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Maize

Cereals and tubers · wholesale price · March 2017 · 3 markets

National average

₦221/kg

On the month
+12.0% increase
vs Feb 2017
On the year
+53.8% increase
vs Mar 2016

This series has stopped. The last reading was March 2017; the figures above are historical, not current.

Maize price history

National average, per kg · Nov 2013 to Mar 2017 · +18.8% over the window

The shaded band spans the cheapest to the dearest reporting market each month. Months where fewer than two markets reported are left out, so a single stall never stands in for a national average.

Market by market, March 2017

Dearest first, with each market’s distance from the national average.

Maize price by market in March 2017.
MarketStatePricevs average
Jibia (CBM)quoted per kgKatsina₦234+5.9% increase
Illela (CBM)quoted per kgSokoto₦217−1.8% decrease
Mai Adoua (CBM)quoted per kgKatsina₦212−4.1% decrease