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Maize price in Lagos

Updated week of 5 October 2026 · Lagos state · data period 2026-08

₦38,562 per 50kg bag

₦77,123 per 100kg bag · ₦771,230 per tonne · ₦23,136,900 per 10-tyre lorry (30t)

▲ 1.3% vs previous month

Behind this number: market median from World Bank Real-Time Food Prices (modelled) and WFP monitoring · observation period 2026-08 · corridor haulage re-priced weekly to the diesel pump price · how our numbers are made

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Maize price history in Lagos (12 months)

Month50kg bag100kg bagTonne
August 2026₦38,562₦77,123₦771,230
July 2026₦38,050₦76,100₦761,000
June 2026₦36,434₦72,869₦728,690
May 2026₦34,840₦69,680₦696,800
April 2026₦34,299₦68,598₦685,980
March 2026₦34,846₦69,693₦696,930
February 2026₦34,676₦69,352₦693,520
January 2026₦34,750₦69,500₦695,000
December 2025₦33,496₦66,991₦669,910
November 2025₦32,722₦65,443₦654,430
October 2025₦32,886₦65,771₦657,710
September 2025₦33,368₦66,735₦667,350
August 2025₦36,303₦72,606₦726,060

Price risk outlook — Lagos

64 / 100 · Elevated risk · confidence B

Corridor Risk Score for maize in Lagos, August 2026. Higher means a sharp price fall (15% or more) is more likely over the next three months; Low markets have historically fallen about 1 in 12 times, High markets about 1 in 3.

Seasonally soft: in past years maize prices at Lagos have tended to weaken over the next three months. Last year the maize price in Lagos fell 10% between August and November (₦36,303 to ₦32,722 per bag). How the score works · full portfolio scoring is available through the API.

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Prices are market medians from World Bank Real-Time Food Prices and WFP monitoring, cross-checked against trader quotes. Businesses: see corridor-level landed costs — what a tonne truly costs delivered, net of real haulage.