The weekly inflation in Pakistan, measured by the Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), increased by 0.22% for the combined consumption group during the week ending October 23, 2025, according to data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Friday.
The SPI stood at 335.14 points, up from 334.39 points the previous week, marking a year-on-year rise of 5.03%.
Based on the 2015–16 base year, the SPI tracks the prices of 51 essential commodities across 17 urban centres, reflecting inflation trends across various income groups.
For the lowest income group (earning up to Rs17,732 per month), inflation rose by 0.27%, reaching 330.27 points from 329.37 a week earlier. Similar upward trends were noted across all income brackets:
- Rs17,733–22,888 group: +0.26%
- Rs22,889–29,517 group: +0.23%
- Rs29,518–44,175 group: +0.24%
- Above Rs44,175 group: +0.21%
Out of the 51 items monitored, 20 (39.22%) saw price increases, 6 (11.76%) registered declines, and 25 (49.02%) remained unchanged.
Items with Weekly Price Increase
Notable commodities showing week-on-week price hikes included:
- Onions (+5.62%)
- Energy savers (+2.51%)
- Eggs (+2.38%)
- Sugar (+2.04%)
- Firewood (+1.17%)
- Garlic (+0.93%)
- Bananas (+0.80%)
- Powdered milk (+0.58%)
- Beef (+0.47%)
- Cooking oil (5-litre tin) (+0.36%)
Items with Weekly Price Decline
Commodities showing price decreases included:
- Chicken (-2.51%)
- Rice IRRI-6/9 (-1.19%)
- Pulse moong (-0.65%)
- LPG (-0.12%)
- Gur (jaggery) (-0.08%)
- Wheat flour (-0.01%)
Year-on-Year Changes
On an annual basis, significant price increases were recorded for:
- Tomatoes (+120.94%)
- Ladies sandals (+55.62%)
- Sugar (+40.82%)
- Gas charges for Q1 (+29.85%)
- Wheat flour (+18.28%)
- Gur (+18.26%)
- Beef (+13.48%)
- Vegetable ghee (2.5kg) (+12.46%)
- Vegetable ghee (1kg) (+12.37%)
- Firewood (+12.68%)
- Diesel (+9.75%)
- Eggs (+9.40%)
Meanwhile, year-on-year declines were observed in the prices of:
- Garlic (-29.90%)
- Pulse gram (-28.23%)
- Chicken (-26.32%)
- Electricity charges for Q1 (-26.26%)
- Onions (-26.06%)
- Potatoes (-19.65%)
- Tea (-17.93%)
- Pulse mash (-16.58%)
- Pulse masoor (-3.66%)
- LPG (-3.54%)
