{"id":90987,"date":"2025-11-11T21:02:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T16:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=90987"},"modified":"2025-11-11T21:02:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T16:02:10","slug":"pakistan-among-top-5-cheapest-nations-for-public-transport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/pakistan-among-top-5-cheapest-nations-for-public-transport\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan among top 5 cheapest nations for public transport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/fresh-alert-issued-for-all-bank-users-in-pakistan-november-2025\/\">Pakistan<\/a> has been ranked the world&#8217;s fifth most affordable country in terms of public transport, while Iceland topped the list as the most expensive.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report by an Australian research body that analysed fares in 123 countries and 319 cities in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>It revealed that a one-way ticket for the bus or metro costs approximately Rs 1,365 on average, while a monthly travel pass would cost around Rs 22,660.<\/p>\n<p>Switzerland, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway followed as some of the most expensive countries, while the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia, and Finland also made it to the top 10.<\/p>\n<p>At the other end of the scale, all public transportation in Luxembourg is free, making it the cheapest country in the world; next come Nicaragua, Sri Lanka, Syria, and Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, a one-way ticket has an average fare of Rs46 in Pakistan, while a monthly pass costs around Rs1,800.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts said public transport in Pakistan remains highly affordable for ordinary commuters, while in Europe, high fares continue to heavily hit household budgets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has been ranked the world&#8217;s fifth most affordable country in terms of public transport, while Iceland topped the list as the most expensive. According to a report by an Australian research body that analysed fares in 123 countries and 319 cities in 2025. It revealed that a one-way ticket for the bus or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":90988,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[138,32291,18599],"class_list":["post-90987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-pakistan","tag-pakistan-public-transport","tag-public-transport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90987"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90989,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90987\/revisions\/90989"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}