Monthly grocery basket cost — National
Weekly cost in rupees of an illustrative monthly household grocery basket at PBS SPI prices for National: 40 kg wheat flour, 5 kg basmati rice (broken), 1 kg each masoor and gram pulse, two 2.5-kg tins of vegetable ghee, 4 kg sugar, 30 litres fresh milk, 2 dozen eggs, 4 kg chicken, 5 kg potatoes, 4 kg onions, 3 kg tomatoes, two 190-g packs of tea and an 800-g pack of salt. Sum of quantity x that week's price; an item missing for a week carries its last price for up to two weeks, otherwise the week is skipped. Derived by PakDataHub from official series.
Derived · PakDataHub method. Computed by PakDataHub from official series with a published formula (how the derived layer works). Weekly cost in rupees of an illustrative monthly household grocery basket at PBS SPI prices for National: 40 kg wheat flour, 5 kg basmati rice (broken), 1 kg each masoor and gram pulse, two 2.5-kg tins of vegetable ghee, 4 kg sugar, 30 litres fresh milk, 2 dozen eggs, 4 kg chicken, 5 kg potatoes, 4 kg onions, 3 kg tomatoes, two 190-g packs of tea and an 800-g pack of salt. Sum of quantity x that week's price; an item missing for a week carries its last price for up to two weeks, otherwise the week is skipped. Inputs: commodities.* (SPI, national).
Latest · 08 Oct 2026: 22,281 (PKR) — updated 08 Oct 2026
Change on period: +428.5 (+1.96%)
Recent observations
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 08 Oct 2026 | 22,281 |
| 01 Oct 2026 | 21,852 |
| 24 Sept 2026 | 21,739 |
| 17 Sept 2026 | 21,818 |
| 10 Sept 2026 | 21,917 |
| 03 Sept 2026 | 22,019 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 21,778 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 21,966 |
Full history back to 13 Jul 2023, CSV export and API access start with a free key.
About this series
Weekly cost in rupees of an illustrative monthly household grocery basket at PBS SPI prices for National: 40 kg wheat flour, 5 kg basmati rice (broken), 1 kg each masoor and gram pulse, two 2.5-kg tins of vegetable ghee, 4 kg sugar, 30 litres fresh milk, 2 dozen eggs, 4 kg chicken, 5 kg potatoes, 4 kg onions, 3 kg tomatoes, two 190-g packs of tea and an 800-g pack of salt. Sum of quantity x that week's price; an item missing for a week carries its last price for up to two weeks, otherwise the week is skipped. Derived by PakDataHub from official series.
Use cases
- Chart monthly grocery basket cost — national and its full history in a dashboard or research note
- Feed monthly grocery basket cost — national into an inflation or pricing model
- Compute real (inflation-adjusted) values
- Pull monthly grocery basket cost — national into your stack as JSON or CSV
Who uses this
- Bank risk & credit analyst
- Macro researcher
- Policy analyst
- Journalist
Metadata
| Series ID | prices.grocery_basket.national |
|---|---|
| Source | PakDataHub (derived from official series) |
| Unit | PKR |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| First observation | 13 Jul 2023 |
| Last observation | 08 Oct 2026 |
| Tier | basic |
Fetch it
curl -H "X-API-Key: pk_live_xxx" \
"https://api.pakdatahub.com/v1/series/prices.grocery_basket.national"JSON by default; add ?format=csv for CSV, from/to to filter dates, or transform=yoy|mom|pct_change|3ma|index for server-side transforms. See the series endpoint docs and pricing.
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FAQ
What is Monthly grocery basket cost — National?
Weekly cost in rupees of an illustrative monthly household grocery basket at PBS SPI prices for National: 40 kg wheat flour, 5 kg basmati rice (broken), 1 kg each masoor and gram pulse, two 2.5-kg tins of vegetable ghee, 4 kg sugar, 30 litres fresh milk, 2 dozen eggs, 4 kg chicken, 5 kg potatoes, 4 kg onions, 3 kg tomatoes, two 190-g packs of tea and an 800-g pack of salt. Sum of quantity x that week's price; an item missing for a week carries its last price for up to two weeks, otherwise the week is skipped. Derived by PakDataHub from official series.
Does PakDataHub have Pakistan inflation and price data on Monthly grocery basket cost — National?
Yes. Monthly grocery basket cost — National is an official Pakistan inflation and price time series (weekly, from PakDataHub) available on the PakDataHub API, covering 2023 to 2026. Query it as JSON or CSV at /v1/series/prices.grocery_basket.national, with server-side transforms (YoY, index, % change).
How far back does Monthly grocery basket cost — National go?
PakDataHub carries Monthly grocery basket cost — National covering 2023 to 2026, updated on a weekly basis from PakDataHub.
How do I get Monthly grocery basket cost — National via the API?
Call GET /v1/series/prices.grocery_basket.national with your API key. Add ?format=csv for a download, or filter by date with from/to.