Pakistan inflation: official CPI
National consumer-price inflation measures the change in the price of a reference basket. It is a useful purchasing-power benchmark, but your household expenses may change at a different rate.
Year-on-year: August 2026
11.15%
Compared with 2025-08.
Month-on-month: August 2026
1.19%
Compared with 2026-07.
PBS base year 2015-16. A newer reporting period is not yet verified. Source checked: 2026-10-09. Read the official release.
Verified inflation history
9 verified monthly observations. Missing periods have no estimated values. Changes between observations are not forecasts. A national index is not a personal cost-of-living estimate.
| Period | YoY | MoM | National index | Source / revision |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | 27.38% | 1.72% | 239.27 | PBS release |
| November 2025 | 6.15% | 0.40% | 281.78 | PBS release |
| January 2026 | 5.80% | 0.39% | 281.62 | PBS release |
| March 2026 | 7.30% | 1.18% | 285.73 | PBS release |
| April 2026 | 10.89% | 2.48% | 292.81 | PBS release |
| May 2026 | 11.66% | 0.52% | 294.34 | PBS release |
| June 2026 | 11.07% | -0.30% | 293.47 | PBS release |
| July 2026 | 9.20% | 1.19% | 296.97 | PBS release |
| August 2026 | 11.15% | 1.19% | 300.50 | PBS release |
What the two rates mean
The yearly figure compares the same month a year apart. The monthly figure compares adjacent months. Neither is a forecast for the next twelve months. A lower inflation rate can still mean prices are rising, only more slowly.
For a realized investment result, compare after-fee and after-deduction return with price-index changes over matching dates. Applying the latest annual CPI to a multi-year investment return is an illustration under a constant-inflation assumption, not a measurement of what happened during those years.
Use the real-return calculator for explicit assumptions, or read the inflation and real-return guide. For other current indicators, open the daily brief.
Methodology, revisions and limitations
Observations come from digitally extractable PBS monthly CPI releases. Each national headline is checked against the General index row and its previous-period index. Urban, rural, monthly and fiscal-period averages are not substituted for national year-on-year inflation.
We retain the source document reference and acceptance time for each revision. Repeated downloads do not create new observations. If a document cannot be reconciled, it is not added. The last verified observation remains visible with its reporting period, while older accepted revisions remain in the audit history.
Prepared by Sahulat Capital Research. PBS releases are checked automatically. Aden Ali is Sahulat Capital's internal economic reviewer. Educational information only, not personalized investment, tax or legal advice. Report a correction.