Inflation (CPI) during each prime minister's tenure
Every prime minister since 1991, ranked by how the inflation (CPI) changed from their first day in office. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.
| # | Prime minister | In office | Total | Per year | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Shehbaz Sharif | 11 Apr 2022 – 14 Aug 2023 | +15.6 pp Mar 2022 → Jul 2023 | +11.7 pp/yr | |
| 2 |  Imran Khan | 18 Aug 2018 – 11 Apr 2022 | +6.9 pp Jul 2018 → Mar 2022 | +1.9 pp/yr | |
| 3 |  Zafarullah Khan Jamali | 23 Nov 2002 – 30 Jun 2004 | +3.6 pp Oct 2002 → May 2004 | +2.3 pp/yr | |
| 4 |  Yusuf Raza Gilani | 25 Mar 2008 – 22 Jun 2012 | +1.0 pp Feb 2008 → May 2012 | +0.2 pp/yr | |
| 5 | Benazir Bhutto | 19 Oct 1993 – 5 Nov 1996 | +0.8 pp Sep 1993 → Oct 1996 | +0.2 pp/yr | |
| 6 | N Pervez Musharraf | 12 Oct 1999 – 23 Nov 2002 | +0.1 pp Sep 1999 → Oct 2002 | 0.0 pp/yr | |
| 7 | Shaukat Aziz | 28 Aug 2004 – 16 Nov 2007 | −0.0 pp Jul 2004 → Oct 2007 | 0.0 pp/yr | |
| 8 | Nawaz Sharif | 5 Jun 2013 – 1 Aug 2017 | −2.2 pp May 2013 → Jul 2017 | −0.5 pp/yr | |
| 9 | PML Nawaz Sharif | 6 Nov 1990 – 18 Jul 1993 from Jan 1991 | −4.5 pp Jan 1991 → Jun 1993 | −1.9 pp/yr | |
| 10 | Nawaz Sharif | 17 Feb 1997 – 12 Oct 1999 | −10.0 pp Jan 1997 → Sep 1999 | −3.8 pp/yr |
Showing 10 of 11 tenures.
Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last month complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in pp; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. % change on a year earlier · Pakistan Bureau of Statistics consumer price index via the IMF (CPI, all items, spliced across the bureau's base years by the IMF), national · Pakistan data · as of Oct 2026.