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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)

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Indicators

Latest values

IndicatorLahad Datu
Median household incomeRM / monthRM 5,5262024 · #4
Absolute poverty rate% of households13.6%2024 · #9
Gini coefficient of household incomeindex (0–1)0.2862024 · #2
GDP per capitaRM / person / yearRM 19,5932020 · #4
Real GDP growth, 2015–2020 average% / year−1.3%2020 · #21
Median income growth since 2019% / year5.7%2024 · #6
Unemployment rate% of labour force7.5%2024 · #6
Labour force participation rate% of working-age72.4%2024 · #7
Households with piped water% of households89.7%2024 · #11
Households with electricity% of households99.8%2024 · #20
Agriculture share of GDP% of GDP33.4%2020 · #11
Manufacturing share of GDP% of GDP27.2%2020 · #3
Services share of GDP% of GDP36.0%2020 · #22
Populationthousand persons252.92025 · #4
Population densitypersons / km²342025 · #16

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
14.0%16.0%18.0%20.0%22.0%24.0%201920222024
Unemployment rate
6.5%7.0%7.5%8.0%2018202020222024
GDP at constant 2015 prices
4,500.04,600.04,700.04,800.04,900.0201520162017201820192020