The government posted a slightly lower budget utilization rate of 97.7 percent in 2025 compared with 99 percent the previous year, according to data released by the Department of Budget and Management on Tuesday.
Government agencies utilized P4.85 trillion of the P4.96 trillion in cash allocations released by the end of December 2025. This left P114.53 billion in unused funds for the period.
Line departments accounted for P3.57 trillion or 97 percent of the utilized budget allocations, with P112.1 billion remaining unused.
The Department of Education recorded the highest fund utilization at P782.8 billion. The Department of Public Works and Highways followed with P747.57 billion in utilized funds.
Government data also showed that P120.43 billion was utilized for budgetary support to government-owned and controlled corporations.
Allocations to local government units reached P1.16 trillion.
