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How much does food cost in Nigeria?
A monthly basket of staple foods for a typical Nigerian household of about five costs about ₦214,442 at current tracked prices (freshest reading 23 June 2026) — roughly ₦49,351 a week. That total is the sum of 10 sourced staple items at the quantities listed below; every unit price is a tracked figure with its own source and "as of" date.
- Monthly basket
- ₦214,442
- Per week
- ₦49,351
- Items
- 10
- Sources
- 4
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Key takeaways
- A fixed monthly staple basket for a typical Nigerian household of about five costs about ₦214,442 at current tracked prices.
- That is roughly ₦49,351 a week, or ₦7,050 a day.
- The total is the sum of 10 tracked prices — no figure is invented; each links to its source.
- Quantities are an illustrative household assumption, stated openly so the total is fully reproducible.
What is in the basket
Dearest line first. Each unit price links to its commodity page, where the source, “as of” date and confidence rating are shown.
| Item | Quantity | Unit price | Line cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rice (local) 50kg bag · Wholesale market survey | 1 × 50kg bag | ₦82,000 | ₦82,000 |
| Garri (white) 50kg bag · NBS Selected Food Price Watch (May 2026) | 1 × 50kg bag | ₦40,662 | ₦40,662 |
| Beef (boneless) per kg · NBS Selected Food Price Watch (May 2026) | 4 kg | ₦7,171 | ₦28,684 |
| Palm Oil 25 litres · Mile 12 & Daleko market survey | 10 litres (0.4 × 25 L tin) | ₦48,000 | ₦19,200 |
| Tomato per kg · NBS Selected Food Price Watch (May 2026) | 8 kg | ₦1,561 | ₦12,488 |
| Groundnut Oil 25 litres · Market survey | 5 litres (0.2 × 25 L tin) | ₦62,000 | ₦12,400 |
| Brown Beans (cowpea) per kg · NBS Selected Food Price Watch (May 2026) | 6 kg | ₦1,345 | ₦8,070 |
| Onion (bulb) per kg · NBS Selected Food Price Watch (May 2026) | 4 kg | ₦1,180 | ₦4,720 |
| Maize (white) per kg · NBS Selected Food Price Watch (May 2026) | 4 kg | ₦816 | ₦3,264 |
| Ginger (fresh) per kg · NBS Selected Food Price Watch (May 2026) | 0.5 kg | ₦5,907 | ₦2,954 |
| Total monthly basket | ₦214,442 | ||
How we calculate this
Each line is its quantity multiplied by the tracked unit price; the basket total is the sum of the lines. Every unit price is one of our tracked Nigerian prices, carrying its own source, “as of” date and confidence rating — so the total is pure arithmetic over numbers we already publish, not a fresh estimate.
The quantities are an illustrative monthly shopping list for a typical Nigerian household of about five, chosen to be round and conservative and stated openly so anyone can reproduce the total. This is not an official cost-of-living index or a measured household-expenditure statistic — it is a transparent way to track how the cost of feeding a household moves as prices change. The basket is dated to its freshest underlying figure (23 June 2026); see the methodology for how each price is sourced and verified.
Basket total is computed from 10 tracked prices across 4 sources, freshest as of 23 June 2026. Quantities are an Opaindex assumption; unit prices are tracked figures — each links to its source. Figures fall back to our sourced seed when the live price API is unavailable.