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Cost of a Healthy Diet (CoHD), Nigeria

Inflation & Prices · Source: NBS · monthly

International comparability — CSA: Economic · CPI Manual 2020

The Cost of a Healthy Diet (CoHD) is the lowest-cost combination of locally available foods that meets globally consistent food-based dietary guidelines (the Healthy Diet Basket), reported in nominal Naira per person per day. It is a calculated least-cost figure, not an observed retail price, and it excludes the cost of transport and meal preparation. Figures are given for the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, for the six geopolitical zones and for Nigeria as a whole; the national and zone figures are averages, not sums of the states, and should not be added together. The unit appears in the source in two forms — Naira per person per day in the data tables and per adult per day in the report text. A 2026 source note records that a few items (kulikuli, akara and locust beans) were removed from the list of selectable least-cost items; this does not change the underlying Healthy Diet Basket standard. Data run monthly from October 2023 to April 2026. Published monthly by the National Bureau of Statistics with the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), under the Food Prices for Nutrition project.

Cost of a Healthy Diet (CoHD), Nigeria: NGN 1,589, April 2026, up 47.61 NGN/person/day on March 2026.

Observations

848

October 2023 – April 2026

Coverage

36 states + FCT + 6 zones

state+zone+national

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Latest national figure

1,589 NGN/person/day

April 2026

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Figures are in nominal naira — the amounts as reported for each period, not adjusted for inflation. Over a multi-year span, part of any increase reflects rising prices rather than real growth.

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Every published value — 31 periods across 36 states + FCT + 6 zones. The most recent periods are shown by default; expand the table for the full history, or use the downloads above for everything.

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Cost of a Healthy Diet (CoHD), Nigeria — 31 periods by state (NGN/person/day), 37 states plus 1 total column. The most recent 5 periods are shown; use the button above for the full history.
PeriodAbiaAdamawaAkwa IbomAnambraBauchiBayelsaBenueBornoCross RiverDeltaEbonyiEdoEkitiEnuguFederal Capital TerritoryGombeImoJigawaKadunaKanoKatsinaKebbiKogiKwaraLagosNasarawaNigerOgunOndoOsunOyoPlateauRiversSokotoTarabaYobeZamfaraNigeriatotal
December 20251,811.431,055.761,085.891,634.541,315.311,952.21,330.91,156.561,485.31,813.661,823.711,689.821,820.241,660.141,135.57949.741,970.91,239.821,181.691,146.211,110.621,230.551,327.731,545.591,577.841,285.031,164.241,509.521,534.221,432.821,105.311,233.41,392.591,244.21918.471,000.811,176.871,379.71
January 20261,851.471,369.371,674.521,678.611,259.521,882.491,420.361,356.381,301.11,546.951,761.731,819.941,929.811,725.321,188.03973.261,978.91,107.361,208.651,174.811,258.011,288.681,265.471,514.791,872.31,296.671,215.061,351.341,9961,787.941,528.491,174.81,658.281,379.25769.331,097.921,266.711,458
February 20261,924.06978.911,183.621,763.631,244.981,850.41,385.661,039.521,666.031,577.081,890.711,633.752,074.761,816.711,101.931,250.772,051.341,326.461,415.431,451.191,334.831,404.621,397.621,547.011,886.461,328.061,278.041,698.241,722.351,794.541,537.091,361.061,625.081,547.021,101.591,346.241,436.141,512.78
March 20261,970.21,003.681,312.591,763.871,273.231,877.091,440.311,244.241,667.241,578.241,890.981,589.272,091.31,816.851,112.861,304.82,051.581,367.021,447.371,491.821,401.051,446.941,399.991,557.481,910.21,331.621,289.621,711.831,736.131,808.91,549.381,367.491,600.711,561.561,148.751,425.691,489.591,541.39
April 20261,894.671,142.671,313.961,698.051,548.071,909.351,610.361,383.031,665.451,671.681,784.431,613.812,035.551,754.871,277.711,437.882,017.771,411.781,538.611,501.441,417.91,507.071,524.641,692.71,862.581,370.781,433.511,656.021,703.381,761.581,500.811,470.921,625.61,594.561,420.191,558.791,498.021,589

Geopolitical zones

The six geopolitical zones are regional reference averages, shown separately from the 37 states above — they are not additive peers of the states and do not appear on the map.

