The headline inflation or the overall inflation in the province of Davao de Oro for the Bottom 30% of Income Households accelerated to -2.3 percent in April 2025 from -2.6 percent in March 2025. This brings the year-to-date provincial average inflation rate to -1.8 percent. Inflation of prices in April 2024 was observed at 3.5 percent. (Table 1 and Figure 1)

 

The uptrend of provincial inflation for the Bottom 30% Income Households was mainly driven by the higher inflation rate in the index of the following commodity groups: 
a. Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels at 6.9 percent from -2.6 percent in March 2025; 
b. Personal care, and miscellaneous goods and services at 2.6 percent from 2.2 percent in March 2025; and 
c. Alcoholic beverages and tobacco at 1.9 percent from 1.3 percent in March 2025. 

The percentage share of the above-mentioned commodity groups in the overall inflation for the Bottom 30% Income Households in April 2025 are as follows: 
(a) Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels at 97.7 percent; 
(b) Personal care, and miscellaneous goods and services at 1.2 percent; and 
(c) Alcoholic beverages and tobacco at 0.8 percent. (Table 2)

 

In addition, the following commodity groups also posted a faster annual growth in their respective inflation for the month of April 2025: 
a. Clothing and footwear at 2.0 percent; and 
b. Recreation, sport and culture at 4.4 percent. 

On the other hand, the following commodity groups posted a slower annual increment in the overall inflation for the Bottom 30% Income Households and their corresponding inflation rate for April 2025: 
a. Food and non-alcoholic beverages at -6.8 percent;  
b. Furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance at 1.5 percent; and 
c. Transport at -2.2 percent.

Meanwhile, the indices of the following commodity groups remained at their respective previous month’s annual rates:    
a. Health at 6.6 percent; 
b. Information and communication at zero percent; 
c. Education services at 1.3 percent; 
d. Restaurants and accommodation services at 18.1 percent; and 
e. Financial services at zero percent.

The Food and non-alcoholic beverages commodity group had the highest contribution for the month’s inflation rate with 202.6 percent share (-4.66 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 224.7 percent (-5.17 points) and had a -18.0 percent inflation rate. This was followed by Fish and other seafood with a 19.6 percent share (-0.45 points) and -4.6 percent inflation rate. Vegetables, tubers, plantains, cooking bananas and pulses had the third highest percentage share of 10.0 percent (-0.23 points) with -4.6 percent inflation rate.

 

The second highest contributor is the Transport commodity group with 8.4 percent share (-0.19 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 18.7 percent (-0.43 points) with -11.4 percent inflation rate.

 

The table below summarizes the inflation rates of Davao de Oro Province from January 2021 up to April 2025 since the rebasing of the market basket with 2018 as the base year.