Food and essential prices in Pakistan
Weekly national prices of atta, sugar, ghee, milk, chicken and other essentials (PBS SPI).
Latest figures
- Atta price in Pakistan (20 kg wheat flour bag) — weekly: 2,991 PKR/20kg (22 Oct 2026)
- Sugar price in Pakistan (Rs/kg) — weekly SPI: 141.7 Rs/kg (22 Oct 2026)
- Chicken price in Pakistan (live broiler, Rs/kg) — weekly: 445.9 Rs/kg (22 Oct 2026)
- Egg price in Pakistan (Rs/dozen) — weekly SPI: 262.0 Rs/dozen (22 Oct 2026)
- Milk price in Pakistan (fresh, Rs/litre) — weekly SPI: 220.2 Rs/litre (22 Oct 2026)
- Cooking oil price in Pakistan (5-litre tin) — weekly SPI: 3,095 PKR/5litre (22 Oct 2026)
Every week the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics records the retail price of 51 essential items in 17 cities for its Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI). The series here are the national average prices, in rupees per kilogram, litre, dozen or pack as PBS quotes them.
From the same prices PakDataHub costs an illustrative monthly grocery basket for each city and computes a cost-of-living index. For wholesale crop prices in each market, see the mandi pages.
See also: Mandi (wholesale) crop prices · Grocery basket calculator
Staples
- Atta price in Pakistan (20 kg wheat flour bag) — weekly
- Basmati rice price in Pakistan (broken, Rs/kg) — weekly
- IRRI-6/9 rice price in Pakistan (Rs/kg) — weekly SPI
- Sugar price in Pakistan (Rs/kg) — weekly SPI
- Bread price in Pakistan (plain, small loaf) — weekly SPI
- Salt price in Pakistan (800 g pack) — weekly SPI
- Tea price in Pakistan (190 g pack) — weekly SPI
- Gur price in Pakistan (Rs/kg) — weekly SPI
Meat, eggs and milk
- Chicken price in Pakistan (live broiler, Rs/kg) — weekly
- Beef price in Pakistan (with bone, Rs/kg) — weekly SPI
- Mutton price in Pakistan (Rs/kg) — weekly SPI
- Egg price in Pakistan (Rs/dozen) — weekly SPI
- Milk price in Pakistan (fresh, Rs/litre) — weekly SPI
Cooking fat and oil
- Ghee price in Pakistan (1 kg loose) — weekly SPI
- Ghee price in Pakistan (2.5 kg tin) — weekly SPI
- Cooking oil price in Pakistan (5-litre tin) — weekly SPI
- Mustard oil price in Pakistan (Rs/kg) — weekly SPI
Pulses and vegetables
- Daal chana (gram) price in Pakistan (Rs/kg) — weekly
- Daal masoor price in Pakistan (washed, Rs/kg) — weekly
- Daal mash price in Pakistan (washed, Rs/kg) — weekly
- Daal moong price in Pakistan (washed, Rs/kg) — weekly
- Tomato price in Pakistan (Rs/kg) — weekly SPI
- Onion price in Pakistan (Rs/kg) — weekly SPI
- Potato price in Pakistan (Rs/kg) — weekly SPI
- Garlic price in Pakistan (Rs/kg) — weekly SPI
Fuel and utilities
- LPG cylinder price in Pakistan (11.67 kg) — weekly SPI
- Petrol price in Pakistan (super, Rs/litre) — weekly SPI
- Diesel price in Pakistan (Rs/litre) — weekly SPI
- Electricity tariff in Pakistan (first slab, Rs/unit) — weekly
- Gas tariff in Pakistan (first slab, Rs/MMBtu) — weekly
Grocery basket by city
- Monthly grocery basket cost (Rs) — weekly
- Karachi monthly grocery basket cost (Rs) — weekly
- Lahore monthly grocery basket cost (Rs) — weekly
- Islamabad monthly grocery basket cost (Rs) — weekly
- Rawalpindi monthly grocery basket cost (Rs) — weekly
- Faisalabad monthly grocery basket cost (Rs) — weekly
- Multan monthly grocery basket cost (Rs) — weekly
- Peshawar monthly grocery basket cost (Rs) — weekly
- Quetta monthly grocery basket cost (Rs) — weekly
- Hyderabad monthly grocery basket cost (Rs) — weekly
Questions
What is the price of atta in Pakistan?
A 20 kg bag of wheat flour cost Rs 2,991 on national average in the week to 22 Oct 2026 (PBS SPI).
What is the price of sugar in Pakistan?
Refined sugar averaged Rs 141.7 per kg nationally in the week to 22 Oct 2026.
How often are these prices updated?
Weekly: PBS publishes the SPI every week, and the series here update automatically.
Related topics
Every series here is official data from its publisher, updated as it is released, with the full history as JSON or CSV through the PakDataHub API. Get a free key or read the series endpoint docs.