Average retail price for refilling a 5kg Cylinder of cooking gas drops by 0.96% in July, says NBS
The National Breau of Statistic (NBS) on Tuesday disclosed that the average retail price for refilling a 5kg Cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) decreased by 0.96per cent on a month-on-month basis from N8,323.95 recorded in June 2025 to N8,243.79 in July 2025.
According to NBS lastest report, the decline is a a year-on-year basis, this increased by 37.98per cent from N5,974.55 in July 2024.
On state profile analysis, the report by NBS revealed that Adamawa recorded the highest av[1]erage price for refilling a 5kg Cylinder of Cooking Gas with N9,011.36, followed by Rivers with N9,005.00 and Taraba with N8,945.43.
“On the other hand, Yobe recorded the lowest price with N7,612.00, fol[1]lowed by Niger and Nasarawa with N7,662.00 and N8,000.25 respectively.
“In addition, analysis by zone showed that the South-South recorded the highest average retail price for refilling a 5kg Cylinder of Cooking Gas with N8,511.26, followed by the South-East with N8,321.16 while the South-West recorded the low[1]est with N8,073.92.
“Also, the average retail price for refilling a 12.5kg Cylinder of Cooking Gas decreased by 1.91per cent on a month-on-month basis from N21,010.56 in June 2025 to N20,609.48 in July 2025,” the report by NBS disclosed.
The report added further that , “On a year-on-year ba[1]sis, this rose by 44.51per cent from N14,261.57 in July 2024. On state profile analysis, Adamawa recorded the highest av[1]erage retail price for the refilling of a 12.5kg Cylinder of Cooking Gas with N22,528.39 fol[1]lowed by Rivers with N22,512.49 and Taraba with N22,363.57.
“Conversely, the lowest average price was recorded in Yobe with N19,030.00, followed by Niger and Nasarawa with N19,154.99 and N20,000.62 respectively.”
It added that by zone, the South-South recorded the highest average retail price for refilling a 12.5kg Cylinder of Cooking Gas with N21,278.14, followed by the South-East with N20,802.89 while the South[1]West recorded the lowest price with N20,184.79.
