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Atlas Ekonomi Sabah

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Districts side by side

Choose up to four districts (2/4)

Interior

Sandakan

Tawau

West Coast

Kudat

Signatures

Jalur, side by side

worse ← percentile in Sabah → betterstructure: lower → higher (not good/bad) boundary change
SandakanIncome: 85th percentile in Sabah (2024)Poverty: 63th percentile in Sabah (2024)Gini: 48th percentile in Sabah (2024)GDP/cap: 85th percentile in Sabah (2020)Services: 50th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveAgri: 27th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveMfg: 88th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveDensity: 88th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveInc. growth: 27th percentile in Sabah (2024)GDP growth: 54th percentile in Sabah (2020)LFPR: 85th percentile in Sabah (2024)Jobless: 88th percentile in Sabah (2024)Water: 85th percentile in Sabah (2024)Power: 64th percentile in Sabah (2024)Radiance: 81th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveLit area: 69th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveLights growth: 12th percentile in Sabah (2025)
TawauIncome: 70th percentile in Sabah (2024)Poverty: 74th percentile in Sabah (2024)Gini: 26th percentile in Sabah (2024)GDP/cap: 77th percentile in Sabah (2020)Services: 62th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveAgri: 31th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveMfg: 81th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveDensity: 85th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveInc. growth: 15th percentile in Sabah (2024)GDP growth: 50th percentile in Sabah (2020)LFPR: 88th percentile in Sabah (2024)Jobless: 85th percentile in Sabah (2024)Water: 96th percentile in Sabah (2024)Power: 64th percentile in Sabah (2024)Radiance: 88th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveLit area: 81th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveLights growth: 8th percentile in Sabah (2025)

Line styles in charts below: Sandakan = solid · Tawau = dashed

Indicators

Latest values

IndicatorSandakanTawau
Median household incomeRM / monthRM 5,3142024 · #5RM 4,8522024 · #9
Absolute poverty rate% of households15.2%2024 · #1113.2%2024 · #8
Gini coefficient of household incomeindex (0–1)0.3552024 · #150.3892024 · #21
GDP per capitaRM / person / yearRM 18,0172020 · #5RM 17,5392020 · #7
Real GDP growth, 2015–2020 average% / year0.8%2020 · #130.7%2020 · #14
Median income growth since 2019% / year2.6%2024 · #201.9%2024 · #23 ⚑
Unemployment rate% of labour force6.8%2024 · #47.1%2024 · #5
Labour force participation rate% of working-age73.0%2024 · #573.3%2024 · #4
Households with piped water% of households96.7%2024 · #599.2%2024 · #2
Households with electricity% of households100.0%2024 · #1100.0%2024 · #1
Agriculture share of GDP% of GDP17.5%2020 · #2022.3%2020 · #19
Manufacturing share of GDP% of GDP24.2%2020 · #411.4%2020 · #6
Services share of GDP% of GDP55.5%2020 · #1463.4%2020 · #11
Populationthousand persons504.52025 · #2416.42025 · #3
Population densitypersons / km²2342025 · #42002025 · #5

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 4,400RM 4,600RM 4,800RM 5,000RM 5,200RM 5,400201920222024
Absolute poverty rate
13.0%14.0%15.0%16.0%17.0%18.0%201920222024
Unemployment rate
6.0%6.5%7.0%7.5%8.0%2018202020222024
GDP at constant 2015 prices
6,500.07,000.07,500.08,000.08,500.0201520162017201820192020