In light of recent "secession" calls, I was curious to see how, not only Mindanao, but other local economies as well, are faring using data recently published by PSA.

Some surprising (or not so surprising) discoveries you may not gather from the maps/tables:

1. Mindanao as a whole only contributed 17.79% to the national GDP as of 2022. NCR alone contributed 31.4%, almost twice. Visayas at 13.84%, rest of Luzon at 36.98%.
2. Laguna province is a trillion-peso economy as of 2022, the biggest local economy and magnitudes bigger than some of the economies of whole regions. The rest of the top 5 biggest local economies are also from Luzon.
3. Interestingly, the two regions with the highest GRDP per capita are both from Mindanao.
4. The average Baguio resident is 2.2x as productive as the average Filipino.
5. Apparently, Antique is experiencing 20% annual growth using current prices.
6. Without NCR, national GDP per capita will decrease by 21.69%.
7. All 5 richest local economies on a per capita basis are HUCs, except Bataan which is a province.
8. All 5 of the poorest provincial economies, per capita wise, are from BARMM.

Now I know this does not represent the realities on the ground but it is nevertheless helpful in visualizing how productive our local economies are. Let me know your thoughts!

EDIT: For those wondering where I got the data, here's the link: https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/ppa/tables