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Kudat

Signatures

Jalur, side by side

worse ← percentile in Sabah → betterstructure: lower → higher (not good/bad) boundary change
PaparIncome: 81th percentile in Sabah (2024)Poverty: 87th percentile in Sabah (2024)Gini: 78th percentile in Sabah (2024)GDP/cap: 38th percentile in Sabah (2020)Services: 88th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveAgri: 12th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveMfg: 42th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveDensity: 73th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveInc. growth: 23th percentile in Sabah (2024)GDP growth: 92th percentile in Sabah (2020)LFPR: 81th percentile in Sabah (2024)Jobless: 73th percentile in Sabah (2024)Water: 88th percentile in Sabah (2024)Power: 64th percentile in Sabah (2024)Radiance: 77th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveLit area: 85th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveLights growth: 58th percentile in Sabah (2025)

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Indicators

Latest values

IndicatorPapar
Median household incomeRM / monthRM 5,1772024 · #6
Absolute poverty rate% of households12.0%2024 · #4
Gini coefficient of household incomeindex (0–1)0.3132024 · #7
GDP per capitaRM / person / yearRM 9,2712020 · #17
Real GDP growth, 2015–2020 average% / year3.6%2020 · #3
Median income growth since 2019% / year2.5%2024 · #21
Unemployment rate% of labour force8.3%2024 · #8
Labour force participation rate% of working-age72.5%2024 · #6
Households with piped water% of households97.7%2024 · #4
Households with electricity% of households100.0%2024 · #1
Agriculture share of GDP% of GDP15.3%2020 · #24
Manufacturing share of GDP% of GDP3.7%2020 · #16
Services share of GDP% of GDP76.5%2020 · #4
Populationthousand persons156.32025 · #9
Population densitypersons / km²1212025 · #8

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 4,600RM 4,800RM 5,000RM 5,200201920222024
Absolute poverty rate
12.0%13.0%14.0%15.0%16.0%201920222024
Unemployment rate
5.0%6.0%7.0%8.0%9.0%2018202020222024
GDP at constant 2015 prices
1,200.01,300.01,400.01,500.0201520162017201820192020