Nigeria’s Inflation rate drops further to 17.75% (June, 2021) – NBS
The latest report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) shows that Nigeria’s inflation rate dropped further to 17.75% in the month of June 2021 from 17.93% recorded in the previous month (May 2021). This represents the third consecutive decline in headline inflation.
According to the the latest consumer price index (CPI) report, the food inflation stood at 21.83% in June 2021 compared to 22.28% in May 2021 while core inflation which excludes the prices of volatile agricultural produce dropped from 13.15% recorded in May 2021 to 13.09% in the review period.
(The CPI measures the average change over time in prices of goods and services consumed by people for day-to-day living).
The consumer price index, (CPI) which measures inflation (rate of change in the increase in prices) increased by 17.75 percent (year-on-year) in June 2021. This is 0.18 percentage points lower than the rate recorded in May 2021 (17.93) percent. (This implies that prices continued to rise in June 2021 but at a slightly slower rise than it did in May 2021).
On month-on-month basis, the Headline index increased by 1.06 percent in June 2021. This is 0.05 percentage points higher than the rate recorded in May 2021 (1.01 percent).
The percentage change in the average composite CPI for the twelve months period ending June 2021, over the average of the CPI for the previous twelve months period was 15.93 percent.
The urban inflation rate increased by 18.35 percent (year-on-year) in June 2021 from 18.51 percent recorded in May 2021, while the rural inflation rate increased by 17.16 percent in June 2021 from 17.36 percent in May 2021, representing a 0.43 percentage point increase over 15.50 percent recorded in May 2021.
On a month-on-month basis, the urban index rose by 1.09 percent in June 2021, up by 0.05 points compared to the rate recorded in May 2021 (1.04 percent), while the rural index also rose by 1.02 percent in June 2021, up by 0.04 percentage points over the rate that was recorded in May 2021 (0.98) percent.
The corresponding twelve-month year-on-year average percentage change for the urban index was 16.51 percent in June 2021.
This is higher than 16.09 percent reported in May 2021, while the corresponding rural inflation rate in June 2021 was 15.36 percent compared to 14.94 percent recorded in May 2021.
Source: National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)
