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

Inflation in NigeriaInflation in Nigeria: 29.3% a year in 1996 and 23% a year in 2025, by IMF estimates. The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 10% a year in 2031.
Estimates, IMFIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

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

YearNigeria
202523
202433.2
202324.7
202218.9
202117
202013.3
201911.4
201812.1
201716.5
201615.7
20159
20148
20138.5
201212.2
201110.8
201013.7
200912.5
200811.6
20075.4
20068.2
200517.9
200415
200314
200212.9
200118.9
20006.9
19996.6
19987.9
199710.7
199629.3
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearNigeria
202615.6
202714.7
202813.3
202911.5
203010.5
203110

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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