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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
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)
KalabakanIncome: 11th percentile in Sabah (2024)Poverty: 30th percentile in Sabah (2024)Gini: 4th percentile in Sabah (2024)GDP/cap: 65th percentile in Sabah (2020)Services: 15th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveAgri: 92th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveMfg: 27th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveDensity: 8th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveInc. growth: 0th percentile in Sabah (2024)GDP growth: 19th percentile in Sabah (2020)LFPR: 38th percentile in Sabah (2024)Jobless: 31th percentile in Sabah (2024)Water: 46th percentile in Sabah (2024)Power: no dataRadiance: 8th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveLit area: 8th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveLights growth: 15th percentile in Sabah (2025)
KunakIncome: 59th percentile in Sabah (2024)Poverty: 22th percentile in Sabah (2024)Gini: 0th percentile in Sabah (2024)GDP/cap: 42th percentile in Sabah (2020)Services: 38th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveAgri: 81th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveMfg: 58th percentile in Sabah (2020) · descriptiveDensity: 58th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveInc. growth: 65th percentile in Sabah (2024)GDP growth: 8th percentile in Sabah (2020)LFPR: 69th percentile in Sabah (2024)Jobless: 67th percentile in Sabah (2024)Water: 58th percentile in Sabah (2024)Power: 64th percentile in Sabah (2024)Radiance: 50th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveLit area: 54th percentile in Sabah (2025) · descriptiveLights growth: 38th percentile in Sabah (2025)

Line styles in charts below: Semporna = solid · Kalabakan = dashed · Kunak = dotted

Indicators

Latest values

IndicatorSempornaKalabakanKunak
Median household incomeRM / monthRM 4,0592024 · #19RM 3,3042024 · #25RM 4,5392024 · #12
Absolute poverty rate% of households30.4%2024 · #2326.8%2024 · #2029.2%2024 · #22
Gini coefficient of household incomeindex (0–1)0.4112024 · #220.4472024 · #270.4842024 · #28
GDP per capitaRM / person / yearRM 9,8862020 · #12RM 10,5402020 · #10RM 9,2882020 · #16
Real GDP growth, 2015–2020 average% / year−0.1%2020 · #17−1.4%2020 · #22−3.4%2020 · #25
Median income growth since 2019% / year2.8%2024 · #18−8.3%2024 · #274.0%2024 · #10
Unemployment rate% of labour force8.4%2024 · #99.1%2024 · #198.4%2024 · #9
Labour force participation rate% of working-age69.2%2024 · #1669.1%2024 · #1771.6%2024 · #9
Households with piped water% of households70.2%2024 · #2284.5%2024 · #1589.1%2024 · #12
Households with electricity% of households98.9%2024 · #22—100.0%2024 · #1
Agriculture share of GDP% of GDP59.9%2020 · #564.3%2020 · #347.1%2020 · #6
Manufacturing share of GDP% of GDP4.8%2020 · #111.8%2020 · #204.8%2020 · #12
Services share of GDP% of GDP33.0%2020 · #2433.6%2020 · #2347.1%2020 · #17
Populationthousand persons201.42025 · #559.12025 · #1978.32025 · #15
Population densitypersons / km²1802025 · #6152025 · #25642025 · #12

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 3,500RM 4,000RM 4,500201920222024
Absolute poverty rate
26.0%28.0%30.0%32.0%34.0%201920222024
Unemployment rate
6.0%7.0%8.0%9.0%10.0%2018202020222024
GDP at constant 2015 prices
600.0800.01,000.01,200.01,400.01,600.0201520162017201820192020