The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, says Nigeria’s inflation rate dropped from 34.8 percent in December 2024 to 24.48 percent in January after rebasing the consumer price index (CPI).
The NBS announced this on Tuesday, stating that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) has declined to 24.48% year-on-year in January.
The Statistician-General of the Federation, Adeyemi Adeniran, explained that the rebased CPI reflects the current inflationary pressure and consumption pattern of people living in the country.
In the statement, Adeniran said the “all-items index which is used to measure headline inflation for January 2025 was 110.7, resulting in a headline inflation rate of 24.48% on a year-on-year basis”.
“This increase was mainly driven by Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages, Restaurants and Accommodation Services and Transport,” Adeniran said.
“The Food Index for January 2025 was 110.03, resulting in a Food Inflation rate of 26.08% year-on-year.
“The Core Index which is All-Items less farm produce and energy for January 2025 was 110.7, which gave rise to a Core Inflation rate of 22.59% year-on-year.
“Disaggregating by sector, the Urban inflation rate was 26.09%, while the Rural Inflation rate was 22.15%.
“In line with improvements made to the reporting of the CPI, going forward, NBS will be publishing some new special indices to inform policymakers.
“These special indices include the Farm Produce Index, Energy Index, Services Index, Goods Index, and Imported Food Index.
“For January 2025, these new special indices produced the following inflation rate (please note that these rates are not year-on-year rates as the headline rates mentioned above) as these indices are new, the year-on-year rates will commence from January 2026, while the month-on-month rates will commence in February 2025.”
