Weekly SPI decreases by 1.34%

September 19, 2025 (MLN):  Pakistan's short-term inflation decreased by 1.34% compared to the previous week, while it rose by 4.17% compared to the same period last year, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported on Friday.

During the week, out of 51 items, prices of 18 (35.29%) items increased, 14 (27.45%) items decreased and 19 (37.26%) items remained stable.



Major increase is observed in the prices of Diesel (1.06%), Eggs (0.91%), Rice Basmati Broken (0.84%), Georgette (0.83%), Rice IRRI-6/9 (0.78%), Firewood (0.59%), Beef (0.42%), Mutton and Cooked Beef (0.31%) each, Vegetable Ghee 1 Kg (0.25%), Energy Saver (0.23%) and Pulse Moong (0.10%)

On the other hand, decrease is observed in the prices of Tomatoes (23.11%), Chicken (12.74%), Electricity Charges for Q1 (6.21%), Bananas (5.07%), Wheat Flour (2.60%), Onions (1.17%), Pulse Masoor (0.64%), Pulse Gram (0.47%) and Garlic (0.46%).



The year-on-year trend depicts increase of 4.17%. Major increase is observed in the prices of Ladies Sandal (55.62%), Tomatoes (49.02%), Sugar (30.17%), Gas Charges for Q1 (29.85%), Pulse Moong (15.79%), Wheat Flour (15.70%), Firewood (12.40%), Gur (12.36%), Beef (12.31%), Vegetable Ghee 2.5 Kg (11.26%), Vegetable Ghee 1 Kg (11.09%) and Diesel (9.51%)

While major decrease is observed in the prices of Onions (38.23%), Garlic (27.50%), Electricity Charges for Q1 (26.26%), Pulse Gram (21.45%), Pulse Mash (20.95%), Tea Lipton (17.93%), Potatoes (15.20%), Chicken (11.06%) and Pulse Masoor (5.29%).

The lowest income group experienced a weekly decrease of 1.59%, while the inflation for the highest income group was down by 1.23%.

On a yearly basis, analysis of SPI change across different income segments showed that SPI remained across all quantiles ranging between 3.47% and 4.97%.

Yearly SPI for the Lowest Income Group increased by 4.97% while the highest income group increased by 3.47%.

The average price of Sona urea stood at Rs4,394 per 50 kg bag, up by 0.13% from last week’s price, and a 5.37% decrease from last year.

Meanwhile, the average Cement price fell to Rs1,406 per 50 kg bag, which is 0.13% lower than the previous week, and 4.14% lower than prices last year.

PBS calculates short-term inflation using the SPI on a weekly basis to assess the price movement of essential commodities at shorter interval of time so as to review the price situation in the country.

SPI comprises 51 essential items collected from 50 markets in 17 cities of the country.

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