The cost of preparing one of Nigeria’s most beloved dishes, jollof rice, has climbed steeply from N21,300 in September 2024 to N25,486 in March 2025
The average cost of preparing a pot of jollof rice in Nigeria has risen to N21,579, consuming roughly 31% of the country’s minimum wage (N70,000) in September.
The average cost of cooking a pot of jollof rice increased by 19.6%, from N16,955 to N20,274, between March and June 2024.
A recent report by Glovo has revealed that Nigeria has emerged as the leader in local food consumption trends across Africa in 2023.
The rising costs were induced by a lack of forex for food imports, insecurity and flooding which has destroyed large rice farmlands
The cost of making a pot of Jollof rice for a family of five went up from N8007.50 in Q3 2021 to N8595 at the end of Q1 2022, a 7.3% increase.
The cost of making a pot of jollof rice for a family of five has risen by 4.98%...
The average cost of preparing a pot of jollof rice increased by 6.93% in the second quarter of...
SBM Intelligence's Jollof Index reports cost of cooking a pot Jollof Rice in cities across Nigeria.
I am not interested in who invented Jollof Rice, I am interested in how Nigeria can gain economically from it, growing market share thus building export revenues.
