The costs of staple meals objects throughout Nigeria skilled a big decline in October 2025.
This info comes from the newest Chosen Meals Worth Watch report launched by the Nationwide Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Friday.
The report reveals each year-on-year and month-on-month decreases in the price of a number of important staples, together with rice, beans, garri, and tomatoes.
In keeping with the NBS, the typical value of 1kg of native rice fell to N1,913.78 in October 2025 — a 2.01% year-on-year lower from N1,944.64 in October 2024, and a 1.59% decline from September 2025.
This decline is especially vital given rice’s central position in Nigerian diets.
The NBS famous that the typical value of Beans (Brown, 1kg) fell to N1,760.53, representing a staggering 37.09% year-on-year decline from N2,798.50 in October 2024, and an extra 3.04% drop month-on-month.
The decline in bean costs is attributed to improved harvest yields and elevated market provide throughout the North-central and North-west areas.
The NBS reviews that the worth of Garri White (1kg) additionally confirmed substantial reduction. It dropped from N1,198.05 in October 2024 to N846.69 in October 2025 — a 29.33% year-on-year discount. Month-on-month, garri costs decreased by 2.88% from the N871.78 recorded in September 2025, reflecting stabilising cassava manufacturing.
Equally, the typical value of free tomatoes (1kg) declined to N1,269.17, down 13.43% from N1,465.99 a yr earlier and 0.83% decrease than the September 2025 value.
Regardless of tomatoes being extremely price-sensitive because of climate and logistics, the info reveals improved provide circumstances throughout main farming states.
State-by-state value variations
The NBS report reveals vital disparities in staple meals costs throughout Nigeria’s 36 states, reflecting the uneven dynamics of native provide chains and market circumstances.
NBS famous that, for native rice (1kg), Ogun State recorded the best common value at N2,163.23, whereas Yobe supplied the bottom at N1,523.47.
An analogous sample appeared within the value of brown beans (1kg), with Imo State posting the best price at N2,174.09 and Yobe as soon as once more recording the most affordable at N1,263.68.
Within the case of garri white (1kg), Bayelsa topped the nationwide value chart at N1,165.30, contrasting sharply with Plateau State’s N490.10, which stood at lower than half the nationwide common.
Tomatoes (1kg) additionally mirrored extensive state-by-state variations: Ebonyi recorded the best common value at N2,224.04, whereas Plateau supplied probably the most reasonably priced tomatoes at N687.09.
In keeping with the Bureau, these extensive variations spotlight deep structural variations in transportation prices, market accessibility, storage infrastructure, and regional manufacturing patterns throughout the nation.
Regional tendencies reinforce North-South divide
On the regional degree, the info reveals notable variations in meals costs throughout Nigeria’s zones.
The North-central area recorded the best common value for native rice at N2,021.70, whereas the North-east had the bottom common value at N1,803.38.
For brown beans, the best costs had been discovered within the South-east and South-west areas, averaging N2,105.94 and N2,081.33, respectively.
In distinction, the North-west zone supplied the bottom common value at N1,349.23.
In the case of garri white, the South-east remained the priciest area with a median of N1,066.85, adopted by the South-south at N980.44.
In the meantime, the North-central zone recorded the bottom common value of N630.44.
What you must know
Knowledge from the NBS for October 2025 reveals that Nigeria’s headline inflation eased to 16.05% in October 2025, down from 18.02% in September.
Nevertheless, meals inflation eased to 13.12% year-on-year from 39.16% in October 2024, a drop of 26.04 proportion factors, following the change within the CPI base yr.
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