Annual CPI inflation rises by 9.6% compared with October last year, while monthly inflation increases by 1.1%.

Pakistan’s headline inflation, measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), increased by 9.6% year-on-year (YoY) in October 2026, compared with an increase of 10.3% in September and 6.2% in October 2025.

On a month-on-month (MoM) basis, headline inflation increased by 1.1% in October 2026, compared with an increase of 1.3% in the previous month and 1.7% in October last year.

Urban CPI inflation increased by 9.5% YoY in October 2026, compared with an increase of 10.1% in September and 6.0% in October 2025. On a monthly basis, it increased by 0.8%, against 1.3% in September and 1.4% in October 2025.

Rural CPI inflation increased by 9.8% YoY, compared with an increase of 10.5% in September and 6.6% in October last year. On a monthly basis, rural inflation increased by 1.5%, compared with 1.2% in September and 2.1% in October 2025.

The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) increased by 8.7% YoY in October 2026, compared with an increase of 8.4% in September and 4.8% in October 2025. On a monthly basis, SPI inflation increased by 1.3%, against 1.0% in the previous month.

Meanwhile, Wholesale Price Index (WPI) inflation increased by 13.8% YoY in October, compared with 13.3% in September and 1.1% in October 2025. On a monthly basis, WPI inflation increased by 0.9%, compared with 1.9% in September.

Core inflation, measured through the non-food and non-energy (NFNE) index, increased by 7.8% YoY in urban areas and 7.1% in rural areas during October. The corresponding increases in September were 8.6% and 8.1%, respectively.

On a monthly basis, urban core inflation increased by 0.4%, while rural core inflation increased by 0.3%.

The 20% weighted trimmed mean measure of core inflation increased by 8.5% YoY in urban areas and 8.9% in rural areas. On a monthly basis, the respective increases stood at 0.5% and 1.0%.