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Embracing Digitalization to Accelerate Oman's Economic Transformation Mohamed Belkhir SIP/2025/036IMF Selected Issues Papers are prepared by IMF staff as background documentation for periodic consultations with member countries. It is based on the information available at the time it was completed on December 18, 2024. This paper is also published separately as IMF Country Report No 25/14. 2025 APR © 2025 International Monetary Fund SIP/2025/036 IMF Selected Issues Paper Middle East and Central Asia Department Embracing Digitalization to Accelerate Oman's Economic Transformation By Mohamed Belkhir Authorized for distribution by Cesar Serra April 2025 IMF Selected Issues Papers are prepared by IMF staff as background documentation for periodic consultations with member countries. It is based on the information available at the time it was completed on December 18, 2024. ABSTRACT: Motivated by Oman’s economic transformation agenda, this paper: (i) takes stock of the state of digitalization in Oman; (ii) provides an illustration of potential gains from enhanced digitalization; and (iii) highlights policy priorities that can support the authorities endeavors in advancing their digitalization agenda. The findings suggest that while Oman has progressed well on some aspects of digitalization, it still needs to deploy additional investments and efforts to match its GCC peers on several other aspects and accelerate its economic transformation. RECOMMENDED CITATION: Belkhir, Mohamed 2025. “Embracing Digitalization to Accelerate Oman's Economic Transformation” IMF Selected Issues Paper (SIP/2025/036). Washington, D.C.: International Monetary Fund. JEL Classification Numbers: J24, L16, O24, O30, O53 Keywords: Oman, GCC, Digitalization, economic transformation. Author’s E-Mail Address: mbelkhir@imf.org SELECTED ISSUES PAPERS Embracing Digitalization to Accelerate Oman's Economic Transformation Oman Prepared by Mohamed Belkhir Oman has set digitalization as a key pillar of its economic transformation agenda—Oman Vision 2040 —, with various strategic initiatives being deployed to achieve the overarching goal of increasing the contribution of the digital economy to overall gross domestic product from its current level of about 2 percent to 10 percent by 2040. This paper: (i) takes stock of the state of digitalization in Oman, with a view of identifying areas of strength, but also pointing to gaps, notably relative to regional peers; (ii) provides an illustration of potential gains from enhanced digitalization; and (iii) highlights policy priorities that can support the authorities endeavors in advancing their digitalization agenda. The findings suggest that while Oman has progressed well on some aspects of digitalization, such as internet penetration and 4G and 5G population coverage, it still needs to deploy additional investments and efforts to match its GCC peers on several other aspects. Further efforts are particularly needed to raise internet connect