Nigeria - Inflation

Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)

The value for Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) in Nigeria was 13.72 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 49 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 72.84 in 1995 and a minimum value of -3.73 in 1967.

Definition: Inflation as measured by the consumer price index reflects the annual percentage change in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services that may be fixed or changed at specified intervals, such as yearly. The Laspeyres formula is generally used.

Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1961 6.28
1962 5.27
1963 -2.69
1964 0.86
1965 4.10
1966 9.69
1967 -3.73
1968 -0.48
1969 10.16
1970 13.76
1971 16.00
1972 3.46
1973 5.40
1974 12.67
1975 33.96
1976 24.30
1977 15.09
1978 21.71
1979 11.71
1980 9.97
1981 20.81
1982 7.70
1983 23.21
1984 17.82
1985 7.44
1986 5.72
1987 11.29
1988 54.51
1989 50.47
1990 7.36
1991 13.01
1992 44.59
1993 57.17
1994 57.03
1995 72.84
1996 29.27
1997 8.53
1998 10.00
1999 6.62
2000 6.93
2001 18.87
2002 12.88
2003 14.03
2004 15.00
2005 17.86
2006 8.24
2007 5.38
2008 11.58
2009 11.54
2010 13.72

Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %)

The value for Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %) in Nigeria was 11.56 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 49 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 83.62 in 1992 and a minimum value of -5.55 in 1998.

Definition: Inflation as measured by the annual growth rate of the GDP implicit deflator shows the rate of price change in the economy as a whole. The GDP implicit deflator is the ratio of GDP in current local currency to GDP in constant local currency.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

See also:

Year Value
1961 6.26
1962 5.57
1963 -3.09
1964 2.43
1965 0.86
1966 13.19
1967 -3.01
1968 1.22
1969 2.71
1970 51.28
1971 1.35
1972 2.89
1973 5.35
1974 43.95
1975 23.50
1976 14.35
1977 10.71
1978 13.91
1979 11.49
1980 12.42
1981 16.21
1982 2.61
1983 16.14
1984 16.95
1985 3.69
1986 -1.50
1987 50.08
1988 21.38
1989 44.38
1990 7.16
1991 20.17
1992 83.62
1993 52.64
1994 27.77
1995 55.97
1996 36.90
1997 1.36
1998 -5.55
1999 12.29
2000 38.17
2001 10.74
2002 31.47
2003 11.20
2004 20.73
2005 19.76
2006 19.56
2007 4.81
2008 10.97
2009 -4.46
2010 11.56

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exchange rates & prices