Nigeria’s headline inflation rate rose to 15.38% in March 2026, a modest increase from 15.06% recorded in February this year.
According to the monthly report of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the
CPI) increased to 135.4 in March 2026, reflecting a 5.4-point increase from the preceding month (130.0).
In March 2026, the headline inflation rate rose to 15.38%, up from 15.06% in February 2026 and stood 27.35% in the same month of the preceding year (March 2025).
The NBS noted that the March 2026 headline inflation rate showed an increase of 0.32% compared to that recorded in February 2026.
On a month-on-month basis, the rate in March 2026 was 4.18%, which was 2.17% higher than the rate recorded in February 2026 (2.01%).
The percentage change in the average CPI for the 12 months ending March 2026 over the average for the previous 12 -month period was 20.05%, showing a 1.48% increase compared to 18.58% recorded in March 2025.
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