Monthly Consumer Price Index: Information and Communication
For All Income Households in the Philippines (2018=100)
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Sources: Philippine Statistics Authority; Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

Units: Index (2018=100)

Frequency: Monthly

Notes: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for Information and Communication measures price changes in goods and services for ICT. The collection of data for the CPI is done through the Retail Price Survey.1 Information and Communication covers information and communication equipment, software and ICT-related services. Video games is covered in another series (Recreation, Sport and Culture).

(The major commodity grouping of CPI is based on the 2020 Philippine Classification of Individual Consumption According to Purpose (PCOICOP). This is a standard classification of individual consumption expenditures patterned after the one set by the United Nations. In the 2020 PCOICOP, information and communication (Division 08) covers three groups: information and communication equipment (e.g., phones, computers), software excluding games (e.g., Zoom, Microsoft), and information and communication services (e.g., pre- and post-paid subscriptions, streaming subscriptions)).2

Suggested Citation: Philippine Statistics Authority. Monthly Consumer Price Index (2018 = 100), Information and Communication. EconStat®. Accessed July 17, 2026. http://econstat.net/category/prices/C1/series/CPI2018-M-ICT/.

References:


  1. Philippine Statistics Authority. 2018-Based Consumer Price Index for All Income Households. Technical Notes. Accessed August 4, 2025. https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/psd/Technical%20Notes%20-%20CPI%20for%20All%20Items_4.pdf. 

  2. Philippine Statistics Authority. 2020 Philippine Classification of Individual Consumption According to Purpose. Accessed August 4, 2025. https://psa.gov.ph/classification/pcoicop/technical-notes.