The total number of vehicles registered in the Sultanate of Oman reached 1,667,393 by the end of 2023, according to the latest data issued by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI).

Vehicles with private registration constituted 79.6% of the total vehicles registered in Oman, to stand at 1,326,587, while the number of vehicles with commercial registration reached 244,486.

Meanwhile, taxi vehicles reached 27,881. The number of rental vehicles reached 33,861. The number of government vehicles stood at 11,636 and motorbikes stood at 7,074.

The number of driving school vehicles stood at 5,417, and the number of vehicles with temporary registration (temporary inspection, export and import) stood at 8,296.

Moreover, the number of tractors stood at 1,270 and vehicles with diplomatic entity registrations stood at 885.

Among colors, white was the most preferred color for vehicles in Oman with 712,073. Silver was the second choice with 214,517, while gray came as the third most prominent vehicle color with about 153,832 vehicles.

The number of registered vehicles in terms of engine capacity between 1,500 and 3,000 ccs reached 902,244 vehicles, while the number of vehicles of engine capacity between 3,001 and 4500 ccs reached 374,875 vehicles and 211,163 vehicles with an engine capacity of more than 4,500 ccs, and 131,101 vehicles with an engine capacity of less than 1,500 ccs. The number of vehicles without an engine (vehicle designed and manufactured to be towed or towed by another vehicle) reached 48,010 vehicles.

As for vehicles registered per weight, the number of vehicles weighing less than 3 tons stood at 1,510,013, over 10 tons stood at 71,393, between 3-7 tons stood at 48,512 and between 7-10 tons stood at 37,475.