Kuwait leads Arab investors in Oman, ranks third globally in FDI flows
Kuwaiti investments touched $3.5 billion as the Sultanate attracts $81.5 billion in Foreign Direct Investment
Kuwait topped the list of Arab countries in total foreign direct investment in the Sultanate of Oman, with a volume of 1.36 billion riyals (about 3.5 billion dollars) at the end of the last quarter of 2025.
According to preliminary statistics issued by the Omani National Center for Statistics and Information, Kuwait came in third place globally in the list of countries investing in the Sultanate, after the United Kingdom, which accounted for about 52% of total foreign investments, with a value of 16.4 billion (about 43 billion dollars), and then the United States with a total investment of 8.5 billion (about 22 billion dollars).
The list indicated that China ranked fourth with approximately 887 million riyals ($2.3 billion), followed by Qatar with approximately 763 million riyals (US$1.981 billion), the UAE with approximately 626 million riyals ($1.625 billion), Bahrain with 528.5 million riyals (US$1.372 billion), and then the Netherlands, Switzerland and India respectively, according to Kuwait News Agency.
Statistics showed that the Sultanate of Oman recorded an 8.1% growth in the volume of foreign direct investments, reaching about 31.4 billion riyals (about 81.5 billion dollars) by the end of the last quarter of last year, compared to the same period in 2024.
It also showed that the oil and gas extraction sector acquired the highest share of foreign direct investment, at 8.09%, followed by the manufacturing sector, then the financial intermediation sector, followed by the real estate, rental and commercial project activities sector, followed by the transport, storage and communications sector, and then the electricity, water, trade, hotels and restaurants and construction sectors respectively.
