This is taken from Foresight Household Panel. This compares monthly household income & expenditure in 2010 vs. 2012 – highlighting how household expanses have increased at a more rapid rate than the corresponding incomes – leaving households with lesser real-income!

1. How
Pakistani Households
are responding to inflation
Source: Household Panel Pakistan

2. Average Pakistani household expenditure has grown much faster (72%) compared to
their income growth (61%)
Avg. Households Income /Month Avg. Households Expense /Month
Income/Month Income/Month
20,000 20,000
18,000 18,000
Expense per Month (PKR /Month)
Income per Month (PKR/Month)
16,000 16,000
14,000 18,863 14,000
12,000 12,000 17,203
10,000 10,000
8,000 11,713 8,000
6,000 6,000 9,996
4,000 4,000
2,000 2,000
- -
2010 2012 2010 2012
Source: Household Panel Pakistan

3. Kitchen remain the biggest expenditure head, though declining from 47% to 45% and
expenditure on Transportation, Cleaning & Savings (Investments) has seen an slight
upward trend
2010 2012
Health, 5% Housing, 3% Entertainment, Other Housing, 2% Entertainment, Other
2% expense, 0% Cloth & Health, 4% 3% expense, 0%
Cloth &
Shoes, 5%
Shoes, 5%
Communicatio
Communicatio
n, 8%
n, 6%
Kitchen, 47% Kitchen, 45%
Cleaning, 6% Cleaning, 8%
Education, 7% Education, 7%
Saving, 8%
Saving, 9%
Utility, 11% Utility, 9%
Kitchen Utility Saving Education Cleaning Communication
Cloth & Shoes Health Housing Entertainment Other expense
Source: Household Panel Pakistan

4. Thank You !
For more information, please contact team at