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Negros Island (NIR)

Negros Oriental

Economy GDP 2025
₱201B
Growth 2025
+7.0%
People 2024 Census
1.49M
Per person GDP 2025
₱139,575
Biggest sector
Trade and retail 27.1%

Famous for

  • #3 in sugarcane11% of the country's harvest, 2025
  • #3 in mangoes5.3% of the country's harvest, 2025
  • #3 in lettuce9.4% of the country's harvest, 2025

Did you know? EDC's geothermal plants in Valencia, led by the 112.5-MW Palinpinon-1 running since 1983, give its Southern Negros field 222.5 MW with Palinpinon-2 and Nasulo. Source

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Where these numbers come from

Economy, growth and income per person: PSA Provincial Product Accounts, 2025, at constant 2018 prices. People: 2024 Census of Population. Rank among all 82 provinces in the Atlas.

"Famous for": PSA production volumes for 2025, ranked among provinces as PSA reports them (cities PSA counts separately, like Davao City, are left out). A rank is shown only if the province grows or catches at least 2% of the country's total. Tables: Fruit Crops (0072E4EVCP2); Vegetables and Root Crops (0082E4EVCP3); Non-Food and Industrial Crops (0072E4EVCP1); Palay and Corn (0012E4EVCP0); Fisheries (0112E4GVFP0).

"Did you know?" comes from the fact-checked province notes in the Atlas, with its source linked.

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