Gunungkidul District is a distric situated in the Special District of Yogyakarta Which has the width of 1,485.36 km2 . It has many potential natural resources which need developing. it also has many economic potentials, which should be explored more to improve its local income by optimizing its natural resources which have potentials to spur local economic growth and welfare of the residents. The objective of research is to identify and analyze superior sector in Gunungkidul District which can increase local economic growth and income of the societies. Analyses used in this research are Location Quotient (LQ), Shift-Share (SS), Klassen Typology and economic structural changes analyses. Data used in this research are secondary data which are in form of the values of produk Domestik Regional Bruto (PDRB) or Regional Gross Domestic Product of Gunungkidul District and the Special Distric of Yogyakarta based on constant price in 2000 from 2007 to 2012. Based on the result of the analysis of Location Quotient, it showed that agricultural sector and mining and quarrying sector are basic sector in Gunungkidul Distict. The analysis result of Shift-Share showed that the competitive sectors are agricultural sector, mining and quarrying sector, manufacturing sector, electricity, gas and water supply sector, construction sector and sector of dinance, leasing and corporate services. The analysis result of Klassen Typology showed that the advanced and fast-growing sector is agricultural sector. The analysis result of economic structural changes showed that there was a shift in economic structure in Gunungkidul District from primary sector to tertiary sector, though the shift level is relatively small. The analysis result per sector based on the three analysis instrument showed the superior sector with the criteria of advanced and fast-growing sector, basic sector and competitive sector.