Pakistan’s economy, in data
Data stories, how-tos and comparisons built on official SBP, PBS, PTA and MUFAP figures, each with the API call to reproduce it. For the endpoint reference, see the docs.
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The best Pakistan economic data API (2026) - every option compared
Every way to get Pakistan's economic data programmatically - SBP EasyData, PBS, the World Bank, IMF, ADB, UN Comtrade, Trading Economics, CEIC - compared with PakDataHub, the unified API that serves the official SBP, PBS, PTA and MUFAP figures.
25 Sept 2026 · 3 min read
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Flour prices by city in Pakistan - weekly SPI data for 17 cities
A 20 kg bag of wheat flour cost Rs 2,200 in Faisalabad and Rs 3,066 in Karachi in the week to 17 September 2026. Weekly PBS prices for 30 essentials in 17 cities, and a cost-of-living index, via the PakDataHub API.
25 Sept 2026 · 1 min read
How to compare Pakistan's money-market funds with data (not brochures)
Rank Pakistan's money-market mutual funds by 1-year return and expense ratio using MUFAP data from the PakDataHub fund screener - one API call for all 567 funds.
25 Sept 2026 · 1 min read
KIBOR history since 2005 - get Pakistan's interbank rate via API
Daily KIBOR and KIBID for every tenor back to June 2005, plus today's 3M, 6M and 1Y fixings, from the SBP via the PakDataHub API. The 2023 peak, the 2016 low and copy-paste code.
25 Sept 2026 · 1 min read
Pakistan economic data in Excel and Google Sheets (auto-refreshing)
Load USD/PKR, inflation, KIBOR or any of 16,964 official Pakistan series straight into Google Sheets with IMPORTDATA, or Excel with Power Query - no code, refreshes automatically.
25 Sept 2026 · 1 min read
Pakistan remittances by country - monthly data via API
Workers' remittances to Pakistan hit US$41.6bn in FY26, up from $30.3bn in FY24. Monthly totals and the breakdown by sending country (Saudi Arabia, UAE, UK, USA...) from the SBP, via PakDataHub.
25 Sept 2026 · 1 min read
Pakistan's FX reserves - from the 2023 low to $18.5bn, and back to 1948
SBP foreign-exchange reserves fell to US$3.2bn in January 2023 and recovered to US$18.5bn by June 2026. Monthly SBP reserves since 1948, and the components, via the PakDataHub API.
25 Sept 2026 · 1 min read
Pakistan's government yield curve (PKRV) - daily, 1 week to 20 years
The PKRV revaluation curve from MUFAP, daily since 2022 across 20 tenors. Today's curve against a year ago, and how to pull and plot it via the PakDataHub API.
25 Sept 2026 · 1 min read
Raast in numbers - Pakistan's instant payments, quarter by quarter
Raast transaction value rose from Rs 2.3 trillion to Rs 23.3 trillion a quarter between end-2023 and Q1 2026. P2P, P2M and bulk volumes and values from the SBP, via the PakDataHub API.
25 Sept 2026 · 2 min read
SBP EasyData API vs PakDataHub - which should you use for Pakistan data?
SBP's EasyData portal is the official home of State Bank data. PakDataHub serves those same official numbers, plus PBS, PTA and MUFAP, through one developer API. Here's how they compare and when to use which.
25 Sept 2026 · 1 min read
SBP policy rate history - every change since 2015 (and the reverse repo since 1956)
Every State Bank of Pakistan policy-rate decision from 2015 to 2026 - the climb to 22% in 2023, the cutting cycle to 10.5% and the 2026 hike - plus the reverse-repo rate since 1956, via API.
25 Sept 2026 · 1 min read
T-Bill and PIB auction yields in Pakistan - history since 2000
Cut-off yields from Pakistan's government securities auctions - 3, 6 and 12-month T-Bills since 2004 and PIBs since 2000 - including the September 2023 peak above 23%, via the PakDataHub API.
25 Sept 2026 · 2 min read
The World Bank API for Pakistan data - what it covers, and what it doesn't
The World Bank API is a common first stop for Pakistan data. It's great for cross-country annual indicators and thin on Pakistan-specific monthly, weekly and daily data. Here's where each fits.
23 Sept 2026 · 1 min read
PakDataHub vs FinHisaab — data API vs finance tools
How PakDataHub compares to FinHisaab for Pakistani economic data — a developer-first REST API with the underlying data vs consumer-facing finance calculators.
23 Sept 2026 · 1 min read
PakDataHub vs Trading Economics — for Pakistan data
How PakDataHub compares to Trading Economics for Pakistani economic data — Pakistan-specialist depth and self-serve access vs a global aggregator's headline coverage.
23 Sept 2026 · 2 min read
Where to get Pakistan economic & financial data (2026)
A practical, honest comparison of the ways to get Pakistan's economic and financial data — official portals, global aggregators, and APIs — and how to pick the right one for your use case.
22 Sept 2026 · 3 min read
PakDataHub vs Capital Stake — choosing a Pakistan financial-data source
How PakDataHub compares to Capital Stake for Pakistani financial and economic data — self-serve access, transparent pricing, coverage and data quality.
20 Sept 2026 · 1 min read
Pull Pakistan CPI inflation in five minutes
A quick how-to for fetching Pakistan's CPI inflation from the PakDataHub API — headline YoY, by group and city, as JSON or CSV, with a server-side year-over-year transform.
18 Sept 2026 · 1 min read
The rupee since 1947 — USD/PKR history via the API
Fetch the full USD/PKR exchange-rate history back to 1947 from the PakDataHub API, chart it, and rebase it to an index — with copy-paste curl, Python and pandas examples.