The Businessworld published on May 3, 2018 the Philippine’s Top 5 performing regions in terms of sectoral performance. In 2017, the Philippine economy grew by 6.7% with industry and services maintaining their robust growth trend and the agriculture sector rebounding from its poor performance in 2016. Disaggregating the sectoral performance by region presents the same story. The infographic illustrates that based on the 2017 regional accounts data the top 5 performing regions that recorded high growths in the Industry Sector are Regions XI (Davao region) , CAR, II (Cagayan Valley), III (Central Luzon) and ARMM while Regions IV-B (MIMAROPA), VI (Western Visayas), XII ((Soccsksargen), XI, and XIII (Caraga) maintained their strong growths in the Services Sector. In the Agriculture Sector, Regions VI, XII, ARMM, VII (Central Visayas) and II were able to reverse their declines from 2016.
