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Atlas Ekonomi Sabah

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Districts side by side

Choose up to four districts (3/4)

Interior

Sandakan

Tawau

West Coast

Kudat

Signatures

Jalur, side by side

worse ← percentile in Sabah → betterstructure: lower → higher (not good/bad) boundary change
KudatIncome: 7th percentile in Sabah (2024)Poverty: 11th percentile in Sabah (2024)Gini: 30th percentile in Sabah (2024)GDP/cap: 35th percentile in Sabah (2020)Services: 42th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveAgri: 73th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveMfg: 19th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveDensity: 65th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveInc. growth: 69th percentile in Sabah (2024)GDP growth: 35th percentile in Sabah (2020)LFPR: 15th percentile in Sabah (2024)Jobless: 17th percentile in Sabah (2024)Water: 73th percentile in Sabah (2024)Power: 64th percentile in Sabah (2024)Radiance: 54th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveLit area: 42th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveLights growth: 23th 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)
Kota BeludIncome: 22th percentile in Sabah (2024)Poverty: 37th percentile in Sabah (2024)Gini: 41th percentile in Sabah (2024)GDP/cap: 8th percentile in Sabah (2020)Services: 54th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveAgri: 69th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveMfg: 31th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveDensity: 69th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveInc. growth: 38th percentile in Sabah (2024)GDP growth: 88th percentile in Sabah (2020)LFPR: 23th percentile in Sabah (2024)Jobless: 52th percentile in Sabah (2024)Water: 38th percentile in Sabah (2024)Power: 64th percentile in Sabah (2024)Radiance: 58th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveLit area: 65th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveLights growth: 65th percentile in Sabah (2025)

Line styles in charts below: Kudat = solid · Beaufort = dashed · Kota Belud = dotted

Indicators

Latest values

IndicatorKudatBeaufortKota Belud
Median household incomeRM / monthRM 3,2492024 · #26RM 4,0702024 · #18 ⚑RM 3,5122024 · #22
Absolute poverty rate% of households35.3%2024 · #2520.4%2024 · #13 ⚑26.1%2024 · #18
Gini coefficient of household incomeindex (0–1)0.3852024 · #200.3732024 · #18 ⚑0.3612024 · #17
GDP per capitaRM / person / yearRM 9,1122020 · #18RM 10,1272020 · #11RM 6,1382020 · #25
Real GDP growth, 2015–2020 average% / year−0.1%2020 · #180.9%2020 · #123.1%2020 · #4
Median income growth since 2019% / year4.6%2024 · #91.6%2024 · #24 ⚑3.0%2024 · #17
Unemployment rate% of labour force9.4%2024 · #229.4%2024 · #228.7%2024 · #12
Labour force participation rate% of working-age62.2%2024 · #2366.4%2024 · #1964.5%2024 · #21
Households with piped water% of households95.3%2024 · #894.1%2024 · #980.3%2024 · #17
Households with electricity% of households100.0%2024 · #1100.0%2024 · #1100.0%2024 · #1
Agriculture share of GDP% of GDP44.3%2020 · #827.0%2020 · #1637.9%2020 · #9
Manufacturing share of GDP% of GDP1.5%2020 · #223.2%2020 · #172.1%2020 · #19
Services share of GDP% of GDP51.0%2020 · #1663.6%2020 · #1057.0%2020 · #13
Populationthousand persons93.72025 · #1277.42025 · #16111.52025 · #11
Population densitypersons / km²732025 · #10432025 · #14842025 · #9

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 2,500RM 3,000RM 3,500RM 4,000201920222024
Absolute poverty rate
20.0%25.0%30.0%35.0%40.0%201920222024
Unemployment rate
6.0%8.0%10.0%2018202020222024
GDP at constant 2015 prices
600.0650.0700.0750.0800.0201520162017201820192020