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Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) Price Watch
LPG

Nigeria
Reference ID
NGA-NBS-LPG
Abstract
Fieldwork is done solely by over 700 NBS Staff in all the States of the federation, supported by supervisors whom internal and external observers monitor. Gas Prices are collected across all the 774 local governments across all States and the FCT from over 10,000 respondents and outlets and the estimates reflect the weights derived from estimates of household expenditures on gas and the actual prices households bought different KG of gases. The average prices are reported for each state and the country. The NBS audit team subsequently conducts randomly selected verification of prices recorded.
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Description

Title
Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) Price Watch
subtitle
LPG
Resource type
collection
Publication frequency
Monthly
Abstract
Fieldwork is done solely by over 700 NBS Staff in all the States of the federation, supported by supervisors whom internal and external observers monitor.
Gas Prices are collected across all the 774 local governments across all States and the FCT from over 10,000 respondents and outlets and the estimates reflect the weights derived from estimates of household expenditures on gas and the actual prices households bought different KG of gases.
The average prices are reported for each state and the country.
The NBS audit team subsequently conducts randomly selected verification of prices recorded.
Identifier
NGA-NBS-LPG
Downloads
LPG April 2025 Tables Document, Microsoft Excel [application/msexcel]
LPG December 2024 Tables Document, Microsoft Excel [application/msexcel]
LPG February 2025 Tables Document, Microsoft Excel [application/msexcel]
LPG January 2025 Tables Document, Microsoft Excel [application/msexcel]
LPG March 2025 Tables Document, Microsoft Excel [application/msexcel]
LPG May 2025 Tables Document, Microsoft Excel [application/msexcel]
LPG November 2024 Tables Document, Microsoft Excel [application/msexcel]
LPG Report April 2025 Document, PDF [application/pdf]
LPG Report December 2024 Document, PDF [application/pdf]
LPG Report February 2025 Document, PDF [application/pdf]
LPG Report January 2025 Document, PDF [application/pdf]
LPG Report March 2025 Document, PDF [application/pdf]
LPG Report May 2025 Document, PDF [application/pdf]
The average retail price for refilling a 5kg Cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) increased by 3.57% on
a month-on-month basis from N7,885.60 recorded in April 2025 to N8,167.43 in May 2025. On a year-on-year basis,
this increased by 10.10% from N7,418.45 in May 2024. On state profile analysis, Abia recorded the highest average
price for refilling a 5kg Cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) with N9,181.20, followed by Ebonyi with
N9,177.32 and Rivers with N9,174.40. On the other hand, Oyo recorded the lowest price with N7,116.49, followed
by Niger and Plateau with N7,142.07 and N7,177.10 respectively. In addition, analysis by zone showed that the
South-South recorded the highest average retail price for refilling a 5kg Cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas
(Cooking Gas) with N8,760.51, followed by the South-East with N8,724.70 while the North-Central recorded the
lowest with N7,759.38.
Also, the average retail price for refilling a 12.5kg Cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) increased by
2.18% on a month-on-month basis from N20,268.06 in April 2025 to N20,709.11 in May 2025. On a year-on-year
basis, this rose by 32.52% from N15,627.40 in May 2024. On state profile analysis, Delta recorded the highest aver
age retail price for the refilling of a 12.5kg Cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) with N23,356.46 fol
lowed by Abia with N22,953.01 and Ebonyi with N22,943.30. Conversely, the lowest average price was recorded in
Yobe with N18,500.00, followed by Lagos and Kebbi with N18,536.00 and N18,606.60 respectively. Analysis by zone
showed that the South-South recorded the highest average retail price for refilling a 12.5kg Cylinder of Liquefied
Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) with N22,026.26, followed by the South-East with N21,811.76 while the North-West
recorded the lowest price with N19,944.10.
LPG Report November 2024 Document, PDF [application/pdf]

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Reference country
Country name Country code
Nigeria NGA
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