The number of expatriate Indians who died in Oman over the past five years (2014-2018) stood at 2,564, Times of Oman reported.
Indian Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh revealed the figures during a session of the Lok Sabha, the Indian government’s lower house.
He said that the overall number of Indian expatriates who lost their lives in Oman over the past five years is “among the lowest from the six GCC nations”.
According of official government data, nearly six times more Indians died in Saudi Arabia (12,828) as compared to Oman, where 2,564 Indian nationals passed away between 2014 and 2018.
Saudi Arabia was followed by the United Arab Emirates (7,877) and Kuwait (2,932).
The figures which were released by the authorities in New Delhi revealed that a total of 28,523 Indian workers died in the six GCC nations over the last five years.
The data on Indian worker deaths in the GCC was sent to the government by the Indian missions in these countries, and India’s embassy in Oman said that it was working closely with the Oman government to reduce this number.
Some 519 Indian expats died in 2014, 520 in 2015, and 547 in 2016, before dipping slightly to 495 in 2017, and 483 in 2018.
According to data from the NCSI, there are 664,227 Indian expatriate workers in Oman, making them the highest overseas community in the country. Of them, 48,115 are women, and 616,112 are men.