Nigeria's Headline Inflation Hits 34.8% in December (NBS)
Thursday, 16 January 2025 13:07
Nigeria's overall inflation rate reached 34.8% in December 2024, up from 34.6% in November 2024. This marks the fourth consecutive increase since the rate was 32.15% in August 2024, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported on January 15, 2025.
The rise is mainly due to higher demand for goods and services during the holiday period, NBS said. Key contributors to the increase were food and non-alcoholic beverages, housing, water, electricity, gas, and other fuels.
The food inflation rate in December 2024 was 39.84% year-on-year, which is 5.91 percentage points higher compared to December 2023, when it was 33.93%.
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