The inflation rate at the regional level, for the bottom 30% income households decelerated to 0.5 percent in April 2025 or a 0.5 percentage point decrease from the March 2025 inflation. The index was recorded at 5.7 percent in the same reference month of the previous year.  The main contributors to the downtrend of inflation were food and non-alcoholic beverages (-0.9 inflation), housing, water, electricity, gas, and other fuels (2.1% inflation), and transport (-3.3% inflation).

INFLATION RATE BY COMMODITY GROUP

      Moreover, the following commodity groups exhibited a lower annual gain in April 2025: 
•restaurants and accommodation services (7.1% inflation), 
•recreation, sport and culture (2.5% inflation), 
•personal care, and miscellaneous goods and services (1.3% inflation), and
•furnishings household equipment and routine household maintenance (0.5% inflation).

     On the other hand, commodity groups of alcoholic beverages and tobacco (6.5% inflation), information and communication (6.4% inflation), health (1.9% inflation), and clothing and footwear (1.0% inflation) recorded a higher annual increment in April 2025, compared with the indices in the previous month.

     Meanwhile, the commodity groups of education services (2.7% inflation) and financial services (0.0% inflation) retained their previous month’s inflation rate. 

INFLATION RATE BY FOOD GROUP

     The region’s food index further decelerated to -1.3 percent in April 2025, from -0.6 percent in the previous month, and 7.7 percent in April 2024.

     Moreover, the downtrend in food inflation was mainly contributed by rice (-13.8% inflation), meat and other parts of slaughtered land animals (14.5% inflation), and vegetables, tubers, plantains, cooking bananas and pulses (3.1% inflation).

     Additionally, the following food groups posted lower annual indices in April 2025:
•Corn (11.1% inflation),
•Ready-made food and other food products (4.4% inflation), and
•Sugar, confectionery and desserts (0.7% inflation).

     In contrast, five food groups registered a faster growth in their April 2025 inflation rate. 
 

INFLATION RATE BY PROVINCE
 

Among the provinces and highly urbanized city in the region, Oriental Mindoro had the highest inflation for the bottom 30 percent income households, with 3.2 percent, while Occidental Mindoro posted the lowest, with -3.9 percent.

Additionally, Marinduque (1.8% inflation), Occidental Mindoro (-3.9% inflation), and the City of Puerto Princesa (2.4% inflation) recorded a decrease in April 2025, compared with their previous month’s inflation rate. In contrast, the provinces of Oriental Mindoro (3.2% inflation) and Palawan (2.1% inflation) showed a faster increase in the prices of goods and services.  

The province of Romblon registered a slower year-on-year decrease, at 2.6 percent, from the 3.5 percent annual drop in the previous month. 

(SGD) LENI R. RIOFLORIDO
Regional Director

MLLM / OHG / APAR / AMO