Table 8. Year-on-Year Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: January 2009 and December 2008
(2000 = 100)
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All Items | Food, Beverages, | Clothing | Housing | Fuel, Light, | Services | Miscellaneous
Area and Region | and Tobacco | | and Repairs | and Water | |
Current Previous | Current Previous | Current Previous | Current Previous | Current Previous | Current Previous | Current Previous
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Philippines 7.1 8.0 12.2 12.7 4.3 5.0 4.3 5.3 -3.8 -1.7 3.2 4.6 3.6 3.9
National Capital Region (NCR) 4.3 4.5 9.1 8.2 3.9 5.5 4.0 3.3 -1.3 0.6 -0.2 1.6 2.7 2.9
Areas Outside NCR 8.3 9.6 13.1 14.2 4.4 4.8 4.6 6.7 -5.1 -2.8 5.1 6.3 3.9 4.2
Regions:
CAR - Cordillera Administrative
Region 6.8 8.3 12.3 14.6 2.5 2.7 5.4 5.4 -11.1 -8.0 5.0 5.7 2.0 2.0
I - Ilocos 7.0 8.1 12.7 14.2 2.8 2.6 4.4 4.4 -13.9 -11.4 4.0 4.7 3.2 3.3
II - Cagayan Valley 8.6 9.6 13.3 14.2 3.7 3.9 5.5 5.4 -5.9 -2.1 3.0 3.9 4.0 4.0
III - Central Luzon 7.2 9.5 12.2 12.5 3.8 4.0 3.7 17.0 -13.3 -10.2 7.2 7.8 4.1 5.1
IV-a - Calabarzon 6.1 7.4 11.8 13.4 3.6 3.6 2.2 2.2 -4.1 -2.6 2.0 4.5 2.9 3.0
IV-b - Mimaropa 7.3 7.7 10.3 9.7 3.7 3.7 6.0 9.0 -2.5 0.0 4.1 4.9 3.9 4.0
V - Bicol 8.2 8.1 11.9 11.2 2.9 3.1 4.8 5.3 -7.6 -5.9 8.7 9.2 3.7 3.9
VI - Western Visayas 11.6 11.9 17.4 17.4 3.8 3.9 4.1 4.0 4.6 7.3 7.0 7.5 5.4 5.6
VII - Central Visayas 9.2 10.4 14.4 15.9 9.5 10.3 1.8 2.1 -2.5 -0.9 5.3 6.2 3.6 4.2
VIII - Eastern Visayas 12.7 13.7 18.4 19.3 5.6 6.2 5.6 7.0 -2.8 0.2 8.8 10.0 4.6 4.9
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 9.0 11.4 11.6 15.1 6.7 8.7 7.3 8.7 -2.6 -2.7 7.6 9.1 4.4 5.4
X - Northern Mindanao 9.6 10.8 12.9 14.0 3.3 4.1 12.6 13.5 1.9 5.0 5.3 6.3 2.6 2.5
XI - Davao 8.1 9.1 11.6 13.4 6.4 6.3 8.0 8.2 -5.6 -6.0 5.7 6.5 4.1 3.9
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 8.1 10.0 10.3 12.3 7.9 10.0 9.7 10.4 1.0 5.6 4.3 5.7 5.3 6.1
XIII - Caraga 11.5 13.4 15.4 18.0 4.1 5.5 10.2 11.1 -2.5 0.0 8.9 10.2 5.1 5.2
ARMM - Autonomous Region
in Muslim Mindanao 10.7 13.0 14.6 17.3 4.8 5.5 7.8 8.2 1.3 5.8 -0.4 1.7 5.0 6.1
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Source: Economic Indices and Indicators Division
Industry and Trade Statistics Department
National Statistics Office
Republic of the Philippines
Page last updated: February 5, 2009
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