Sabah

 

Sabah is located on the north of the island of Borneo and bounded:
i. South China Sea in the north, east and west; 
ii. Indonesia in the south; and 
iii. Sarawak and W.P. Labuan in the southwest
 

Sabah @ a Glance
		2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Area (km2)*		73,904	73,904	73,621	73,621	-
Population (million)
	Total	3.86	3.90	3.90	3.88	3.83e
	Male	2.01	2.04	2.04	2.02	1.99e
	Female	1.84	1.86	1.87	1.86	1.84e
Average Annual Population Growth Rate (%)		1.4	1.1	0.2	-0.6	-1.3e
Birth and Death ( per 1,000 population )
	Crude Birth Rate*	13.6	13.6	13.5	-	-
	Crude Death Rate	3.6	3.6	3.7	-	-
Total Fertility Rate #		1.4	1.4	1.4	-	-
Life Expectancy at birth (years)6
	Male	72.6	72.7	72.6	72.6p	72.4e
	Female	76.4	76.2	76.3	76.5p	76.7e
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
	GDP at constant 2015 prices (RM million)	83,793	85,012	85,647p	77,506e	-
	GDP per capita at current prices (RM)	24,639	25,832	25,375p	21,626e	-
	GDP Growth (%)	8.1	1.5	0.7p	-9.5e	-
Employment 2
	Labour Force ('000)	1,903.8	1,937.6	2,025.7	2,032.6	-
	Employed ('000)	1,796.3	1,825.5	1,908.6	1,869.7	-
	Unemployed ('000)	107.5	112.2	117.1	163.0	-
	Labour Force Participation Rates, LFPR (%)
	Total	68.4	68.2	70.0	70.0	-
	Male	84.8	85.0	85.9	83.3	-
	Female	50.1	49.7	52.5	55.4	-
	Unemployment Rate (%)	5.6	5.8	5.8	8.0	-

Note:

1. 2016 - 2019: Population Estimates based on the adjusted Population and Housing Census of Malaysia 2010.
2. ^# Total Fertility Rate: The rate per woman aged 15 - 49 years.
3. ^p Preliminary.
4. ^e Estimate.
5. Includes W.P. Labuan.
6. The added total may differ due to rounding.
7. * Source: Department of Survey and Mapping Malaysia