The Board of Investments (BOI) reported investment approvals totaling PHP3.54 trillion from July 2022 to April 2025, generating 147,304 jobs for Filipinos.
Investment pledges reached PHP499 billion in the latter half of 2022, nearly 70% of that year’s total approvals. Approvals rose to PHP1.26 trillion in 2023 and further climbed to PHP1.62 trillion in 2024. In the first four months of 2025 alone, the BOI approved PHP158 billion in investments.
Department of Trade and Industry Secretary and BOI chair Ma. Cristina Roque credited these record figures to the country’s sound investment policies and President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s leadership, highlighting efforts to build a strong, innovation-driven economy.
Many large projects have already begun implementation, aided by Executive Order No. 18, which created a Green Lane for Strategic Investments. So far, the BOI’s One-Stop Action Center has issued green lane certificates to 208 projects worth PHP5.2 trillion.
Roque emphasized the administration’s focus on meaningful transformation and innovation-led growth despite global uncertainties, continuing efforts to attract investors through initiatives like the CREATE MORE Act.