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Jalur, side by side

worse ← percentile in Sabah → betterstructure: lower → higher (not good/bad) boundary change
Kuala PenyuIncome: 26th percentile in Sabah (2024)Poverty: 67th percentile in Sabah (2024)Gini: 33th percentile in Sabah (2024)GDP/cap: 12th percentile in Sabah (2020)Services: 77th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveAgri: 54th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveMfg: 6th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveDensity: 62th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveInc. growth: 73th percentile in Sabah (2024)GDP growth: 73th percentile in Sabah (2020)LFPR: 35th percentile in Sabah (2024)Jobless: 37th percentile in Sabah (2024)Water: 100th percentile in Sabah (2024)Power: 64th percentile in Sabah (2024)Radiance: 65th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveLit area: 77th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveLights growth: 62th percentile in Sabah (2025)
BeaufortIncome: 37th percentile in Sabah (2024)Poverty: 56th percentile in Sabah (2024)Gini: 37th percentile in Sabah (2024)GDP/cap: 62th percentile in Sabah (2020)Services: 65th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveAgri: 42th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveMfg: 38th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveDensity: 50th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveInc. growth: 12th percentile in Sabah (2024)GDP growth: 58th percentile in Sabah (2020)LFPR: 31th percentile in Sabah (2024)Jobless: 17th percentile in Sabah (2024)Water: 69th percentile in Sabah (2024)Power: 64th percentile in Sabah (2024)Radiance: 69th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveLit area: 62th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveLights growth: 69th percentile in Sabah (2025)
KeningauIncome: 67th percentile in Sabah (2024)Poverty: 78th percentile in Sabah (2024)Gini: 67th percentile in Sabah (2024)GDP/cap: 54th percentile in Sabah (2020)Services: 73th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveAgri: 35th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveMfg: 69th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveDensity: 54th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveInc. growth: 46th percentile in Sabah (2024)GDP growth: 46th percentile in Sabah (2020)LFPR: 73th percentile in Sabah (2024)Jobless: 52th percentile in Sabah (2024)Water: 50th percentile in Sabah (2024)Power: 20th percentile in Sabah (2024)Radiance: 62th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveLit area: 58th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveLights growth: 46th percentile in Sabah (2025)

Line styles in charts below: Kuala Penyu = solid · Beaufort = dashed · Keningau = dotted

Indicators

Latest values

IndicatorKuala PenyuBeaufortKeningau
Median household incomeRM / monthRM 3,7332024 · #21RM 4,0702024 · #18 ⚑RM 4,8012024 · #10
Absolute poverty rate% of households14.3%2024 · #1020.4%2024 · #13 ⚑12.8%2024 · #7
Gini coefficient of household incomeindex (0–1)0.3752024 · #190.3732024 · #18 ⚑0.3222024 · #10
GDP per capitaRM / person / yearRM 6,5672020 · #24RM 10,1272020 · #11RM 9,6312020 · #13
Real GDP growth, 2015–2020 average% / year1.9%2020 · #80.9%2020 · #120.5%2020 · #15
Median income growth since 2019% / year4.8%2024 · #81.6%2024 · #24 ⚑3.2%2024 · #15
Unemployment rate% of labour force9.0%2024 · #179.4%2024 · #228.7%2024 · #12
Labour force participation rate% of working-age67.7%2024 · #1866.4%2024 · #1971.7%2024 · #8
Households with piped water% of households100.0%2024 · #194.1%2024 · #986.3%2024 · #14
Households with electricity% of households100.0%2024 · #1100.0%2024 · #199.3%2024 · #21
Agriculture share of GDP% of GDP30.2%2020 · #1327.0%2020 · #1623.5%2020 · #18
Manufacturing share of GDP% of GDP0.0%2020 · #243.2%2020 · #177.3%2020 · #9
Services share of GDP% of GDP66.0%2020 · #763.6%2020 · #1064.3%2020 · #8
Populationthousand persons24.92025 · #2777.42025 · #16157.82025 · #8
Population densitypersons / km²642025 · #11432025 · #14432025 · #13

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 3,000RM 3,500RM 4,000RM 4,500RM 5,000201920222024
Absolute poverty rate
15.0%20.0%25.0%30.0%201920222024
Unemployment rate
6.0%8.0%10.0%2018202020222024
GDP at constant 2015 prices
0.0500.01,000.01,500.0201520162017201820192020