Nigeria Inflation Hits 18.17% Amid High Food Prices

Food inflation also increased from 21.79 percent in February to 22.95 in March.

Nigeria’s inflation rate rose to 18.17 percent on March amid accelerating increase in food prices, the National Bureau of Statistics said Thursday.

The NBS says the consumer price index, (CPI) which measures inflation increased by 0.82 percent points in March.

This is higher than the 17.33 percent rate recorded in February.

Increases were recorded in all COICOP divisions that yielded the Headline index, the report said.

Food inflation also increased by 1.16 percent on a year-on-year basis from 21.79 percent in February to 22.95 in March.

On month-on-month basis, the Headline index increased by 1.56 percent in March 2021. This is 0.02 percentage points higher than the rate recorded in February 2021 (1.54 percent).

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