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Jalur, side by side

worse ← percentile in Sabah → betterstructure: lower → higher (not good/bad) boundary change
Lahad DatuIncome: 89th percentile in Sabah (2024)Poverty: 70th percentile in Sabah (2024)Gini: 96th percentile in Sabah (2024)GDP/cap: 88th percentile in Sabah (2020)Services: 19th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveAgri: 62th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveMfg: 92th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveDensity: 42th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveInc. growth: 81th percentile in Sabah (2024)GDP growth: 23th percentile in Sabah (2020)LFPR: 77th percentile in Sabah (2024)Jobless: 81th percentile in Sabah (2024)Water: 62th percentile in Sabah (2024)Power: 24th percentile in Sabah (2024)Radiance: 38th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveLit area: 31th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveLights growth: 42th 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)

Line styles in charts below: Lahad Datu = solid · Sipitang = dashed

Indicators

Latest values

IndicatorLahad DatuSipitang
Median household incomeRM / monthRM 5,5262024 · #4RM 4,6062024 · #11
Absolute poverty rate% of households13.6%2024 · #915.3%2024 · #12
Gini coefficient of household incomeindex (0–1)0.2862024 · #20.3062024 · #5
GDP per capitaRM / person / yearRM 19,5932020 · #4RM 13,4002020 · #8
Real GDP growth, 2015–2020 average% / year−1.3%2020 · #21−5.4%2020 · #27
Median income growth since 2019% / year5.7%2024 · #63.2%2024 · #16
Unemployment rate% of labour force7.5%2024 · #68.7%2024 · #12
Labour force participation rate% of working-age72.4%2024 · #771.2%2024 · #10
Households with piped water% of households89.7%2024 · #1195.6%2024 · #7
Households with electricity% of households99.8%2024 · #2095.6%2024 · #24
Agriculture share of GDP% of GDP33.4%2020 · #1117.0%2020 · #21
Manufacturing share of GDP% of GDP27.2%2020 · #310.4%2020 · #7
Services share of GDP% of GDP36.0%2020 · #2247.0%2020 · #18
Populationthousand persons252.92025 · #440.92025 · #22
Population densitypersons / km²342025 · #16162025 · #23

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 4,000RM 4,500RM 5,000RM 5,500201920222024
Absolute poverty rate
10.0%15.0%20.0%201920222024
Unemployment rate
6.0%7.0%8.0%9.0%10.0%2018202020222024
GDP at constant 2015 prices
0.01,000.02,000.03,000.04,000.05,000.0201520162017201820192020