Nigeria’s average price for refilling 5kg gas cylinders rises by -0.32%

Nigeria’s average price for refilling a 5kg cylinder of cooking gas rose by -0.32% to N1,947.47 in November, from N1953.71 in October 2020.

This was contained in the latest Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) Price Watch report, for the month of November 2020 released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Thursday, December 17. 

According to the report, the average price for refilling a 12.5kg cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) also increased by 0.11% month-on-month and decreased by -0.93% year-on-year to N4,082.97 in November 2020.

States with the highest average price for the refilling of a 5kg cylinder for LPG (Cooking Gas) were Bauchi (N2,488.32), Borno (N2,396.69), and Adamawa (N2,367.80).

States with the lowest average price for the refilling of a 5kg cylinder for LPG (Cooking Gas) were Enugu (N1,561.00), Imo (N1,662.50), and Osun (N1,683.75).

States with the highest average price for the refilling of a 12.5kg cylinder for Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) were Akwa Ibom (N4,587.60), Bayelsa (N4,558.33) and Cross River (N4,505.77).

States with the lowest average price for the refilling of a 12.5kg cylinder for LPG (Cooking Gas) were Kano (N3,497.00), Oyo (N3,553.13) and Lagos (N3,682.00).