Table A. Year-on-Year Inflation Rates for the Bottom 30% Income Households: Philippines, MIMAROPA, and Puerto Princesa City
All Items, In Percent (2018=100)
 

Inflation rate for the bottom 30% income households in Puerto Princesa City decreased to 2.4 percent in April 2025 from 4.2 percent in March 2025. In April 2024, inflation rate was posted at 6.9 percent. (Table A and Figure 1)

The main driver to the downward trend in the city’s inflation for this income group in April 2025 was the higher year-on-year growth in the heavily weighted food and non-alcoholic beverages at 1.9 percent from 5.6 percent in March 2025. Also contributed to the decrease in the overall inflation were the commodity groups of transport with a decline of 1.3 percent from an annual decline of 0.2 percent in the previous month, and health at 3.0 percent this month from 3.3 percent in March 2025.
 

Table B. Year-on-Year Inflation Rates for the Bottom 30% Income Households in Puerto Princesa City, All Items, In Percent
(2018=100)

In contrast, higher annual growth rates were noted in the indices of alcoholic beverages and tobacco at 1.7 percent from 1.0 percent, housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels at 3.1 percent from 2.0 percent, restaurants and accommodation services at
12.0 percent from 11.3 percent, and personal care, and miscellaneous goods and services at 2.6 percent from 2.4 percent.

Further, the indices of the clothing and footwear, furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance, information and communication, recreation, sport, and culture, education services, and financial services retained their March 2025 rates.

Table C. Year-on-Year Inflation Rates for the Bottom 30% Income Households in Puerto Princesa City, By Food Group, In Percent
(2018=100)

Food inflation for the bottom 30% income households in Puerto Princesa City moved at a slower pace of 1.7 percent in April 2025 from 5.6 percent in the previous month. In April 2024, inflation rate was observed at 7.8 percent. (Table C)

The downtrend in the food inflation in the city was mainly due to the slower growth in the rice index at an annual decline of 7.5 percent from an annual decline of 2.3 percent in the previous month. Lower inflation rates were also noted in April 2025 for fish and other seafood at 12.8 percent from 24.2 percent, and vegetables, tubers, plantains, cooking bananas and pulses with 6.0 percent from its previous month inflation rate of percent 7.6 percent.
 

Moreover, lower annual decreases were also noted in the following food groups:
a.    Fruits and nuts, 11.4 percent from 12.9 percent;
b.    Sugar, confectionery and desserts, 0.1 percent from 1.6 percent; and
c.    Ready-made food and other food products at 4.0 percent from 4.5 percent.

Table D. Year-on-Year Inflation Rates for the Bottom 30% Income Households 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
 

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