Despite persistent inflationary pressures across Nigeria, some states have continued to maintain relatively lower cost-of-living levels compared to the rest of the country.
Newly released data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) for October 2025 shows that Nigeria’s headline inflation eased to 16.05% in October 2025, down from 18.02% in September.
Month-on-month inflation rose to 0.93%, higher than 0.72% in September.
However, food inflation eased to 13.12% year-on-year from 39.16% in October 2024, a drop of 26.04 percentage points, following the change in the CPI base year.
Despite signs of easing headline inflation across the country, the data from the NBS revealed that some states remain significantly more affordable to live in than others.
Below are Nigeria’s Top 10 Most Affordable States to Live In (October 2025), ranked from the tenth to the most affordable:
Cross River posted an annual inflation rate of 14.2% in October, down from 17.8% in September 2025.
The NBS data shows that the state recorded an annual food inflation rate of 12.5%, down from 13.7% in September.
Information on specific recent actions taken by the Cross River State Government to address rising inflation is currently not available.
Despite this, the state maintains a relatively stable price environment, supported by its agricultural output and proximity to coastal trade routes, which help moderate supply costs.
This statistics is wrong. I don’t know about other states but Edo State can’t be here. I’ve lived in Edo and Delta and I can tell you that Delta is way better than Edo.
Bayelsa isn’t affordable oh, I feel abia should replace it.