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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
NabawanIncome: 48th percentile in Sabah (2024)Poverty: 41th percentile in Sabah (2024)Gini: 72th percentile in Sabah (2024)GDP/cap: 46th percentile in Sabah (2020)Services: 23th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveAgri: 88th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveMfg: 6th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveDensity: 4th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveInc. growth: 62th percentile in Sabah (2024)GDP growth: 15th percentile in Sabah (2020)LFPR: 62th percentile in Sabah (2024)Jobless: 4th percentile in Sabah (2024)Water: 15th percentile in Sabah (2024)Power: 64th percentile in Sabah (2024)Radiance: 4th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveLit area: 4th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveLights growth: 100th 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)
KalabakanIncome: 11th percentile in Sabah (2024)Poverty: 30th percentile in Sabah (2024)Gini: 4th percentile in Sabah (2024)GDP/cap: 65th percentile in Sabah (2020)Services: 15th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveAgri: 92th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveMfg: 27th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveDensity: 8th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveInc. growth: 0th percentile in Sabah (2024)GDP growth: 19th percentile in Sabah (2020)LFPR: 38th percentile in Sabah (2024)Jobless: 31th percentile in Sabah (2024)Water: 46th percentile in Sabah (2024)Power: no dataRadiance: 8th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveLit area: 8th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveLights growth: 15th percentile in Sabah (2025)

Line styles in charts below: Nabawan = solid · Semporna = dashed · Kalabakan = dotted

Indicators

Latest values

IndicatorNabawanSempornaKalabakan
Median household incomeRM / monthRM 4,3612024 · #15RM 4,0592024 · #19RM 3,3042024 · #25
Absolute poverty rate% of households25.4%2024 · #1730.4%2024 · #2326.8%2024 · #20
Gini coefficient of household incomeindex (0–1)0.3142024 · #80.4112024 · #220.4472024 · #27
GDP per capitaRM / person / yearRM 9,4572020 · #15RM 9,8862020 · #12RM 10,5402020 · #10
Real GDP growth, 2015–2020 average% / year−2.1%2020 · #23−0.1%2020 · #17−1.4%2020 · #22
Median income growth since 2019% / year3.8%2024 · #112.8%2024 · #18−8.3%2024 · #27
Unemployment rate% of labour force10.7%2024 · #268.4%2024 · #99.1%2024 · #19
Labour force participation rate% of working-age71.1%2024 · #1169.2%2024 · #1669.1%2024 · #17
Households with piped water% of households63.5%2024 · #2370.2%2024 · #2284.5%2024 · #15
Households with electricity% of households100.0%2024 · #198.9%2024 · #22—
Agriculture share of GDP% of GDP60.3%2020 · #459.9%2020 · #564.3%2020 · #3
Manufacturing share of GDP% of GDP0.0%2020 · #244.8%2020 · #111.8%2020 · #20
Services share of GDP% of GDP39.1%2020 · #2133.0%2020 · #2433.6%2020 · #23
Populationthousand persons31.12025 · #25201.42025 · #559.12025 · #19
Population densitypersons / km²52025 · #261802025 · #6152025 · #25

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 3,400RM 3,600RM 3,800RM 4,000RM 4,200RM 4,400201920222024
Absolute poverty rate
26.0%28.0%30.0%32.0%34.0%36.0%201920222024
Unemployment rate
6.0%8.0%10.0%12.0%2018202020222024
GDP at constant 2015 prices
500.01,000.01,500.0201520162017201820192020