Nigeria’s inflation hit 22.79% in June

A data issued on Monday by the National Bureau of Statistics, Nigeria’s headline inflation rate increased for the sixth consecutive month, reaching 22.79% in June 2023.

The inflation rate in Africa’s largest economy increased from 22.41 per cent the previous month to a new record 17-year high of 22.79 per cent in June 2023.

NBS said, “In June 2023, the Headline inflation rate rose to 22.79 per cent relative to May 2023 headline inflation rate, which was 22.41 per cent. Looking at the movement, the June 2023 Headline inflation rate showed an increase of 0.38 percentage points when compared to May 2023 headline inflation rate.

“On a year-on-year basis, the Headline inflation rate was 4.19 percentage points higher compared to the rate recorded in June 2022, which was 18.60 per cent. This shows that the Headline inflation rate (year-on-year basis) increased in June 2023 when compared to the same month in the preceding year (i.e., June 2022).”

Food and non-alcoholic beverages (11.81 per cent) led the list of items that contributed to the rising inflation figure.

Recall that the World Bank earlier projected that the removal of fuel subsidy would contribute to the country’s increasing inflation.

In its June 2023 Nigeria Development Update, the World Bank said, “The removal of the petrol subsidy is anticipated to cause a temporary increase in inflation in the upcoming months before contributing to disinflation in the medium term.”

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