The headline inflation or the overall inflation in the province of Davao de Oro for the Bottom 30% of Income Households decelerated to -2.9 percent in May 2025 from -2.3 percent in April 2025. This brings the year-to-date provincial average inflation rate to -2.0 percent. Inflation of prices in May 2024 was observed at 4.1 percent. (Table 1 and Figure 1)

 

On the other hand, the following commodity groups posted a faster annual increment in the overall inflation for the Bottom 30% Income Households and their corresponding inflation rate for May 2025: 
a. Food and non-alcoholic beverages at -6.7 percent;  
b. Alcoholic beverages and tobacco at 2.1 percent; 
c. Health at 7.1 percent; and  
d. Personal care, and miscellaneous goods and services at 2.7 percent. 

Meanwhile, the indices of the following commodity groups remained at their respective previous month’s annual rates:    
a. Furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance at 1.5 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 137.3 percent share (-3.98 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 168.9 percent (-4.90 points) and had a -19.6 percent inflation rate. This was followed by Vegetables, tubers, plantains, cooking bananas and pulses with a 8.5 percent share (-0.25 points) and -4.5 percent inflation rate. Sugar, confectionery and desserts had the third highest percentage share of 4.5 percent (-0.13 points) with -8.1 percent inflation rate. (Table 3)

 

The second highest contributor is the Transport commodity group with 6.1 percent share (-0.18 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 10.7 percent (-0.31 points) with -12.3 percent inflation rate. (Table 4)

 

The table below summarizes the inflation rates from January 2021 to May 2025 since the rebasing of the market basket with 2018 as the base year.