# SPI inflation at 11.32% in last week of October: tomatoes up 35% in a week, chicken and eggs cheaper

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Author: Searchable Editorial
Published: 30 Oct 2026
Updated: 30 Oct 2026
Retrieved: 30 Oct 2026

> The weekly price index eased 0.35% as chicken, eggs and flour fell, but LPG, power and fuel keep year-on-year inflation in double digits.

**Short-term inflation in Pakistan stood at 11.32% year on year in the week ending Thursday 29 October 2026**, down from 11.85% a week earlier, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) said in its weekly Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) on Friday. Week on week, the index fell 0.35%, helped by cheaper chicken, eggs and flour and a dip in the lowest electricity slab, even as tomatoes jumped by more than a third, [Dawn reported](https://www.dawn.com/news/2040950/short-term-inflation-rises-to-1132pc-in-last-week-of-october-driven-by-perishable-food-prices).

The SPI tracks 51 essential items in 50 markets across 17 cities. This week 15 items got dearer, 12 got cheaper and 24 did not move.

## What got dearer this week

| Item | Change in one week |
|---|---|
| Tomatoes | +34.91% |
| Potatoes | +3.27% |
| Diesel | +2.53% |
| Gram pulse | +2.11% |
| Plain bread | +1.29% |
| Onions | +0.62% |
| Fresh milk | +0.48% |

## What got cheaper

| Item | Change in one week |
|---|---|
| Electricity, lowest slab (Q1) | -3.92% |
| Chicken | -2.95% |
| Eggs | -2.81% |
| Wheat flour | -0.83% |
| LPG | -0.73% |
| Petrol | -0.39% |
| Sugar | -0.35% |

## Over the year: fuel and power still lead

Against the same week of 2025, the biggest increases are all energy: **LPG up 106.86%**, the lowest electricity slab up 52.38%, **diesel up 45.13%** and **petrol up 43.61%**. Wheat flour is 34.87% dearer and chicken 31.72%. On the other side, potatoes are 38.67% cheaper than a year ago, tomatoes 27.99%, eggs 26.70% and sugar 25.21%.

That split explains why the weekly number has stayed in double digits for several weeks: fuel feeds into transport, bread and almost everything trucked to a market, and it has kept rising. Dawn noted that the government has continued to raise petrol and diesel prices rather than cut the petroleum levy.

## What it means for your kitchen budget

- **Vegetables:** tomato prices swing with supply from Sindh and Balochistan, and a 35% weekly jump usually eases within a few weeks as new crop arrives. Onions and potatoes are still well below last year.
- **Protein:** chicken and eggs both fell this week, the cheapest moment in a while to stock up on eggs, which are a quarter cheaper than a year ago.
- **Fuel:** diesel's weekly rise shows up in transport fares and goods prices first. Track the daily reading on our [diesel price page](/data/diesel-price) and [petrol price page](/data/petrol-price) (PSO's ex-depot Karachi price).

## What comes next

The SPI is a weekly snapshot of essentials. The monthly Consumer Price Index for October, which covers a far wider basket, is due from the PBS in the first days of November. The finance ministry has forecast October CPI inflation at 9.5% to 10.5%, close to September. See our [CPI inflation page](/data/cpi-yoy) for the monthly trend, and check what fuel now costs you on your own route with the [fuel cost calculator](/tools/cars/fuel-cost-calculator).

## Frequently asked questions

**What is the SPI inflation rate this week in Pakistan?**

11.32% year on year for the week ending 29 October 2026, according to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. The index fell 0.35% from the week before.

## Sources

- Short-term inflation rises to 11.32pc in last week of October (Dawn): https://www.dawn.com/news/2040950/short-term-inflation-rises-to-1132pc-in-last-week-of-october-driven-by-perishable-food-prices
- Weekly inflation drops 0.35% in Pakistan: PBS (ARY News): https://arynews.tv/weekly-inflation-drops-0-35-in-pakistan-pbs

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