Currency · Live data
Omani Rial
OMROman · Issued by Central Bank of Oman
Price (USD)
$2.6008
Inflation (2024)
+0.59%
10y M2 change
+163%
M69 Score
83.5
USD-pegged
Market Cap (USD)
$41.79B
via M2 · 2017
M2 (local currency)
16.07B OMR
current LCU
CPI YoY (2024)
+0.59%
World Bank · annual
Country
Oman
ISO 4217 · OMR
Last Update
2026-04-25
Daily ingest · 02:00 UTC
Omani Rial M2 money supply
Broad money in OMR (cash + deposits + close substitutes), annual back to ~1960 via World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.CN. Log scale auto-engages for hyperinflation outliers.
Omani Rial inflation history
Annual CPI YoY since 2001 — World Bank consumer price index for Oman. Inflation volatility is one of three inputs into the Money2069 sound-money score.
Purchasing power calculator
How much would your Omani Rial be worth today if you'd held it since…?
100 OMR in 2001 buys today
38.12 OMRworth of goods
Lost 62% of purchasing power since 2001.
To match 2001 purchasing power, you need today
262.31 OMR
46 years of cumulative inflation.
Calculation: cumulative product of (1 + CPI YoY) from the chosen year through 2024. Source: World Bank consumer price index (annual). Daily-refreshed.
Data sources & methodology
- FX (USD):
- Frankfurter / ECB · daily
- CPI YoY:
- World Bank FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · annual
- M2 broad money:
- World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.CN · annual (LCU)
- Market cap (USD):
- M2 / FX rate · daily
- 10-year M2 change:
- (M2 today / M2 10y ago) − 1
- M69 score:
- Weighted: CPI (50%), 10y M2 growth (40%), 1y FX stability (10%)
- Last fetched:
- 2026-04-25 15:54:29
- Country code (ISO 3166-1):
- OMN
Note: USD-pegged
Raw data: /api/v1/currencies/current/OMR
Frequently asked questions
Who issues the Omani Rial?+
The Omani Rial (OMR) is issued by Central Bank of Oman. As the monetary authority for Oman, it sets policy interest rates, manages foreign reserves, and controls the money supply.
What is the inflation rate of the Omani Rial?+
Latest available consumer price inflation for the Omani Rial: 0.59% YoY (2024). Source: World Bank annual series (FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG). Daily-refreshed historical chart on this page.
Has the Omani Rial been debased?+
Every fiat currency loses purchasing power over time as central banks expand the money supply. M2 has grown by approximately 163% over the past decade. Combined with cumulative inflation, this is the gap between OMR as accounting unit and OMR as a store of value.
Is the Omani Rial sound money?+
On the Money2069 0–100 sound-money scale, the Omani Rial currently scores 83.5. The score weights inflation volatility, 10-year money-supply growth, and 1-year FX stability. Higher = closer to sound. No fiat scores 100 because no fiat has zero issuance.
How does the Omani Rial compare to gold or the US dollar?+
Use the table on the listing page to sort all 138 tracked currencies by inflation, 10-year M2 change, or M69 score. Pegged currencies (USD-pegged dirham, riyal, etc.) inherit the dollar's debasement profile; floating currencies tell their own story.
How often is this data updated?+
We pull fresh exchange rates daily from Frankfurter (ECB-sourced) and refresh the inflation series from the World Bank. The page is statically rendered with 24-hour ISR. Source data is publicly accessible via our /api/v1/currencies endpoints.