Weekly SPI increases by 1.03%

May 16, 2025 (MLN): Pakistan's short-term inflation increased by 1.03% compared to the previous week, while it rose by 1.29% 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, 12 (23.53%) items decreased and 21 (41.18%) items remained stable.

The SPI for the current week ended on May 15, 2025 increased by 1.03%. Major increase is observed in the prices of Chicken (15.95%), Eggs (8.34%), Sugar (1.97%), Long Cloth (1.74%), Powdered Milk (1.59%), Gur (1.48%), Pulse Gram (0.94%), Lawn Printed (0.77%), Mutton (0.62%), Cooked Beef (0.49%) and Energy Saver (0.31%). 

On the other hand, major decrease is observed in the prices of Tomatoes (5.20%), Garlic (3.45%), Onions (2.57%), Potatoes (1.93%), Tea Lipton (1.14%), LPG (0.90%), Rice Basmati Broken (0.54%), Vegetable Ghee 2.5 Kg (0.38%) and Vegetable Ghee 1 Kg (0.23%).

The year on year trend depicts increase of 1.29%, Ladies Sandal (55.62%), Chicken (47.22%), Pulse Moong (29.02%), Powdered Milk (24.02%), Sugar (21.87%), Bananas (20.80%), Pulse Gram (20.74%), Beef (18.00%), Vegetable Ghee 2.5 Kg (13.62%), LPG (12.13%), Lawn Printed (11.18%) and Firewood (10.44%).

On the other hand, major decrease is observed in the prices of Onions (53.29%), Garlic (33.18%), Potatoes (29.84%), Electricity Charges for Q1 (29.40%), Tomatoes (23.61%), Wheat Flour (21.02%), Tea Lipton (17.93%), Pulse Mash (16.27%), Chilies Powder (12.30%), Petrol (7.43%) and Diesel (6.30%).

The lowest income group experienced a weekly increase of 0.92%, while the inflation for the highest income group up by 1.03%.

On a yearly basis, analysis of SPI change across different income segments showed that SPI remained across all quantiles ranging between 0.08% and 2.23%.

Yearly SPI for the Lowest Income Group increased by 0.42% while the highest income group increased by 2.23%.

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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