A view of Baguio City from Mount Sto. Tomas in Tuba, Benguet. Michelle Soriano, ABS-CBN News

Baguio City

Benise Balaoing

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/171075702905120190130-baguio-weather-ABS.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:pre-wrap;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">A view of Baguio City from Mount Sto. Tomas in Tuba, Benguet. <em>Michelle Soriano, ABS-CBN News</em></span><em> </em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA -- Baguio was the wealthiest city outside Metro Manila in 2022, according to data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).</p><p>In the PSA&#x27;s Provincial Product Accounts, it was shown that Baguio City had the highest per capita gross domestic product (GDP) among the provinces and highly urbanized cities in the Philippines that year.</p><p>Their per capita GDP reached P<span id="isPasted" style="box-sizing:border-box;white-space:nowrap;color:rgb(53, 54, 58);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">420,016</span><span style="color:rgb(53, 54, 58);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">--more than twice the national average of <span id="isPasted" style="box-sizing:border-box;white-space:nowrap;color:rgb(53, 54, 58);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">P178,751</span><span style="color:rgb(53, 54, 58);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">.</span> </span></p><div><span style="color:rgb(53, 54, 58);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">The per capita GDP is a measure of how much the economy grows per person in a particular area and is a measure of wealth or poverty.</span></div><p>Cagayan de Oro City comes after Baguio, with a per capita GDP of P<span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(33, 37, 41);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:right;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">343,936. This is followed by Lapu-Lapu City (P<span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(33, 37, 41);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:right;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">313,039), Iloilo City (P<span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(33, 37, 41);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:right;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">306,444), and the province of Bataan (P<span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(33, 37, 41);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:right;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">297,930).</span></span></span></span></p><div><span style="color:rgb(33, 37, 41);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:right;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none"><span style="color:rgb(33, 37, 41);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:right;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none"><span style="color:rgb(33, 37, 41);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:right;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none"><span style="color:rgb(33, 37, 41);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:right;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Rounding out the top 10 richest areas outside Metro Manila were Cebu City, the province of Laguna, Mandaue City, Davao City, and the province of Batanes. All had per capita GDP above the national average.</span></span></span></span></div><p>The state statistics agency&#x27;s latest findings only cover <span id="isPasted" style="box-sizing:border-box;white-space:nowrap;color:rgb(53, 54, 58);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">82 provinces</span><span style="color:rgb(53, 54, 58);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none"> and </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;white-space:nowrap;color:rgb(53, 54, 58);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">17 highly</span><span style="color:rgb(53, 54, 58);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none"> urbanized cities in 16 pilot regions across the country.</span></p><div><span style="color:rgb(33, 37, 41);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:right;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none"><span style="color:rgb(33, 37, 41);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:right;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none"><span style="color:rgb(33, 37, 41);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:right;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none"><span style="color:rgb(33, 37, 41);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:right;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none"><span style="color:rgb(53, 54, 58);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">In October, <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">a 2022 report from the Commission on Audit (COA) showed</span> that Quezon City was the Philippines&#x27; wealthiest in terms of assets.</span></span></span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(33, 37, 41);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:right;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none"><span style="color:rgb(33, 37, 41);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:right;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none"><span style="color:rgb(33, 37, 41);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:right;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none"></span></span></span><br/></div><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/10/10/23/list-the-richest-cities-provinces-in-the-philippines">LIST: The richest cities, provinces in the Philippines</a></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3c6B5YW00WY?&amp;ab_channel=ANC24%2F7autoplay=1&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Baguio was the wealthiest city outside Metro Manila in 2022, according to data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).</p>

Baguio was the wealthiest city outside Metro Manila in 2022, according to data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).

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Baguio is richest city outside Metro Manila in 2022: PSA

Baguio is richest city outside Metro Manila in 2022: PSA

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Published Mar 18, 2024 06:27 PM PHT

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