Nigeria Food Prices November 2025: Beans Hit ₦1,547/kg — Down 43% From 2024 Peak
November 2025 brought the deepest commodity price declines of the year. Brown beans fell to ₦1,547.03/kg — a 43.1% year-on-year collapse. White garri reached ₦819.70/kg. Food inflation fell to approximately 11%. The Great Reversal was now undeniable.
NaijaMarket Intel Research Team
NaijaMarket Intel
November 2025: The Numbers That Tell the Story
The November 2025 NBS Selected Food Price Watch data removed any remaining doubt about the direction of Nigeria's food markets.
| Commodity | November 2025 | November 2024 | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Beans (kg) | ₦1,547.03 | ₦2,714.40 | −43.1% |
| White Garri (kg) | ₦819.70 | ₦1,206.90 | −32.1% |
| Onions (kg) | ₦1,332.77 | ₦2,094.40 | −36.4% |
| Tomatoes (kg) | ₦1,243.02 | ₦1,473.60 | −15.6% |
| Local Rice (kg) | ₦1,861.95 | ₦1,960.10 | −5.0% |
| Palm Oil (litre) | ₦2,508.73 | ₦2,466.20 | +1.7% |
Headline inflation: 17.33% · Food inflation: approximately 11%
The Beans Story in Full
Brown beans at ₦1,547/kg in November 2025 was still historically elevated — beans in 2019–2020 typically traded at ₦350–500/kg. But the 43% year-on-year decline represented the largest sustained commodity price collapse for any major Nigerian food staple in recent memory.
The decline was driven by:
- Bumper 2025 harvest: Beans yields from Borno, Gombe, Adamawa, and Taraba were significantly above 2024 (when many farmers couldn't access their fields)
- Return of northern supply routes: Kano's Dawanau market was receiving larger volumes than any time since 2021
- Demand catch-up at lower prices: Households and food businesses that had been going without beans began returning to the market
The recovery was real but incomplete. A ₦1,547/kg beans price is still roughly 3–4× the pre-inflation level. Beans has not returned to affordability — it has returned from crisis to expensive.
Garri: Below ₦820/kg for the First Time Since 2023
White garri's November 2025 reading of ₦819.70/kg was a significant milestone. Garri had been above ₦1,000/kg throughout most of 2024–2025.
The sub-₦820 level meant that the core food security staple — the commodity that functions as Nigeria's hunger safety net — was becoming accessible again to the country's poorest households. For this group, the beans and garri declines were more economically significant than any other 2025 development.
Palm Oil: The Outlier Continues
November 2025 confirmed that palm oil was an exception to every downward trend. At ₦2,508.73/litre — up 1.7% year-on-year — palm oil was essentially unchanged from its elevated 2024 levels.
The structural explanation: Nigeria's palm oil sector has insufficient new plantation development to meet growing demand. The major plantations are aging, replanting rates are low, and processing infrastructure investment has been inadequate. This is a multi-year problem requiring multi-year investment to resolve.
Kano Market — November 2025 Survey
| Item | November 2025 | October 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Brown beans (50kg bag) | ₦72,000 | ₦80,000 |
| White beans (50kg bag) | ₦68,000 | ₦74,000 |
| Local rice (50kg bag) | ₦62,000 | ₦65,000 |
| White garri (50kg bag) | ₦40,000 | ₦43,000 |
The Kano data — which leads Lagos prices by 2–4 weeks — suggested December would bring further declines.
Data: NBS Selected Food Price Watch November 2025; Nairametrics Kano and Lagos market surveys.
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