The International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics is one of UNIDO’s major statistical publications. It presents detailed, country-specific, business structure statistics. The Yearbook presents the annual figures on global manufacturing growth and structure.

The International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics is one of UNIDO’s major statistical publications. It presents detailed, country-specific, business structure statistics. The Yearbook presents the annual figures on global manufacturing growth and structure.

This biennial publication provides a unique overview of the role of mining and utility activities in the world economy, presenting detailed time series data on the level, structure and growth of such activities by country and sector. World Statistics on Mining and Utilities offers country level data on the number of establishments, employment and output of activities such as coal, iron ore and crude petroleum mining as well as production and supply of electricity, natural gas and water.

Oman’s economy, like those of its neighbours in the Gulf region, is strongly dependent on hydrocarbon revenues and foreign labor. The manufacturing sector of Oman has a crucial role to play in the structural transformation of the oil-dependent economy towards a sustainable economy that is competitive in productive activities. Forward-looking government policy envisages that the non-oil industrial sector will be one of the main pillars for continued prosperity.

The International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics is a flagship publication of UNIDO and provides economists, planners, policymakers and business people with worldwide statistics on the current performance and trends in the manufacturing sector.