Table A. Year-on-Year Inflation Rates for All Income Households: Philippines, MIMAROPA, and Puerto Princesa City
All Items, In Percent (2018=100)

The headline inflation in the City of Puerto Princesa decelerated to 3.7 percent in April 2025 from 4.6 percent in the previous month. In April 2024, inflation rate is higher at 4.7 percent. (Table A and Figure 1)
 

Table B. Year-on-Year Inflation Rates for All Income Households in Puerto Princesa City, All Items, In Percent
(2018=100)

The downtrend in the overall inflation rate in Puerto Princesa City in April 2025 was primarily brought by the lower index for food and non-alcoholic beverages posted at 3.3 percent from 5.9 percent in March 2025. This was followed by transport with a decline of 3.3 percent in the current month from an annual decline of 1.5 percent in the previous month.
 

Meanwhile, the following commodity groups exhibited annual increments:

a)    Alcoholic beverages and tobacco, 2.7 percent from 2.2 percent;
b)    Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels, 1.9 percent from 1.4 percent;
c)    Health, 6.6 percent from 6.0 percent;
d)    Restaurants and accommodation services, 12.0 percent from 11.2 percent; and
e)    Personal care and miscellaneous goods and services, 3.7 percent from
3.5 percent.

On the other hand, the indices for clothing and footwear, furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance, information and communication, recreation, sport and culture, education services, and financial services retained their previous month’s inflation rates.
 

Table C. Year-on-Year Inflation Rates for All Income Households in Puerto Princesa City, By Food Group In Percent
(2018=100)

Food index for April 2025 in Puerto Princesa City decelerated to 3.0 percent inflation rate from 6.0 percent in the previous month. In April 2024, the food index was higher at
5.9 percent inflation rate. (Table C)

The downtrend in the food inflation for the month was brought about by the lower index for fish and other seafood at 10.0 percent inflation rate during the month from 19.7
 

percent last month. This was followed by rice with a decline of 6.8 percent from an annual decline of 1.8 percent and vegetables, tubers, plantains, cooking bananas and pulses at 5.7 percent from 6.7 percent.

Furthermore, lower inflation rates were also observed in the following food groups:

a)    Fruits and nuts, 11.1 percent from 11.7 percent;
b)    Sugar, confectionery and desserts, 0.5 percent from 1.1 percent; and
c)    Ready-made food and other products n.e.c., 4.7 percent from 5.1 percent.

On the other hand, higher annual increment was observed in meat and other parts of slaughtered land animals at 10.0 percent in April 2025 from 9.1 percent in the previous month, milk, other dairy products and eggs at 3.2 percent from 3.1 percent, and oils and fats at 2.0 percent from 0.3 percent.
 
Table D. Year-on-Year Inflation Rates in Puerto Princesa City, All Items, In Percent
January 2022 – April 2025
(2018=100)

(SGD) DONNA MARIE D. MOBE
(Supervising Statistical Specialist)
Officer-In-Charge 
Palawan Provincial Statistical Office
 

DCE