DAVAO Region’s inflation rate rose from -0.1% in Aug to 0.6% in Sept 2025, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority XI’s (PSA) online report on Oct. 16.
Main sources, namely housing, water, electricity, gas, and fuels, contributed to the accelerated inflation rate sitting at 3.0% in Sept 2025 and have a 77.1% share in the uptrend of the overall inflation in the region. Electricity is the primary contributor with a 9.2 inflation rate when compared to 7.6 last Aug.
This is followed by the growing prices of transport with an inflation rate of 1.5 and 20.9% share to uptrend in inflation with gasoline (1.3% inflation) and diesel (7.4% inflation) acting as the main contributors.
Regional Statistical Services Office (RSSO) XI Baby Jean Alid said the average inflation rate for the Davao Region from January to September 2025 is 0.5%.
Davao City has the highest inflation with 1.7% while Davao Occidental has the lowest inflation with 2.3%.
Alid added that the top five commodities that added to the region’s overall inflation are electricity, restaurants, pig meat, rentals, and coconut oil.
The current bottom 30% income households in Region XI are recorded at -1.3% as of Sept 2025, versus the -2.5% last Aug and last year’s Sept 2024 rate at 2.9%
