More than 64,000 jobs have been created for Omanis in the private sector, one year since the visa ban issued by the Ministry of Manpower. The ministry and the Public Authority for Manpower Register said that 64,386 citizens were recruited by the private sector companies and establishments. Whereas, 4,125 citizens were hired in the public sector during the past 12 months till the end of December, 2018. According to data from the National Centre for Statistics and Information, a total of 60,807 expats left the labour force in the last 12 months.