Inflation in Pakistan clocks in at 7% in February 2026

Pakistan’s headline inflation clocked in at 7% on a year-on-year (YoY) basis in February 2026, the highest since October 2024, showed Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) data on Monday, a reading in line with the Ministry of Finance’s estimate of 6-7%. The consumer price index (CPI) was recorded at 5.8% in January 2026. The CPI stood at 1.5% in February 2025. On month-on-month basis, it increased by 0.3% in February 2026 as compared to an increase of 0.4% in the previous month and a decrease of 0.8% in February 2025. This took 8MFY26 inflation at 5.46% against 5.85% in 8MFY25. CPI inflation (Urban) increased by 6.8% on year-on-year basis in February 2026 as compared to an increase of 5.8% in the previous month and an increased of 1.8% in February 2025.