Pak ‘least costly’ country claims Shaukat Tarin, website he refers to says cost of living is 171 thousand rupees per month

Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin, while sharing a table with the title “The Cost of Living Index by Country 2021 Mid-Year”, has claimed that Pakistan is the “least costly” country across the globe.

In the chart, Pakistan has been ranked on 139th number among 139 countries with only 21.88 cost of living. The table Tarin shared was taken from the website NUMBEO.

However, according to the website, this is the summary of Pakistan. The ranking comes with comparison to other countries.

• Family of four estimated monthly costs are 171,936.39Rs. without rent.
• A single person estimated monthly costs are 51,837.84Rs. without rent.
• The cost of living in Pakistan is, on average, 71.36% lower than in the United States.
• Rent in Pakistan is, on average, 90.59% lower than in the United States.

Last month, the Quarterly Performance Evaluation Survey (QPES), a Pulse Consultant’s indigenous tracking tool of public perceptions and opinions about the government’s performance and current political situation, stated that 84 per cent of Pakistanis consider inflation as the biggest problem of the country.