Pakistan Inflation Rate

Last Release

Mar 31, 2025

Actual

0.7

Units In

1.5

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Jun 03, 2025

Time to Release

1 Months 0 Days 13 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
37.97 May 2023	-10.32 Feb 1959	8.41 %	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

The annual inflation rate in Pakistan eased for the sixth consecutive month to 0.3% in April 2025 from 0.7% in the previous month. This marked the lowest reading since August 1968, as deflation worsened for transport (-3.9% vs -1.2% in March) and housing and utilities (-2.6% vs -2.2%). Moreover, prices slowed for clothing and footwear (9.1% vs 13.5%) and education (10.9% vs 11.9%). Meanwhile, prices accelerated for alcoholic beverages and tobacco (7.9% vs 7.5%), furnishing and household equipment maintenance (4.0% vs 3.7%), health (14.2% vs 13.8%), recreation and culture (7.8% vs 7.7%), and miscellaneous goods and services (13.8% vs 13.4%). In addition, prices fell at a softer pace for food & non-alcoholic beverages (-4.8% vs -5.1%), particularly perishable food items (-26.7%). On a monthly basis, consumer prices dropped by 0.8% in April 2025, reversing a 0.9% rise in the previous month.