Cagayan de Oro City ranked 7th Overall Most Competitive Highly Urbanized City in 2023, improving one rank higher than the previous year. The city was 2nd in Resiliency, 5th in Innovation, 7th in Government Efficiency, 7th Most Improved Highly Urbanized City and 8th in Infrastructure. Congratulations!
Other notable winners in Northern Mindanao are as follows:
- Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte – Top 2 Overall Most Competitive (5th-6th Class Municipalities)
- Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte – Top 1 in Economic Dynamism (5th-6th Class Municipalities)
- Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte – Top 2 in Government Efficiency (5th-6th Class Municipalities)
- Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte – Top 2 in Infrastructure (5th-6th Class Municipalities)
- Catarman, Camiguin – Top 3 Overall Most Competitive (5th-6th Class Municipalities)
- Catarman, Camiguin – Top 3 in Economic Dynamism (5th-6th Class Municipalities)
- Catarman, Camiguin – Top 4 in Innovation (5th-6th Class Municipalities)
- Catarman, Camiguin – Top 8 in Resiliency (5th-6th Class Municipalities)
- Iligan City – Top 3 Most Improved Highly Urbanized City
- Oroquieta City – Top 4 Most Improved Component City
- Balo-i, Lanao del Norte – Top 9 Most Improved 3rd-4th Class Municipality
- Camiguin – Top 5 Overall Most Competitive Province
- Mambajao, Camiguin – Top 4 Overall Most Competitive (3rd-4th Class Municipalities)
- Mambajao, Camiguin – Top 1 in Economic Dynamism (3rd-4th Class Municipalities)
- Mambajao, Camiguin – Top 7 in Government Efficiency (3rd-4th Class Municipalities)
- Mahinog, Camiguin – Top 3 in Government Efficiency (5th-6th Class Municipalities)
- Mahinog, Camiguin – Top 7 in Resiliency (5th-6th Class Municipalities)
- Sapang Dalaga, Misamis Occidental – Top 4 in Resiliency (5th-6th Class Municipalities)
- Salay, Misamis Oriental – Top 5 in Innovation (3rd-4th Class Municipalities)
