Weekly SPI increases by 0.24%

December 19, 2025 (MLN):   Pakistan's short-term inflation increased by 0.24% compared to the previous week, while it rose by 3.75% 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 17 (33.33%) items increased, 14 (27.45%) items decreased and 20 (39.22%) items remained stable.

Major increase is observed in the prices of Chicken (11.11%), Chilies Powder (3.08%), Eggs (2.88%), Shirting (1.64%), Firewood (0.86%), Cooking Oil 5 Litre (0.32%), Energy Saver & Pulse Moong (0.31%) each, Mustard Oil (0.25%) and Beef (0.23%).

On the other hand, major decrease is observed in the prices of Tomatoes (11.38%), Potatoes (8.39%), Diesel (5.00%), Sugar (4.52%), Onions (3.52%), Pulse Mash (1.29%), Garlic (1.26%), Salt Powder (1.12%), Gur (1.05%) and LPG (0.14%).

The year-on-year trend depicts increase of 3.75%.

Major increase is observed in the prices of Gas Charges for Q1 (29.85%), Sugar (24.10%), Wheat Flour (22.52%), Chicken (20.78%), Beef (13.66%), Gur (13.43%), Firewood (12.08%), Powdered Milk (9.50%), Eggs (8.75%), Lawn Printed (8.29%), Shirting (8.07%) and Bananas (7.83%),
On the contrary, decrease is observed in the prices of Tomatoes (66.49%), Potatoes (45.31%), Garlic (39.10%), Onions (29.77%), Pulse Gram (28.95%), Tea Lipton (17.79%), Pulse Mash (14.23%), Electricity Charges for Q1 (8.40%), Salt Powder (6.14%) and LPG (0.15%)

 On a weekly basis, the highest increase was recorded for Q5 at 0.28%, followed by Q4 with 0.24%.

On a yearly basis, all quintiles experienced notable increases in SPI, with the highest impact observed in Q3 (3.79%) and Q4 (3.77%%).

The average price of Sona urea stood at Rs4,298 per 50 kg bag, down by 0.06% from last week’s price, and a 5.7% decrease from last year.

Meanwhile, the average Cement price rose to Rs1,416 per 50 kg bag, which is 0.59% higher than the previous week, and 0.28% above 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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