The National Bureau of Statistics, (NBS), on Monday said that in October 2025, Inflation reduced to 16.05 per cent from 18.02 per cent in September 2025, DECENCY GLOBAL NEWS reports.
This was contained in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) Report of October.
NBS said, “In October 2025, the Headline inflation rate eased to 16.05% relative to the September 2025 headline inflation rate of 18.02%.”
The report said the CPI rose to 128.9 in October 2025, reflecting a 1.2-point increase from the preceding month (127.7).
According to NBS, looking at the movement, the October 2025 Headline inflation rate showed a decrease of 1.96 per cent compared to the September 2025 Headline inflation rate.
On a year-on-year basis, NBS said the Headline inflation rate was 17.82 per cent lower than the rate recorded in October 2024 (33.88 per cent).
The report said this shows that the Headline inflation rate (year-on-year basis) decreased in October 2025 compared to the same month in the preceding year (i.e., October 2024), though with a different base year, November 2009 = 100.
NBS added, “On a month-on-month basis, the Headline inflation rate in October 2025 was 0.93%, which was 0.21% higher than the rate recorded in September 2025 (0.72%).
“This means that in October 2025, the rate of increase in the average price level was higher than the rate of increase in the average price level in September 2025.”
