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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
KunakIncome: 59th percentile in Sabah (2024)Poverty: 22th percentile in Sabah (2024)Gini: 0th percentile in Sabah (2024)GDP/cap: 42th percentile in Sabah (2020)Services: 38th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveAgri: 81th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveMfg: 58th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveDensity: 58th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveInc. growth: 65th percentile in Sabah (2024)GDP growth: 8th percentile in Sabah (2020)LFPR: 69th percentile in Sabah (2024)Jobless: 67th percentile in Sabah (2024)Water: 58th percentile in Sabah (2024)Power: 64th percentile in Sabah (2024)Radiance: 50th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveLit area: 54th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveLights growth: 38th percentile in Sabah (2025)
SipitangIncome: 63th percentile in Sabah (2024)Poverty: 59th percentile in Sabah (2024)Gini: 85th percentile in Sabah (2024)GDP/cap: 73th percentile in Sabah (2020)Services: 35th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveAgri: 23th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveMfg: 77th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveDensity: 15th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveInc. growth: 42th percentile in Sabah (2024)GDP growth: 0th percentile in Sabah (2020)LFPR: 65th percentile in Sabah (2024)Jobless: 52th percentile in Sabah (2024)Water: 77th percentile in Sabah (2024)Power: 8th percentile in Sabah (2024)Radiance: 42th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveLit area: 38th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveLights growth: 81th percentile in Sabah (2025)
SempornaIncome: 33th percentile in Sabah (2024)Poverty: 19th percentile in Sabah (2024)Gini: 20th percentile in Sabah (2024)GDP/cap: 58th percentile in Sabah (2020)Services: 12th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveAgri: 85th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveMfg: 62th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveDensity: 81th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveInc. growth: 35th percentile in Sabah (2024)GDP growth: 38th percentile in Sabah (2020)LFPR: 42th percentile in Sabah (2024)Jobless: 67th percentile in Sabah (2024)Water: 19th percentile in Sabah (2024)Power: 16th percentile in Sabah (2024)Radiance: 73th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveLit area: 73th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveLights growth: 96th percentile in Sabah (2025)

Line styles in charts below: Kunak = solid · Sipitang = dashed · Semporna = dotted

Indicators

Latest values

IndicatorKunakSipitangSemporna
Median household incomeRM / monthRM 4,5392024 · #12RM 4,6062024 · #11RM 4,0592024 · #19
Absolute poverty rate% of households29.2%2024 · #2215.3%2024 · #1230.4%2024 · #23
Gini coefficient of household incomeindex (0–1)0.4842024 · #280.3062024 · #50.4112024 · #22
GDP per capitaRM / person / yearRM 9,2882020 · #16RM 13,4002020 · #8RM 9,8862020 · #12
Real GDP growth, 2015–2020 average% / year−3.4%2020 · #25−5.4%2020 · #27−0.1%2020 · #17
Median income growth since 2019% / year4.0%2024 · #103.2%2024 · #162.8%2024 · #18
Unemployment rate% of labour force8.4%2024 · #98.7%2024 · #128.4%2024 · #9
Labour force participation rate% of working-age71.6%2024 · #971.2%2024 · #1069.2%2024 · #16
Households with piped water% of households89.1%2024 · #1295.6%2024 · #770.2%2024 · #22
Households with electricity% of households100.0%2024 · #195.6%2024 · #2498.9%2024 · #22
Agriculture share of GDP% of GDP47.1%2020 · #617.0%2020 · #2159.9%2020 · #5
Manufacturing share of GDP% of GDP4.8%2020 · #1210.4%2020 · #74.8%2020 · #11
Services share of GDP% of GDP47.1%2020 · #1747.0%2020 · #1833.0%2020 · #24
Populationthousand persons78.32025 · #1540.92025 · #22201.42025 · #5
Population densitypersons / km²642025 · #12162025 · #231802025 · #6

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 3,600RM 3,800RM 4,000RM 4,200RM 4,400RM 4,600201920222024
Absolute poverty rate
10.0%15.0%20.0%25.0%30.0%201920222024
Unemployment rate
6.0%7.0%8.0%9.0%10.0%2018202020222024
GDP at constant 2015 prices
500.01,000.01,500.0201520162017201820192020