Nigeria Inflation Rate, Month on Month
How much consumer prices moved compared with the month before.
0.7%
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Feb 2005 to Aug 2026
Source: IMF consumer price index (CPI, NGA.CPI._T.POP_PCH_PA_PT.M) · all items, change on the previous month as the IMF publishes it, not seasonally adjusted, to one decimal place.
Nigeria Inflation Rate, Month on Month in context
Worked out from the published series shown above.
In Nigeria, the inflation rate, month on month was unchanged over the year to Aug 2026, from 0.7% in Aug 2025.
Over the past five years it has ranged from −2.9% in Jan 2026 to 4.2% in Mar 2026.
Its average since Feb 2005 is 1.1%, and the latest reading is below that.
How this series is defined
Everything you need to check the figure against the source.
- Source
- IMF
- Series
- consumer
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Unit
- %
- Seasonal adjustment
- Not seasonally adjusted
- Latest observation
- Aug 2026
- Revision status
- Latest published estimate, subject to revision
Data refreshed 2026-10-12. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.
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