The number of persons who were in the labor force was at 130 thousand of the estimated 229,163 population 15 years old and over in 2021. This translates to a labor force participation rate (LFPR) of 56.6 percent or 566 in every 1000 of the population aged 15 years and over were either employed or unemployed. The 2021 LFPR was lower by 4.4 and 10.5 percentage points compared 2020 and 2019 respectively.

Based on the Preliminary Results of the Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES) in 2021, poverty incidence among population, defined as the proportion of population in Davao Occidental whose per capita income cannot sufficiently meet the individual basic food and non-food needs, was recorded at 43.4 percent.

The Davao Occidental annual headline inflation continued its uptrend as it moved up further to 8.1 percent in July 2022, from 7.0 percent in June 2022. This is the highest recorded inflation since March 2019. With this month’s inflation, Davao Occidental average inflation from January to July 2022 stood at 4.1 percent. In July 2021, inflation rate was lower at 2.8 percent.

The Davao Occidental annual headline inflation continued to move at a faster pace of 7.0 percent in June 2022, from 5.1 percent in May 2022. This is the highest recorded inflation since May 2019. Inflation in June 2021 was lower at 2.5 percent. The average inflation for the first semester of the year stood at 3.5 percent.

PSA Davao Occidental Provincial Statistical Office conducted PhilSys mobile registration and PhilSys Birth Registration Assistance Project at Barangay Lagumit, Malita, Davao Occidental on June 23, 2022.

PSA Davao Occidental Provincial Statistical Office conducted PhilSys mobile registration and PhilSys Birth Registration Assistance Project at Barangay Little Baguio, Malita, Davao Occidental on June 21, 2022.

PSA Davao Occidental Provincial Statistical Office conducted PhilSys mobile registration and PhilSys Birth Registration Assistance Project at Barangay Demoloc, Malita, Davao Occidental on June 15, 2022.

PSA Davao Occidental Provincial Statistical Office conducted PhilSys mobile registration and PhilSys Birth Registration Assistance Project at Barangay Macol, Malita, Davao Occidental on June 13, 2022.

The headline inflation in Davao Occidental increased further to 5.1 percent in May 2022, from 3.5 percent in April 2022. This is the highest recorded inflation since June 2019. Inflation in May 2021 was lower at 1.8 percent. The average inflation for the first five months of the year stood at 2.8 percent. (Table A and Figure 1)