OMR 18.9m
Committed governorate development projects
That puts Ibri at 3 of 11 on the official table.
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Ibri · Topic file
Is the money actually landing in Ibri?
Public spending is the easy part. What matters is whether it pulls private money in behind it and starts to shift how the local economy actually works. For Ibri, the honest read comes down to committed governorate development projects and property traded value.
OMR 76.6m
Property traded value
That puts Ibri at 6 of 11 on the official table.
The numbers
Where Ibri stands today, chart by chart
Committed governorate development projects
Committed value of governorate development programme projects by mid-2025.
Oman Vision 2040 Report 2024-2025, governorate development programme table.
Property traded value
Total traded value of property by governorate during 2025.
NCSI Statistical Year Book 2026, Table 5-3.
The trend over time
How Ibri got here
Property traded value
How much property changed hands in the governorate, year on year. The best public read on local real-estate activity that is available right now.
Pulled from Table 5-3 (Traded Value of Property by Governorates and Month) in each yearbook, using the governorate total row.
Reading the charts
What the latest tables are really saying
- Ibri is showing OMR 18.9m on committed governorate development projects. That puts Ibri at 3 of 11 on the official table.
- Ibri is showing OMR 76.6m on property traded value. That puts Ibri at 6 of 11 on the official table.
- MOHUP frames Adh Dhahirah around high-value production, engineering industries, logistics, food manufacturing, advanced agriculture and renewable energy, with Ibri acting as the main urban and knowledge anchor. That story only stands up if public money and private activity start pulling in the same direction.
Why this file matters
The strategy Ibri is being measured against
How much money is actually being committed, and whether the property market is picking up the signal.
MOHUP frames Adh Dhahirah around high-value production, engineering industries, logistics, food manufacturing, advanced agriculture and renewable energy, with Ibri acting as the main urban and knowledge anchor.
- Ibri, Dank and Yanqul are meant to develop complementary economic roles rather than compete as isolated settlements.
- Higher education, an incubator cluster and a tech-park logic are part of the official production story here.
- Renewable energy, especially solar, is treated as a serious economic advantage for the governorate.
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These linked files cover the other live tests in the same governorate, so the numbers on capital, jobs, services, tourism, utilities, and urban buildout can be read together instead of in isolation.
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Urban buildout and housing
Population, permits and whether the place is actually being built fast enough for the role it has been handed.
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Jobs and enterprise
The jobs and businesses that show whether the governorate has a working economy, or just a project list.
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Tourism and place economy
Hotels, occupancy, and whether the place is becoming a real destination or just adding rooms.
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Human capability and essential services
Whether schools and hospitals are keeping up — the simplest read on whether people can build a life here.
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Infrastructure and utilities
Roads, water and the quiet base layer that usually decides whether any of the rest of it actually works.