Food inflation by state

Year-on-year food inflation in each state, lowest first.

National Bureau of Statistics (Nigeria) — Consumer Price IndexPeriod: September 2026Retrieved 2026-10-16T08:31:27+00:00

Ranked ascending: the lowest year-on-year food inflation ranks first. Figures are the published NBS Consumer Price Index results for the stated period: year-on-year inflation, month-on-month change, and the all-items index for each state. State CPI values are averages for the whole state, not for any single market or LGA. Full methodology

Ranks are competition ranks computed across the full set. State averages are not LGA or market-level figures.

Rank	State	Food inflation (YoY)	Food (MoM)	Food index
1	Taraba	-7.5%	-6.1%	125
2	Yobe	-0.4%	-9.9%	123
3	Borno	2.2%	-7.3%	132
4	Nasarawa	5.3%	-0.8%	140
5	Bauchi	5.3%	-10.2%	119
6	Kebbi	5.4%	-5.1%	130
7	Sokoto	6.1%	-1.6%	135
8	Jigawa	8.1%	0.1%	132
9	Kogi	8.6%	-1.5%	137
10	Bayelsa	9.3%	-9.9%	146
11	Katsina	11.1%	-10.1%	142
12	Adamawa	11.5%	-13.8%	144
13	Gombe	13.6%	-3.2%	142
14	Kano	14.1%	-11.0%	146
15	Ekiti	15.3%	0.9%	161
16	Zamfara	16.9%	-2.1%	148
17	Abuja	17.1%	-4.2%	142
18	Kwara	18.6%	-5.9%	152
19	Enugu	18.8%	-0.5%	156
20	Edo	19.9%	-2.2%	152
21	Akwa Ibom	20.0%	-4.7%	141
22	Niger	20.8%	-6.4%	144
23	Cross River	21.2%	-4.2%	150
24	Abia	21.8%	1.4%	154
25	Kaduna	22.0%	1.3%	158
26	Anambra	22.4%	-0.4%	146
27	Plateau	24.0%	-2.0%	151
28	Ogun	24.2%	2.5%	161
29	Oyo	24.5%	3.8%	166
30	Osun	25.2%	-1.2%	160
31	Ebonyi	25.7%	1.3%	159
32	Rivers	26.8%	3.1%	168
33	Benue	27.3%	-5.1%	151
34	Delta	30.6%	2.2%	166
35	Ondo	31.5%	4.5%	157
36	Imo	33.8%	5.2%	164
37	Lagos	34.4%	2.8%	178

37 ranked entries.