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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
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)
KeningauIncome: 67th percentile in Sabah (2024)Poverty: 78th percentile in Sabah (2024)Gini: 67th percentile in Sabah (2024)GDP/cap: 54th percentile in Sabah (2020)Services: 73th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveAgri: 35th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveMfg: 69th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveDensity: 54th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveInc. growth: 46th percentile in Sabah (2024)GDP growth: 46th percentile in Sabah (2020)LFPR: 73th percentile in Sabah (2024)Jobless: 52th percentile in Sabah (2024)Water: 50th percentile in Sabah (2024)Power: 20th percentile in Sabah (2024)Radiance: 62th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveLit area: 58th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveLights growth: 46th 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: Papar = solid · Keningau = dashed · Tawau = dotted

Indicators

Latest values

IndicatorPaparKeningauTawau
Median household incomeRM / monthRM 5,1772024 · #6RM 4,8012024 · #10RM 4,8522024 · #9
Absolute poverty rate% of households12.0%2024 · #412.8%2024 · #713.2%2024 · #8
Gini coefficient of household incomeindex (0–1)0.3132024 · #70.3222024 · #100.3892024 · #21
GDP per capitaRM / person / yearRM 9,2712020 · #17RM 9,6312020 · #13RM 17,5392020 · #7
Real GDP growth, 2015–2020 average% / year3.6%2020 · #30.5%2020 · #150.7%2020 · #14
Median income growth since 2019% / year2.5%2024 · #213.2%2024 · #151.9%2024 · #23 ⚑
Unemployment rate% of labour force8.3%2024 · #88.7%2024 · #127.1%2024 · #5
Labour force participation rate% of working-age72.5%2024 · #671.7%2024 · #873.3%2024 · #4
Households with piped water% of households97.7%2024 · #486.3%2024 · #1499.2%2024 · #2
Households with electricity% of households100.0%2024 · #199.3%2024 · #21100.0%2024 · #1
Agriculture share of GDP% of GDP15.3%2020 · #2423.5%2020 · #1822.3%2020 · #19
Manufacturing share of GDP% of GDP3.7%2020 · #167.3%2020 · #911.4%2020 · #6
Services share of GDP% of GDP76.5%2020 · #464.3%2020 · #863.4%2020 · #11
Populationthousand persons156.32025 · #9157.82025 · #8416.42025 · #3
Population densitypersons / km²1212025 · #8432025 · #132002025 · #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 4,000RM 4,200RM 4,400RM 4,600RM 4,800RM 5,000RM 5,200201920222024
Absolute poverty rate
12.0%14.0%16.0%18.0%201920222024
Unemployment rate
5.0%6.0%7.0%8.0%9.0%10.0%2018202020222024
GDP at constant 2015 prices
2,000.04,000.06,000.0201520162017201820192020