Nigeria’s Headline Inflation Soars to 33.20% in March 2024
The country’s headline inflation moved to 33.20% percent in March 2024, according to the latest data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
NBS released the latest figure on Monday.
“In March 2024, the headline inflation rate increased to 33.20% relative to the February 2024
headline inflation rate which was 31.70%.
Looking at the movement, the March 2024 headline
inflation rate showed an increase of 1.50% points when compared to the February 2024 headline inflation rate.
On a year-on-year basis, the headline inflation rate was 11.16% points higher compared to the rate recorded in March 2023, which was 22.04%.
This shows that the headline inflation rate (year-on-year basis) increased in the month of March 2024 when compared to the same
month in the preceding year (i.e., March 2023).
Furthermore, on a month-on-month basis, the headline inflation rate in March 2024 was 3.02%, which was 0.10% lower than the rate recorded in February 2024 (3.12%).
This means that in the month of March 2024, the rate of increase in the average price level is less than the rate of increase in the average price level in February 2024.
