The headline inflation of prices in Davao de Oro decreased to -1.6 percent in April 2025 from -1.2 percent in March 2025. This brings the year-to-date provincial average inflation rate to -0.8 percent. The inflation rate in April 2024 was observed at 4.4 percent. (Table 1 and Figure 1)
 

The downtrend of provincial inflation in April 2025 was mainly driven by the lower annual growth rate in the indices of the following commodity groups: (a) Food and non-alcoholic beverages at -5.8 percent from -4.1 in March 2025; (b) Transport at -2.9 percent from -2.4 percent in March 2025 and; (c) Furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance at 3.2 percent from 3.5 percent in March 2025. (Table 2)

The percentage share of the above-mentioned commodity groups in the overall inflation in April 2025 are as follows: (a) Food and non-alcoholic beverages with 94.4 percent; (b) Transport with 4.6 percent and; (c) Furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance with 1.1 percent.

 

On the other hand, the following commodity groups posted a faster annual increment in their respective inflation rate for the month of April 2025: 
a. Alcoholic beverages and tobacco at 1.9 percent; 
b. Clothing and footwear at 2.1 percent; 
c. Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels at 2.6 percent; 
d. Recreation, sport and culture at 3.5 percent; and 
e. Personal care, and miscellaneous goods and services at 2.8 percent.

Meanwhile, the indices of the following commodity groups remained at their respective previous month’s annual rates:    
a. Health at 4.3 percent; 
b. Information and communication at 0.1 percent; 
c. Education services at 0.7 percent; 
d. Restaurants and accommodation services at 18.1 percent; and 
e. Financial services with zero percent. 

The Food and non-alcoholic beverages commodity group had the highest contribution for the month’s inflation rate with 196.1 percent share (-3.14 points). As to the share to the month’s inflation rate of the said commodity group, Cereals and cereal products posted the highest percentage share of 207.4 percent (-3.32 points) and having a -16.9 percent inflation rate. This was followed by Fish and other seafood with a 20.6 percent share (-0.33 points) and -4.1 percent inflation rate. Vegetables, tubers, plantains, cooking bananas and pulses have the third highest percentage share of 13.7 percent (-0.22 points) with -5.6 percent inflation rate. (Table 3)

 

The second highest contributor is the Transport commodity group with 16.2 percent share (-0.26 points) among all items. As to the share to the month’s inflation rate of the said commodity group, Fuels and lubricants for personal transport equipment posted the highest share of 26.5 percent (-0.42 points) with -10.9 percent inflation rate. (Table 4)

 

Below is the summary of inflation rates in Davao de Oro Province since the rebasing of the market basket with 2018 as the base year.
 

Consequently, the Purchasing Power of Peso (PPP) with base year 2018 in Davao de Oro is equivalent to 0.77 in April 2025.