles
Cubic meters	35.3	cubic feet
Liters	0.26	gallons
Kilograms	2.2	pounds
Metric tons	0.98	long tons
	1.1	short tons
	2,204	pounds
Degrees Celsius (Centigrade)	1.8 and add 32	degrees Fahrenheit

Table 32. Oman: Enrollment in Government Schools by Education Level and Gender, Selected Academic Years, 1975-76 to 1989-90

Education Level	1975-76	1981-82	1985-86	198 8-89	1989- 90
Primary
Males	39,700	65,400	98,000	122,400	129,300
Females	14,800	36,200	77,500	106,300	113,700
Total primary	54,500	101,600	175,500	228,700	243,000
Secondary (lower and upper)
Males	900	12,200	21,600	31,000	35,900
Females	200	4,400	11,100	20,300	25,300
Total secondary (lower and upper)	1,100	16,600	32,700	51,300	61,200
Higher education
Males	143	1,788	6,971	7,490	9,572
Females	57	696	3,763	7,700	9,689
Total higher education	200	2,484	10,734	15,190	19,261

Source: Based on information from Germany, Statistiches Bundesamt, Länderbericht Oman, 1991, Wiesbaden, 1991, 34.

Table 33. Oman: Government Budget, 1987- 921

**(in millions of Omani riyals)2**
	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	19923
Revenues
Oil and gas	1,182	995	1,130	1,588	1,290	1,344
Other	245	203	220	270	281	283
Total revenues	1,428	1,198	1,349	1,859	1,570	1,628
Expenditures
Current
Defense and national security	584	589	601	742	643	665
Civilian	500	535	600	660	674	625
Interest	73	84	95	92	69	100
Other	67	63	66	75	76	83
Total current	1,223	1,271	1,361	1,570	1,463	1,472
Capital
Non-oil	240	204	177	163	241	252
Oil	99	76	94	123	151	157
Lending and equities (net)	16	9	13	14	-1	-6
Total capital	354	289	284	300	390	404
Total expenditures	1,576	1,560	1,645	1,870	1,853	1,876
TOTAL	-149	-362	-296	- 11	-283	-248

1 Figures may not add to totals because of rounding.
2 For value of the Omani riyal--see Glossary.
3 Provisional.

Source: Based on information from Central Bank of Oman, Annual Report, 1991, Muscat, 1992, 41.

Table 34. Oman: Balance of Payments, 1987, 1988, and 1990

**(in millions of United States dollars)**
	1987	1988	1990
Merchandise exports, f.o.b.*	3,805	3,342	5,508
Merchandise imports, f.o.b.	-1,769	-2,107	- 2,519
Trade balance	2,036	1,235	2,989
Services	-558	-824	-949
Transfers	-694	-720	-874
Current account balance	784	-309	1,166
Direct investment in Oman	35	92	141
Other long-term capital of resident official sector	-135	181	-403
Other short-term capital of deposit money banks	-72	-86	-96
Other short-term capital of other sectors	-18	34	-211
Reserves	-108	467	-109
Capital account balance	-298	688	- 678
Errors and omissions (net)	-486	-379	-488

* f.o.b.--free on board.

Source: Based on information from International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook, 1992, Washington, 1993, 520-21.

Table 35. Oman: Major Trading Partners, 1987, 1989, and 1990

**(in millions of United States dollars)**
Country or Region	1987	1989	1990
Exports
Middle East	1,862	3,049	2,984
Asia	454	571	542
Britain	204	158	275
Japan	122	46	96
United States	99	150	168
Africa	61	45	193
West Germany	61	25	31
France	22	26	62
Imports
Middle East	433	632	729
Japan	277	354	455
Britain	268	263	308
Asia	186	219	268
West Germany	146	124	130
United States	122	191	251
France	66	76	115
Africa	2	3	10

Source: Based on information from International Monetary Fund, Direction of Trade Statistics, 1992 Annual, Washington, 1992, 309-10.

Table 36. Oman: Summary of Oil and Gas Statistics, Selected Years, 1988-91

	1988	1989	1990	1991
Crude oil production (in thousands of barrels per day)	621	641	685	708
Crude oil exports (in thousands of barrels per day)	580	592	628	644
National gas production, gross (in billions of cubic meters)	4.9	5.2	5.2	5.3
Natural gas production, marketed (in billions of cubic meters)	2.1	2.3	2.8	3.1

Source: Based on information from Central Bank of Oman, Annual Report, 1991, Muscat, 1992, 31-32; and Le gaz naturel dans le monde, Paris, 1988-91.

Table 37. Oman: Gross Domestic Product by Sector Selected Years, 1987-91

**(in millions of Omani riyals at constant 1978 prices)1**
Sector	1987	1989	1990	199 1
Agriculture	63	75	78	83
Fishing	21	19	19	18
Crude oil	906	1,001	1,071	1,101
Oil refining	5	7	7	8
Natural gas	20	21	22	23
Mining and quarrying	10	10	8	9
Manufacturing	79	81	93	93
Construction	145	111	115	144
Utilities	95	131	157	160
Transportation and communications	80	90	103	113
Trade, restaurants, and hotels	192	228	257	304
Financial and business services and real estate	226	243	281	271
Government and other services	296	321	332	372
Import duties	16	17	18	22
Less imputed bank service charges	- 58	-67	-100	-75
GDP at factor cost2	2,096	2,289	2,461	2,646

1 For value of the Omani riyal--see Glossary.
2 Figures may not add to totals because of rounding.

Source: Based on information from Central Bank of Oman, Annual Report, 1991, Muscat, 1992, 146.