Full data
Kedah in numbers
Every official state-level figure: economy, jobs, income and poverty since 1970. For a quick picture of each district, see the district slides.
Kedah today
What do Kedah's people work in?
956k people were employed in 2024. Manufacturing and wholesale & retail trade employ 39% of them.
By industry Official
Thousand workers, 2024. Vertical tick = 2023.
Source: DOSM, Labour Force Survey Report 2024, Table B4.8.
By occupation Official
Thousand workers, 2024. Vertical tick = 2023.
Source: DOSM, Labour Force Survey Report 2024, Table B4.5.
Who contributes to Kedah's GDP?
Three districts — Kuala Muda, Kota Setar, Kulim — produce 72% of Kedah's GDP (2020). The other nine share the rest.
GDP by district, 2020 Official
RM billion, constant 2015 prices · % of Kedah
Source: DOSM, GDP by District (latest edition: 2020).
Kedah since 1970
In 1970, 63% of Kedah households were poor. By 2016 that was near zero on the old poverty line — before DOSM raised the line in 2019.
Kedah median household income Official
RM a month, current prices (not adjusted for inflation)
Source: DOSM, Household Income by State.
Absolute poverty in Kedah Official
% of households. The two poverty lines are not directly comparable.
- Old poverty line (to 2016)
- 2019 poverty line
Source: DOSM, Poverty by State.