Malawi vs Nigeria: Inflation, consumer prices

Malawi
28.4%
in 2025
Nigeria
23.0%
in 2025
Malawi rank
10th
Nigeria rank
11th

Inflation, consumer prices over time

  • Malawi
  • Nigeria
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How they compare

Malawi currently reports 28.4% against 23.0% in Nigeria, a difference of 5.4%.

That makes Malawi's figure about 1.2 times Nigeria's.

The two have swapped places 17 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Nigeria ahead.

Globally, Malawi ranks 10th and Nigeria ranks 11th of 191 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
Unit
annual %
Source
International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
238 places, 11,469 data points, 1960–2025
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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.