Pakistan Inflation Rate

Last Release

Jul 31, 2025

Actual

4.1

Units In

3.2

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Sep 02, 2025

Time to Release

30 Days 7 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
37.97 May 2023	-10.32 Feb 1959	8.38 %	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 accelerated to 4.1% in July from 3.2% in the previous month, marking the highest level since December 2024. The uptick in prices was mainly driven by a rebound in housing and utilities (3.6% vs. -3.3%) and a further rise in transport (2.7% vs. 0.6%). However, these increases were partly offset by slower price growth in food and non-alcoholic beverages (0.9% vs. 2.6%), clothing and footwear (8.4% vs. 9.0%), alcoholic beverages and tobacco (3.7% vs. 5.1%), furnishing and household equipment maintenance (3.3% vs. 3.7%), health (10.8% vs. 12.2%), restaurants and hotels (7.7% vs. 8.4%), and miscellaneous goods and services (14.9% vs. 15.3%). In addition, prices in recreation and culture fell further (-1.5% vs. -1.0%). On a monthly basis, consumer prices rose sharply by 2.9% in July, up from a 0.2% increase in June.