DAVAO Region’s inflation rate climbed to 2.2%, accelerated by the price of food and nonalcoholic beverages in December 2025, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority XI monthly report.
The main commodity group of food and nonalcoholic beverages recorded a 2.1% inflation rate with a share in the uptrend of inflation of 98.2%. Primary contributors were cereals and products, such as rice, with a -3.5%.
The other three contributors were fish and other seafood (11.5%), vegetables, tubers, plantains (6.6%), and meat and other slaughtered parts of land animals (1.6%).
The second commodity group was housing, water, electricity, gas, and other fuel, sitting at 1.5% and 13% percent share. Contributors are namely rentals (1.4%), electricity (2.0%), and charcoal (15.9%).
In September 2025, the region’s inflation rate was at 0.6% and was driven mainly by the same commodity group, where electricity was the major contributor with a 9.2% when compared to 7.6% in Aug 2025.
The 2025 annual average inflation rate in the region is at 0.7% and is lower when compared to 2024’s 4.0%. In 2025, Jul was recorded as the lowest at -0.4%, and December was the highest at 2.2%.
For inflation rates by province, Davao del Sur ranks top with 3.5%, while Davao City is at 2.5%. Davao Occidental has the lowest inflation rate with 0.8%.
