Despite Nigeria’s headline inflation rate easing marginally in June 2026, residents in more than half of the country’s states continued to face annual inflation above 30 per cent, with Niger, Kogi and the Federal Capital Territory recording the highest rates.
The latest Consumer Price Index report released by the National Bureau of Statistics showed that headline inflation slowed slightly to 15.91 per cent in June from 15.93 per cent recorded in May.
However, an analysis of the state-by-state inflation data by The PUNCH showed that 19 states and the FCT, representing 20 of Nigeria’s 37 sub-national entities or 54.1 per cent, recorded annual all-items inflation rates above 30 per cent in June.
The analysis also showed that Imo, which recorded the country’s lowest annual inflation rate at 19.47 per cent, was still 3.56 percentage points higher than the national headline inflation rate, showing the wide disparity between the national average and inflation experienced across the states.
According to the NBS data, Niger recorded the highest annual headline inflation rate at 42.23 per cent, followed by Kogi with 41.59 per cent and the FCT with 39.91 per cent.
