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Signatures

Jalur, side by side

worse ← percentile in Sabah → betterstructure: lower → higher (not good/bad) boundary change
Kota KinabaluIncome: 93th percentile in Sabah (2024)Poverty: 87th percentile in Sabah (2024)Gini: 11th percentile in Sabah (2024)GDP/cap: 100th percentile in Sabah (2020)Services: 92th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveAgri: 8th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveMfg: 54th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveDensity: 96th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveInc. growth: 8th percentile in Sabah (2024)GDP growth: 81th percentile in Sabah (2020)LFPR: 100th percentile in Sabah (2024)Jobless: 96th percentile in Sabah (2024)Water: 81th percentile in Sabah (2024)Power: 64th percentile in Sabah (2024)Radiance: 96th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveLit area: 96th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveLights growth: 19th percentile in Sabah (2025)

Line styles in charts below: Kota Kinabalu = solid

Indicators

Latest values

IndicatorKota Kinabalu
Median household incomeRM / monthRM 5,8962024 · #3
Absolute poverty rate% of households12.0%2024 · #4
Gini coefficient of household incomeindex (0–1)0.4262024 · #25
GDP per capitaRM / person / yearRM 39,9012020 · #1
Real GDP growth, 2015–2020 average% / year2.8%2020 · #6
Median income growth since 2019% / year−0.4%2024 · #25
Unemployment rate% of labour force5.9%2024 · #2
Labour force participation rate% of working-age76.2%2024 · #1
Households with piped water% of households96.2%2024 · #6
Households with electricity% of households100.0%2024 · #1
Agriculture share of GDP% of GDP2.5%2020 · #25
Manufacturing share of GDP% of GDP4.7%2020 · #13
Services share of GDP% of GDP83.6%2020 · #3
Populationthousand persons552.42025 · #1
Population densitypersons / km²1,6002025 · #2

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 5,900RM 5,920RM 5,940RM 5,960RM 5,980RM 6,000201920222024
Absolute poverty rate
8.0%9.0%10.0%11.0%12.0%201920222024
Unemployment rate
5.2%5.4%5.6%5.8%6.0%6.2%2018202020222024
GDP at constant 2015 prices
18,000.020,000.022,000.0201520162017201820192020