Nigeria’s headline inflation rate eased to 20.12 per cent in August 2025 when compared to the July 2025 rate, which stood at 21.88 per cent, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics.

The NBS said the rate showed a decrease of 1.76 per cent, as against the July 2025 headline inflation rate.

The statistics office says in its report that the month-on-month headline inflation rate in August 2025 was 0.74 per cent, while the food inflation rate was 1.65 per cent on a monthly basis

On a year-on-year basis, the rate was 12.03 per cent lower than the rate recorded in August 2024 (32.15 per cent)

This, the NBS said, showed that the headline inflation rate (year-on-year basis) decreased in August 2025 compared to the same month in the preceding year .