Pakistan inflation rate
Headline CPI inflation, urban and rural CPI by group, weekly essential-goods inflation and WPI.
Latest figures
- CPI inflation rate (YoY %) — monthly, national: 10.30% (September 2026)
- Urban CPI inflation (YoY %) — monthly: 10.10% (September 2026)
- Rural CPI inflation (YoY %) — monthly: 10.50% (September 2026)
- Essential-goods inflation (SPI basket, YoY %) — weekly: 3.83% (22 Oct 2026)
- WPI inflation (YoY %) — monthly: 13.30% (September 2026)
The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics measures inflation with the Consumer Price Index (CPI, base 2015-16), published for urban and rural Pakistan and combined into a national figure early each month. The headline inflation rate is the year-on-year change in national CPI.
PBS also prices 51 essential items every week in 17 cities (the Sensitive Price Indicator, SPI), from which PakDataHub derives weekly essential-goods inflation for each city, and publishes a monthly Wholesale Price Index. Core inflation and the long CPI history before 2016 come from the State Bank of Pakistan.
See also: Inflation calculator · Cost of living by city
Headline CPI
- CPI inflation rate (YoY %) — monthly, national
- Consumer price index (CPI), national — monthly
- Urban CPI inflation (YoY %) — monthly
- Urban CPI index (2015-16 = 100) — monthly
- Rural CPI inflation (YoY %) — monthly
- Rural CPI index (2015-16 = 100) — monthly
- Inflation rate history since 1965 (CPI, YoY %)
Urban CPI by group
- Urban CPI: food & non-alcoholic drinks — monthly
- Urban CPI: housing, water, electricity & gas — monthly
- Urban CPI: transport — monthly
- Urban CPI: health — monthly
- Urban CPI: education — monthly
- Urban CPI: clothing & footwear — monthly
- Urban CPI: furnishing & household goods — monthly
- Urban CPI: communication — monthly
- Urban CPI: recreation & culture — monthly
- Urban CPI: restaurants & hotels — monthly
- Urban CPI: alcohol & tobacco — monthly
- Urban CPI: miscellaneous goods & services — monthly
Rural CPI by group
- Rural CPI: food & non-alcoholic drinks — monthly
- Rural CPI: housing, water, electricity & gas — monthly
- Rural CPI: transport — monthly
- Rural CPI: health — monthly
- Rural CPI: education — monthly
- Rural CPI: clothing & footwear — monthly
- Rural CPI: furnishing & household goods — monthly
- Rural CPI: communication — monthly
- Rural CPI: recreation & culture — monthly
- Rural CPI: restaurants & hotels — monthly
- Rural CPI: alcohol & tobacco — monthly
- Rural CPI: miscellaneous goods & services — monthly
Weekly essentials (SPI) by city
- Essential-goods inflation (SPI basket, YoY %) — weekly
- Karachi inflation rate, essential goods (YoY %) — weekly
- Lahore inflation rate, essential goods (YoY %) — weekly
- Islamabad inflation rate, essential goods (YoY %) — weekly
- Rawalpindi inflation rate, essential goods (YoY %) — weekly
- Faisalabad inflation rate, essential goods (YoY %) — weekly
- Multan inflation rate, essential goods (YoY %) — weekly
- Peshawar inflation rate, essential goods (YoY %) — weekly
- Quetta inflation rate, essential goods (YoY %) — weekly
- Hyderabad inflation rate, essential goods (YoY %) — weekly
- Gujranwala inflation rate, essential goods (YoY %) — weekly
- Sialkot inflation rate, essential goods (YoY %) — weekly
- Sargodha inflation rate, essential goods (YoY %) — weekly
- Bahawalpur inflation rate, essential goods (YoY %) — weekly
- Sukkur inflation rate, essential goods (YoY %) — weekly
- Larkana inflation rate, essential goods (YoY %) — weekly
- Bannu inflation rate, essential goods (YoY %) — weekly
- Khuzdar inflation rate, essential goods (YoY %) — weekly
Core, wholesale and history
- Urban core inflation (non-food non-energy, YoY) — SBP
- Rural core inflation (non-food non-energy, YoY) — SBP
- Core inflation (non-food non-energy, YoY %), 2007–2019
- Core inflation (20% trimmed mean, YoY %), 2007–2019
- Food inflation (CPI, YoY %), 2007–2019
- WPI inflation (YoY %) — monthly
- Wholesale price index (WPI) — monthly
- CPI, base 2007-08 = 100 (2010–2019)
- CPI, base 2000-01 = 100 (2004–2011)
Questions
What is the inflation rate in Pakistan?
National CPI inflation was 10.30% year on year in September 2026 (Pakistan Bureau of Statistics): 10.10% in urban areas and 10.50% in rural areas.
What is SPI inflation?
The Sensitive Price Indicator tracks 51 essential items in 17 cities every week. PakDataHub's essential-goods inflation for the SPI basket was 3.83% year on year in the week to 22 Oct 2026.
When is Pakistan's CPI released?
PBS publishes each month's CPI in the first days of the following month; SPI comes out every week. Both update here automatically.
Related topics
- Food and essential prices in Pakistan
- Pakistan interest rates
- Petrol and diesel prices in Pakistan
- Rupee exchange rates
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