FAOSTAT
Food price inflation in Nigeria
Annual change in food prices in Nigeria in June 2026: +18.3%. Monthly series since 2001, from the national consumer price indices compiled by FAO.
+18.3%food price inflation, year on year
+15.9%overall inflation, same month
775.5food price index (2015 = 100)
+212.7%change in food prices over five years
+40.7%highest annual food inflation since 2000 (June 2024)
Food and overall inflation over ten years
Year-on-year change, month by month
- Food
- All items
- World median, food
A positive gap means food prices rose faster than prices overall.
Year by year
Average of the monthly year-on-year changes
| Year | Food | All items | Gap (percentage points) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +14.4% | +15.5% | -1.1 |
| 2025 | +22.4% | +23.3% | -0.9 |
| 2024 | +39.0% | +33.2% | +5.8 |
| 2023 | +27.6% | +24.5% | +3.1 |
| 2022 | +20.8% | +18.8% | +2.0 |
| 2021 | +20.4% | +17.0% | +3.4 |
| 2020 | +16.0% | +13.2% | +2.8 |
| 2019 | +13.7% | +11.4% | +2.3 |
| 2018 | +14.4% | +12.2% | +2.3 |
| 2017 | +19.4% | +16.6% | +2.9 |
| 2016 | +14.8% | +15.6% | -0.8 |
| 2015 | +9.8% | +9.0% | +0.8 |
| 2014 | +9.4% | +8.1% | +1.4 |
| 2013 | +9.5% | +8.5% | +1.0 |
| 2012 | +11.2% | +12.2% | -1.0 |
| 2011 | +10.3% | +10.9% | -0.6 |
| 2010 | +14.9% | +13.8% | +1.1 |
| 2009 | +14.8% | +12.6% | +2.2 |
| 2008 | +15.8% | +11.5% | +4.3 |
| 2007 | +2.2% | +5.4% | -3.2 |
| 2006 | +6.0% | +8.4% | -2.4 |
| 2005 | +22.7% | +17.8% | +4.9 |
| 2004 | +14.5% | +15.4% | -0.9 |
| 2003 | +6.5% | +13.9% | -7.5 |
| 2002 | +14.6% | +13.1% | +1.6 |
| 2001 | +28.4% | +18.9% | +9.5 |
Source: FAOSTAT, Consumer Price Indices (FAO), CC BY 4.0, update of 20 October 2026 · Shelfpedia calculations: overall inflation, yearly averages, gap, five-year change.
FAO. 2026. FAOSTAT: Consumer Price Indices. Accessed on 24 October 2026. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/CP Licence: CC-BY-4.0.