Half of Malaysia’s districts have a median household income below RM4,594 a month.
District medians run from RM2,525 to RM11,404, more than four times apart. Between the 2022 and 2024 surveys, the median rose in 90% of districts.
TepStat Explained
13 Oct 2026
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Source: DOSM HIES 2024
Each dot is one district (162 districts in the 2024 survey). The dashed line is the typical district, the middle value. Sumber / Source: DOSM Household Income & Expenditure Survey (HIES) 2024, district table via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0). Analysis: TepStat. · Download the data (CSV)
Pasir Mas, up close
In Pasir Mas, Kelantan, the median household earns RM3,591 a month. That is RM1,002 less than the typical district. 26 of 162 districts have a lower median. Between 2022 and 2024 the Pasir Mas median moved from RM3,508 to RM3,591.
Price for the place. A menu or service priced for a RM11,000+ district may struggle where most households earn under RM4,000. See what else is around in the Pasir Mas anatomy.
Highest medians
District
State
Median
Poverty
Ulu Langat
Selangor
RM11,404
0.1%
Sepang
Selangor
RM11,131
0.1%
Gombak
Selangor
RM10,777
2.1%
Petaling
Selangor
RM10,688
1.0%
Kuala Langat
Selangor
RM10,583
0.3%
Lowest medians
District
State
Median
Poverty
Pantu
Sarawak
RM2,525
10.9%
Bukit Mabong
Sarawak
RM2,589
6.3%
Sebuyau
Sarawak
RM2,717
21.4%
Pitas
Sabah
RM2,785
50.0%
Kota Marudu
Sabah
RM2,877
40.0%
Poverty = share of households below the poverty line, as published in the same HIES table. 162 districts were published for 2024 (160 for 2022); this includes districts created after the 2021 boundary file, so the count differs from TepMap’s 144.
How we did this
We used the published district medians as released, with no adjustment for inflation or household size. “Typical district” is the median of the 162 district medians (RM4,594), not the national median household income. Change 2022→2024 uses the 150 districts published in both years (median change +8.9%). Methodology