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Signatures

Jalur, side by side

worse ← percentile in Sabah → betterstructure: lower → higher (not good/bad) boundary change
PutatanIncome: 100th percentile in Sabah (2024)Poverty: 96th percentile in Sabah (2024)Gini: 93th percentile in Sabah (2024)GDP/cap: 15th percentile in Sabah (2020)Services: 100th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveAgri: 0th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveMfg: 46th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveDensity: 100th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveInc. growth: 77th percentile in Sabah (2024)GDP growth: 96th percentile in Sabah (2020)LFPR: 92th percentile in Sabah (2024)Jobless: 92th percentile in Sabah (2024)Water: 65th percentile in Sabah (2024)Power: 64th percentile in Sabah (2024)Radiance: 100th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveLit area: 100th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveLights growth: 92th percentile in Sabah (2025)
PenampangIncome: 96th percentile in Sabah (2024)Poverty: 100th percentile in Sabah (2024)Gini: 52th percentile in Sabah (2024)GDP/cap: 69th percentile in Sabah (2020)Services: 96th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveAgri: 4th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveMfg: 35th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveDensity: 92th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveInc. growth: 19th percentile in Sabah (2024)GDP growth: 100th percentile in Sabah (2020)LFPR: 96th percentile in Sabah (2024)Jobless: 100th percentile in Sabah (2024)Water: 92th percentile in Sabah (2024)Power: 64th percentile in Sabah (2024)Radiance: 92th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveLit area: 92th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveLights growth: 35th percentile in Sabah (2025)
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)

Line styles in charts below: Putatan = solid · Penampang = dashed · Papar = dotted

Indicators

Latest values

IndicatorPutatanPenampangPapar
Median household incomeRM / monthRM 6,5632024 · #1RM 6,0902024 · #2RM 5,1772024 · #6
Absolute poverty rate% of households6.9%2024 · #25.7%2024 · #112.0%2024 · #4
Gini coefficient of household incomeindex (0–1)0.2892024 · #30.3482024 · #140.3132024 · #7
GDP per capitaRM / person / yearRM 7,5742020 · #23RM 11,8712020 · #9RM 9,2712020 · #17
Real GDP growth, 2015–2020 average% / year3.6%2020 · #23.6%2020 · #13.6%2020 · #3
Median income growth since 2019% / year5.1%2024 · #72.1%2024 · #222.5%2024 · #21
Unemployment rate% of labour force6.1%2024 · #35.8%2024 · #18.3%2024 · #8
Labour force participation rate% of working-age73.7%2024 · #374.4%2024 · #272.5%2024 · #6
Households with piped water% of households93.8%2024 · #1098.0%2024 · #397.7%2024 · #4
Households with electricity% of households100.0%2024 · #1100.0%2024 · #1100.0%2024 · #1
Agriculture share of GDP% of GDP0.0%2020 · #271.0%2020 · #2615.3%2020 · #24
Manufacturing share of GDP% of GDP3.9%2020 · #152.3%2020 · #183.7%2020 · #16
Services share of GDP% of GDP91.6%2020 · #183.9%2020 · #276.5%2020 · #4
Populationthousand persons71.02025 · #18166.82025 · #6156.32025 · #9
Population densitypersons / km²2,0232025 · #13912025 · #31212025 · #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 4,500RM 5,000RM 5,500RM 6,000RM 6,500201920222024
Absolute poverty rate
5.0%10.0%15.0%201920222024
Unemployment rate
5.0%6.0%7.0%8.0%9.0%2018202020222024
GDP at constant 2015 prices
500.01,000.01,500.02,000.0201520162017201820192020