Nigeria
Inflation in Nigeria
Inflation in Nigeria: 29.3% a year in 1996 and 23% a year in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 23% a year
- Since 1996
- −6.3 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 10 of 179
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2031
- 10% a year
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 10% a year in 2031.
- The highest was 33.2% a year in 2024, the lowest 5.4% a year in 2007.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Nigeria |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 |
| 2024 | 33.2 |
| 2023 | 24.7 |
| 2022 | 18.9 |
| 2021 | 17 |
| 2020 | 13.3 |
| 2019 | 11.4 |
| 2018 | 12.1 |
| 2017 | 16.5 |
| 2016 | 15.7 |
| 2015 | 9 |
| 2014 | 8 |
| 2013 | 8.5 |
| 2012 | 12.2 |
| 2011 | 10.8 |
| 2010 | 13.7 |
| 2009 | 12.5 |
| 2008 | 11.6 |
| 2007 | 5.4 |
| 2006 | 8.2 |
| 2005 | 17.9 |
| 2004 | 15 |
| 2003 | 14 |
| 2002 | 12.9 |
| 2001 | 18.9 |
| 2000 | 6.9 |
| 1999 | 6.6 |
| 1998 | 7.9 |
| 1997 | 10.7 |
| 1996 | 29.3 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Nigeria |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 15.6 |
| 2027 | 14.7 |
| 2028 | 13.3 |
| 2029 | 11.5 |
| 2030 | 10.5 |
| 2031 | 10 |
Good to know
- How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 179 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending0.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$1.76B in 2025
- Military spending per person$9 in 2025
- Military share of state spending5.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel223,000 people in 2020
- National power1.16% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.23% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports21 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports4 million TIV in 2022