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West Coast

Kudat

Signatures

Jalur, side by side

worse ← percentile in Sabah → betterstructure: lower → higher (not good/bad) boundary change
SempornaIncome: 33th percentile in Sabah (2024)Poverty: 19th percentile in Sabah (2024)Gini: 20th percentile in Sabah (2024)GDP/cap: 58th percentile in Sabah (2020)Services: 12th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveAgri: 85th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveMfg: 62th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveDensity: 81th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveInc. growth: 35th percentile in Sabah (2024)GDP growth: 38th percentile in Sabah (2020)LFPR: 42th percentile in Sabah (2024)Jobless: 67th percentile in Sabah (2024)Water: 19th percentile in Sabah (2024)Power: 16th percentile in Sabah (2024)Radiance: 73th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveLit area: 73th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveLights growth: 96th percentile in Sabah (2025)

Line styles in charts below: Semporna = solid

Indicators

Latest values

IndicatorSemporna
Median household incomeRM / monthRM 4,0592024 · #19
Absolute poverty rate% of households30.4%2024 · #23
Gini coefficient of household incomeindex (0–1)0.4112024 · #22
GDP per capitaRM / person / yearRM 9,8862020 · #12
Real GDP growth, 2015–2020 average% / year−0.1%2020 · #17
Median income growth since 2019% / year2.8%2024 · #18
Unemployment rate% of labour force8.4%2024 · #9
Labour force participation rate% of working-age69.2%2024 · #16
Households with piped water% of households70.2%2024 · #22
Households with electricity% of households98.9%2024 · #22
Agriculture share of GDP% of GDP59.9%2020 · #5
Manufacturing share of GDP% of GDP4.8%2020 · #11
Services share of GDP% of GDP33.0%2020 · #24
Populationthousand persons201.42025 · #5
Population densitypersons / km²1802025 · #6

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 3,600RM 3,800RM 4,000201920222024
Absolute poverty rate
28.0%29.0%30.0%31.0%201920222024
Unemployment rate
6.0%7.0%8.0%9.0%10.0%2018202020222024
GDP at constant 2015 prices
1,580.01,600.01,620.01,640.01,660.0201520162017201820192020