Pakistan Inflation Rate

Last Release

Dec 31, 2024

Actual

4.1

Units In

4.9

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Jan 31, 2025

Time to Release

27 Days 10 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
37.97 May 2023	-10.32 Feb 1959	8.43 %	1957-2024	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

Pakistan's annual inflation rate eased further to 4.1% in December 2024, marking the lowest reading since April 2018, down from 4.9% in the previous month. Prices moderated particularly for housing & utilities (7.9% vs 3.4% in November), furnishing & household equipment maintenance (5.9% vs 5.2%), and miscellaneous (12.6% vs 12.1%). Moreover, costs continued to decline for transport (-2.8% vs -2.5%). Meanwhile, inflation increased for food & non-alcoholic beverages (0.3% vs -0.2%), health (13.3% vs 13.1%), and recreation & culture (7.7% vs 8%). On a monthly basis, consumer prices rose by 0.1%, following a 0.5% gain in the preceding period.