71,876
Students in schools
That puts Ibra at 7 of 11 on the official table.
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Ibra · Topic file
Can Ibra carry stronger schools, clinics and everyday services?
The story is not only about investment. It is also about whether families can build their lives — schooling, healthcare, daily services — without having to default back to Muscat. For Ibra, the honest read comes down to students in schools and hospital beds.
366
Hospital beds
That puts Ibra at 6 of 11 on the official table.
The numbers
Where Ibra stands today, chart by chart
Students in schools
Total students in schools by governorate in the 2025/2026 academic year.
NCSI Statistical Year Book 2026, Schools, Classrooms, Students and Teachers by Governorate (grand total table).
Hospital beds
Total government and private hospital beds by governorate in 2025.
NCSI Statistical Year Book 2026, No. Of Government & Private Sectors Hospitals & Health Units Distributed by Governorates and Number of Bed.
The trend over time
How Ibra got here
Students in schools
How many children the governorate's schools are actually carrying each academic year — the simplest stand-in for how much pressure the local education system is under.
2024/25 and 2025/26 totals from the Schools, Classrooms, Students and Teachers by Governorate tables in Statistical Year Books 2025 and 2026.
These are academic-year counts, not calendar years.
Hospital beds
Hospital beds in the governorate, public and private combined. A blunt but useful read on how deep the local health system actually is.
2024 and 2025 values from Table 2-17, Statistical Year Books 2025 and 2026. Totals here cover government and private hospital beds only — health-centre beds are not added in.
Reading the charts
What the latest tables are really saying
- Ibra is showing 71,876 on students in schools. That puts Ibra at 7 of 11 on the official table.
- Ibra is showing 366 on hospital beds. That puts Ibra at 6 of 11 on the official table.
- MOHUP's strategy for Ash Sharqiyah North revolves around Ibra as an applied-technology city, supported by advanced manufacturing, education, food-industry activity in Sinaw and specialized camel-related industries in Bidiyah. A bigger regional role also means stronger schools and clinics closer to where people actually live.
Why this file matters
The strategy Ibra is being measured against
Whether schools and hospitals are keeping up — the simplest read on whether people can build a life here.
MOHUP's strategy for Ash Sharqiyah North revolves around Ibra as an applied-technology city, supported by advanced manufacturing, education, food-industry activity in Sinaw and specialized camel-related industries in Bidiyah.
- Ibra is meant to become a nationally relevant centre of applied technology and tech-engineering.
- Sinaw is expected to strengthen its role in food processing, trade and visitor activity.
- Bidiyah is assigned a niche but distinct role around camel industries, tourism and related economic activity.
Related topic files
Five more ways into the Ash Sharqiyah North execution map
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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Capital deployment
How much money is actually being committed, and whether the property market is picking up the signal.
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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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Infrastructure and utilities
Roads, water and the quiet base layer that usually decides whether any of the rest of it actually works.