Bohol’s Inflation Rate Deops to 0.2% in December 2025

Bohol’s inflation rate dropped significantly to 0.2% in December 2025, a sharp decline from the 3.4% recorded in December 2024 and down from 1.6% in November, Philippine Statistics Authority–Bohol Chief Statistical Specialist Jessamyn Anne Alcazaren reported during the inflation briefing on Friday, January 16, 2026.

The slowdown was mainly driven by lower costs in housing, water, electricity, gas, and other fuels, which accounted for 78.9 percent of the deceleration, particularly due to reduced rental and electricity prices. Transport also contributed to the decline, posting -3.7 percent deflation, due to a sharp drop in passenger transport by sea and inland waterways.

Meanwhile, inflationary pressure persisted in vegetables, tubers, and plantains, which surged from 9.6 percent to 28.6 percent, contributing 0.57 percentage points to overall inflation. Rice prices continued to decline at -12.2 percent, remaining a key factor in easing the cost of living, especially for low-income households. For the full year 2025, Bohol recorded an average inflation rate of 1.7 percent.

PSA-Bohol also underscored the ongoing field operations for the January 2026 Labor Force Survey (LFS) and 2025 Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES) Visit 2.

The Provincial Government of Bohol, under the leadership of Gov. Aris Aumentado, continues to pursue its Strategic Change Agenda on food security and sustainable agriculture to keep basic goods affordable and strengthen economic resilience as the country’s only UNESCO Global Geopark.