Pakistan Inflation Rate

Last Release

May 31, 2025

Actual

3.5

Units In

0.3

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Jul 01, 2025

Time to Release

25 Days 22 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
37.97 May 2023	-10.32 Feb 1959	8.39 %	1957-2025	Pakistan Bureau of Statistics

In Pakistan, most important categories in the consumer price index are food and non-alcoholic beverages (35 percent of total weight); housing, water, electricity, gas and fuels (29 percent); clothing and footwear (8 percent) and transport (7 percent). The index also includes furnishings and household equipment (4 percent), education (4 percent), communication (3 percent) and health (2 percent). The remaining 8 percent is composed by: recreation and culture, restaurants and hotels, alcoholic beverages and tobacco and other goods and services.

Latest Updates

Pakistan's annual inflation rate rose to 3.5% in May 2025, the highest in five months and a sharp rebound from the near six-decade low of 0.3% recorded in April. The figure significantly exceeded the Finance Ministry’s forecast of 1.5–2%, though it remains well below the record highs seen in recent years. The increase comes as Pakistan navigates a fragile recovery under the IMF’s $7 billion program, which has led to increased taxation and higher electricity tariffs. Upward pressure came from food and non-alcoholic beverage (3.1% vs. -4.8% in April), clothing and footwear (9.6% vs. 9.1%), restaurants and hotels (7.4% vs. 6.3%), and miscellaneous goods and services (15.4% vs. 13.8%), while price decreases moderated for both housing and utilities (-2.5% vs. -2.6%) and transport (-2.5% vs. -3.9%). On a monthly basis, consumer prices declined by 0.2% in May, following a 0.8% drop in April. It marked the first instance of two consecutive months of deflation since January 2021.