Average inflation in Pakistan

International Monetary Fund · Annual · Importance

IMF forecast (WEO): 2026: 7.2% 2027: 8.4% 2028: 6.6% 2029: 6.5% 2030: 6.5% 2031: 6.5%

5.7% (1999) ANUAL · % · Annual · CSV

Period	%
Jan 1999	5.7%
Jan 1998	7.8%
Jan 1997	11.8%
Jan 1996	10.8%
Jan 1995	13.0%
Jan 1994	11.3%
Jan 1993	9.8%
Jan 1992	4.8%
Jan 1991	12.6%
Jan 1990	9.1%

About this indicator

Source

International Monetary Fund

Frequency

Annual

Release

Published annually, covering the full year and subject to revision.

What it is

Measures the change in the price of a representative basket of goods and services bought by Pakistani households. It is published by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) and is the country's main gauge of inflation.

How it's calculated

Compiled from a regular price survey across a wide sample of cities and outlets, weighting each item by its spending share on an index with a base year of 100; food and energy carry heavy weights. Average annual inflation averages the year's year-on-year changes.

Market implications

Inflation is the key reference for the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) when setting rates. A high reading, highly sensitive to food, energy and the rupee, tends to point to rate rises and squeezes household purchasing power.

Limitations

It captures only the defined basket, and the heavy food and energy weights make it highly volatile, with rupee depreciation adding imported pressure. For the underlying trend, core inflation, excluding energy and unprocessed food, is followed.