According to a data from the National Centre for Statistics and Information, Oman’s expatriate worker population fell by nearly 16 % from the end of 2019 to November 2020.
The data showed a decrease in the rate of foreign workers from 1,71 million at the end of last year to 1,44 million as of November.
Many foreign workers left the Gulf Countries as their economy was simultaneously hit by the coronavirus pandemic and the drop in oil demand and prices that came with it.
The International Labour Organization (ILO) said earlier this year that it expects the rate of expatriates leaving the Gulf countries to be larger than that of the 2008-2009 financial crisis and the 2014-2015drop in oil prices.
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