Pakistan Inflation Rate

Last Release

Feb 28, 2025

Actual

1.5

Units In

2.4

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Apr 01, 2025

Time to Release

26 Days 10 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
37.97 May 2023	-10.32 Feb 1959	8.42 %	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 slowed for a fourth straight month to 1.5% in February 2025, the lowest level since September 2015, compared to 2.4% in the previous month. The reading came below Pakistan's finance ministry estimate of 2%-3%. The biggest downward pressure came from prices of food & non-alcoholic beverages declined (-4.2% vs -3.1% in January 2025), namely perishable items (-20.3%), and housing and utilities (-0.6% vs 1.5%). Transport prices also declined (-1.1% s 0.7%). On the other hand, the biggest upward impact came from cost of miscellaneous goods and services (12.8% vs 11.9%). Compared to January, the CPI in Pakistan went down 0.8%, the biggest drop in nine months, after a 0.2% rise in January.