Weekly inflation falls 0.56%, annual SPI rises 14.75%

Pakistan's weekly inflation, measured by the Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), declined by 0.56% for the week ended June 4, 2026, compared to the previous week, while annual inflation rose 14.75% year-on-year, according to data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Friday.

The weekly decline was mainly driven by lower prices of chicken (-9.48%), garlic (-9.13%), diesel (-7.01%), petrol (-6.80%), pulse gram (-0.38%), pulse mash (-0.34%), pulse moong (-0.11%), mustard oil (-0.04%), beef (-0.02%) and firewood (-0.01%).

However, several essential items recorded significant weekly increases. Onions surged 28.16%, followed by potatoes (21.91%), tomatoes (9.56%), bananas (1.20%), vegetable ghee 2.5kg (0.91%), washing soap (0.68%), LPG (0.66%), cooking oil 5 litre (0.64%), fresh milk (0.61%), wheat flour (0.59%) and cigarettes (0.57%).

PBS reported that out of 51 essential items, prices of 22 items (43.14%) increased, 10 items (19.61%) decreased and 19 items (37.25%) remained unchanged during the week.

The SPI recorded varying trends across income groups. Weekly inflation increased 0.32% for the lowest-income group (Q1) and 0.04% for Q2, while it declined 0.14% for Q3, 0.38% for Q4 and 0.88% for the highest-income group (Q5).

On an annual basis, the SPI rose 14.75%, with the sharpest increases recorded in onions (100.68%), wheat flour (59.88%), electricity charges for Q1 consumers (59.40%), LPG (57.09%), petrol (50.60%) and diesel (49.63%).

Other items showing year-on-year increases included tomatoes (20.62%), mutton (15.86%), chilies powder (15.20%), beef (12.87%), bananas (9.35%) and powdered milk (9.16%).

Meanwhile, prices were lower than a year ago for potatoes (-38.44%), eggs (-26.67%), pulse gram (-22.61%), sugar (-15.56%), salt powder (-13.26%), chicken (-12.84%), pulse masoor (-12.50%) and pulse moong (-4.51%).

According to PBS, annual SPI inflation stood at 12.59% for Q1, 15.26% for Q2, 13.35% for Q3, 13.05% for Q4 and 14.08% for Q5.