With the recorded decline in Northern Mindanao’s GRDP, all major expenditure items recorded declines in 2020 except Government final consumption expenditure (GFCE). Government spending or GFCE increased by 13.0 percent, slower than its recorded growth in the previous year at 18.6 percent. Region X remained to have the fastest increase in government spending since 2019.
Regional Accounts
Latest Releases in Gross Regional Domestic Expenditure
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Release Date: April 29, 2021
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Release Date: November 20, 2020
The economy of the region expanded by 5.9 percent in 2019. At the expenditure side, the region topped in terms of growth rate in government spending at 19.2 percent. Government spending in the region amounted to PhP 94.31 billion in 2019 sharing 3.9 percent to the total government spending in the country.
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Release Date: October 22, 2020
Region X posted the highest growth in government spending in 2019 among the 17 regions at 19.2 percent, an acceleration from the 11.9 percent growth in the previous year. Government spending in the region amounted to PhP 94.31 billion in 2019 contributing 3.9 percent to the total government spending in the country.
Latest Releases in Gross Regional Domestic Product
Reference Number: PSAX-SR-2018-07
Release Date: April 26, 2018
Northern Mindanao’s economy expanded by 5.9 percent in 2017. This rate of expansion was slower by 1.6 percentage points from its recorded growth of 7.5 percent in 2016. The decceleration was due to the slowdown in the Industry and Services.
Reference Number: PSAX-PR-2018-02
Release Date: April 26, 2018
The economy of Northern Mindanao posted a 5.9 percent growth in 2017, slower as compared with the 7.5 percent growth recorded in 2016. Among the major economic sectors, Services had the fastest growth at 6.6 percent, lower than previous year’s growth of 8.3 percent. Industry decelerated to 5.9 percent compared with the 9.8 percent growth in 2016. Agriculture, Hunting, Forestry and Fishing grew by 4.7 percent, faster than 2.4 percent growth in the previous year.
Reference Number: PSAX-SR-2019-06
Release Date: April 25, 2019
The economy of Northern Mindanao grew by 7.0 percent in 2018. This expansion was faster than the recorded economic growth of 5.8 percent in 2017. The acceleration was driven by Industry and Services.
Reference Number: PSAX-PR-2019-03
Release Date: April 25, 2019
The economy of Northern Mindanao grew by 7.0 percent in 2018. This expansion was faster than the recorded economic growth of 5.8 percent in 2017. The acceleration was driven by Industry and Services.
Among the three major economic industries, Services remained to have the largest share of the region’s economy with 44.1 percent, followed by Industry with 35.6 percent and Agriculture, Hunting, Forestry and Fishing with 20.3 percent.
Reference Number: PSAX-PR-2020-07
Release Date: October 22, 2020
The economy of Region 10 expanded at a slower pace by 5.9 percent in 2019 as compared with the recorded growth in the previous year of 7.1 percent. The slower growth was due to the slowdown in Manufacturing, Construction and Transportation and Storage.
Reference Number: PSAX-SR-2020-29
Release Date: November 20, 2020
The economy of Region X grew by 5.9 percent in 2019. This was slower as compared to the 7.1 percent growth recorded in the previous year. The main drivers for growth in 2019 are Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles (contribution of 1.9 percentage points), Construction (contribution of 0.7 percentage point), and Education with a contribution of 0.6 percentage point. (Table 1)
Reference Number: PSAX-SR-2021-06
Release Date: April 29, 2021
The economy of the region declined by 5.2 percent in 2020 which translated to an economic loss of PhP 44.9 billion. The Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) of the region was reduced to PhP 822.6 billion in 2020 from its recorded GRDP of PhP 867.4 billion in the previous year. The main drivers of the economic contraction were: Construction recording a decline of 21.7 percent; Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles with 5.7 percent decline; and Transportation and storage which reduced by 39.5 percent.