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worse ← percentile in Sabah → betterstructure: lower → higher (not good/bad) boundary change
Kota KinabaluIncome: 93th percentile in Sabah (2024)Poverty: 87th percentile in Sabah (2024)Gini: 11th percentile in Sabah (2024)GDP/cap: 100th percentile in Sabah (2020)Services: 92th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveAgri: 8th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveMfg: 54th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveDensity: 96th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveInc. growth: 8th percentile in Sabah (2024)GDP growth: 81th percentile in Sabah (2020)LFPR: 100th percentile in Sabah (2024)Jobless: 96th percentile in Sabah (2024)Water: 81th percentile in Sabah (2024)Power: 64th percentile in Sabah (2024)Radiance: 96th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveLit area: 96th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveLights growth: 19th percentile in Sabah (2025)
PenampangIncome: 96th percentile in Sabah (2024)Poverty: 100th percentile in Sabah (2024)Gini: 52th percentile in Sabah (2024)GDP/cap: 69th percentile in Sabah (2020)Services: 96th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveAgri: 4th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveMfg: 35th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveDensity: 92th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveInc. growth: 19th percentile in Sabah (2024)GDP growth: 100th percentile in Sabah (2020)LFPR: 96th percentile in Sabah (2024)Jobless: 100th percentile in Sabah (2024)Water: 92th percentile in Sabah (2024)Power: 64th percentile in Sabah (2024)Radiance: 92th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveLit area: 92th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveLights growth: 35th percentile in Sabah (2025)

Line styles in charts below: Kota Kinabalu = solid · Penampang = dashed

Indicators

Latest values

IndicatorKota KinabaluPenampang
Median household incomeRM / monthRM 5,8962024 · #3RM 6,0902024 · #2
Absolute poverty rate% of households12.0%2024 · #45.7%2024 · #1
Gini coefficient of household incomeindex (0–1)0.4262024 · #250.3482024 · #14
GDP per capitaRM / person / yearRM 39,9012020 · #1RM 11,8712020 · #9
Real GDP growth, 2015–2020 average% / year2.8%2020 · #63.6%2020 · #1
Median income growth since 2019% / year−0.4%2024 · #252.1%2024 · #22
Unemployment rate% of labour force5.9%2024 · #25.8%2024 · #1
Labour force participation rate% of working-age76.2%2024 · #174.4%2024 · #2
Households with piped water% of households96.2%2024 · #698.0%2024 · #3
Households with electricity% of households100.0%2024 · #1100.0%2024 · #1
Agriculture share of GDP% of GDP2.5%2020 · #251.0%2020 · #26
Manufacturing share of GDP% of GDP4.7%2020 · #132.3%2020 · #18
Services share of GDP% of GDP83.6%2020 · #383.9%2020 · #2
Populationthousand persons552.42025 · #1166.82025 · #6
Population densitypersons / km²1,6002025 · #23912025 · #3

Bold teal marks the best value among the selection where higher or lower is clearly better. # = rank in Sabah. ⚑ = boundary change.

Trajectories

How they moved

Median household income
RM 5,400RM 5,600RM 5,800RM 6,000RM 6,200201920222024
Absolute poverty rate
4.0%6.0%8.0%10.0%12.0%201920222024
Unemployment rate
5.0%5.5%6.0%6.5%2018202020222024
GDP at constant 2015 prices
0.05,000.010,000.015,000.020,000.0201520162017201820192020