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Cost of a Healthy Diet (CoHD), Nigeria — geopolitical zones — 31 periods by zone (NGN/person/day), 6 zones. The most recent 12 periods are shown; use the button above for the full history.
PeriodNorth CentralNorth EastNorth WestSouth EastSouth SouthSouth West
May 20251,375.131,183.741,257.791,843.161,687.211,669.9
June 20251,378.81,294.91,302.071,852.611,757.31,785.8
July 20251,371.561,340.961,359.041,861.511,827.962,030.21
August 20251,345.571,317.341,260.521,797.661,574.281,488.75
September 20251,347.491,214.451,247.661,761.351,575.161,532.17
October 20251,345.191,254.761,261.091,806.961,602.11,685.15
November 20251,286.161,147.461,136.111,958.341,685.261,521.96
December 20251,288.921,066.111,1901,780.141,569.911,496.66
January 20261,296.451,137.631,240.51,799.211,647.211,744.31
February 20261,342.771,160.341,416.531,889.291,589.331,785.57
March 20261,357.051,233.41,457.911,898.71,604.191,801.29
April 20261,482.951,415.111,495.631,829.961,633.311,753.32

Methodology and provenance

Where this data comes from and when Prism last updated it. Any narrative below is the data provider’s own wording, reproduced with its source reference — Prism adds no interpretation.

Source document

Last updated 6 August 2026

Cost of a Healthy DietNBS

  • Cost of a Healthy Diet (CoHD) — state base + non-additive national/zone means · Produced by NBS in collaboration with GAIN; technical support Food Prices for Nutrition project (Friedman School, Tufts / IFPRI / World Bank)

    Publisher NBS (catalog 146). Originator/compiler: NBS in collaboration with GAIN + Food Prices for Nutrition project. Derived least-cost metric.

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Methodology

The retail food price data used in this analysis is collected by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) monthly from 10,534 informants spread across the country, from urban and rural outlets in each State and FCT. NBS collects these prices routinely for monitoring inflation, including prices of over 200 retail food items. Nearly 150 of these food items are potentially included in a healthy diet and the price data for these items are used for the computation of the CoHD.
Source: Cost of a Healthy Diet (catalog 146) — Methodology (Retail Food Prices), Oct 2024 report, p.3

Definition

In the source publication’s own words.

The Cost of a Healthy Diet (CoHD) is the least expensive combination of locally available items that meets globally consistent food-based dietary guidelines. It is used as a measure of physical and economic access to healthy diets. This is a lower bound (or floor) of the cost per adult per day excluding the cost of transportation and meal preparation.
Source: Cost of a Healthy Diet (catalog 146) — Highlights (definition), Oct 2024 report, p.3

Source and citation

This series is catalogued from public source tables. Prism names the table originator and the publication publisher — shown as one line when they are the same organisation. How this data is extracted and checked is set out in the methodology, and the full list of what Prism draws on is on the sources page.

Originator & publisher
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)
Publication
Cost of a Healthy Diet
Printed source caption
Produced by NBS in collaboration with GAIN; technical support Food Prices for Nutrition project (Friedman School, Tufts / IFPRI / World Bank)
Publication reference
NGA-NBS-COHD
Catalog record
Catalog 146
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"Cost of a Healthy Diet (CoHD), Nigeria", NBS, Cost of a Healthy Diet, ref. NGA-NBS-COHD. Catalogued by Prism, https://prism-portal-sooty.vercel.app/statistics/nbs-cohd-cost-of-healthy-diet-nga.
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Source: NBS. Source publication: Cost of a Healthy Diet. Publisher: National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Catalogued by Prism; April 2026.