ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s inflation rate was recorded at 3 percent during August this year, which is once again under the government’s projections. The inflation rate has been recorded at 3 percent during August 2025, according to the latest data of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) released on Monday. On month-on-month basis, it decreased by 0.6 percent in August 2025 as compared to an increase of 2.9 percent in the previous month and an increase of 0.4 percent in August 2024.
The CPI inflation urban remained at 3.4 percent on a year-on-year basis in the last month. Meanwhile, the CPI inflation for rural areas has increased by 2.4 percent in August 2025. Meanwhile, the CPI inflation was recorded at 3.53 percent during the first two months (July and August) of the current fiscal year. Inflation measured by Sensitive Price Index (SPI) has increased by 0.88 percent and Wholesale Price Indicator (WPI) based inflation has dropped by 0.49 percent. The inflation remained in the projections of the government during the previous month. “Inflation is projected to remain within the range of 4.0-5.0 percent in August, 2025,” the ministry of finance noted in its monthly Economic Update and Outlook August 2025. The ministry of finance expressed fear that flood-related damages may add fiscal pressures and disrupt food supplies in affected areas.
The break-up of inflation of 3 percent showed that food and non-alcoholic beverages prices decreased by 1.79 percent last month. Similarly, health and education charges went up by 10.6 percent and 10.94 percent, respectively. Similarly, prices of utilities (housing, water, electricity, gas and fuel) increased by 3.61 percent in the last month. Meanwhile, the prices of alcoholic beverages and tobacco went up by around 3.57 percent. Prices of clothing and footwear increased by 8.11 percent and furnishing and household equipment maintenance charges 3.5 percent. Recreational charges and those related to culture went down by 2.27 percent in the period under review, while amounts charged by restaurants and hotels by 7.15 percent in August p2025 as compared to same month last year.
In rural areas, the food items which saw their prices increased included tomatoes (19.49 percent), eggs (10.28 percent), chicken (4.12 percent), wheat flour (2.54 percent), wheat (1.81 percent), bakery and confectionary (1.46 percent), milk powder (1.23 per3), milk fresh (1.21 percent) and meat (1.16 percent). In non-food commodities, prices of following items enhanced dental services (4.38 percent), medical tests (1.31 percent), drugs and medicines (0.92 percent), hosiery (0.71 percent), construction input items (0.63 percent), construction wage rates (0.48 percent), Doctor clinic fee (0.43 percent), solid fuel (0.36 percent).
In rural areas, prices of the following items decreased: fresh fruits (22.50 percent), fresh vegetables (18.71 percent), pulse moong (6.02 percent), sugar (3.12 percent), pulse mash (1.74 percent), besan (1.45 percent), gram whole (1.40 percent), pulse gram (1.27 percent), wheat products (1.15 percent), beans (1.04 percent), fish (0.92 percent), potatoes (0.59 percent) and tea (0.33 percent).
In urban areas, prices of following commodities increased: tomatoes (19.63 percent), onions (14.38 percent), eggs (12.84 percent), chicken (4.16 percent), butter (3.21 percent), fish (1.46 percent), gur (0.79 percent), rice (0.73 percent), condiments and spices (0.64 percent), meat (0.41 percent), milk powder (0.34 percent) and readymade food (0.26 percent).
Meanwhile, prices of following items decreased: fresh fruits (21.16 percent), fresh vegetables (18.48 percent), potatoes (8.77 percent), sugar (5.49 percent), Pulse moong (2.81 percent), gram whole (2.16 percent), pulse gram (2.09 percent), pulse mash (1.40 percent), wheat products (1.31 percent), wheat flour (1.24 percent), pulse masoor (0.82 percent) and besan (0.49 percent).
