Federal finance and statistics / National Bureau of Statistics

Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) Price Watch (May 2023)

Executive Summary The average retail price for refilling a 5kg Cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) declined by 6.07% on a month-on-month basis from N4,642.27 recorded in April 2023 to N4,360.69 in May 2023. On a year-on-year basis, this rose by 11.20% from N3,921.35 in May 2022. On state profile analysis, Bayelsa recorded the highest average price for refilling a 5kg Cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) with N5,016.67, followed by Zamfara with N5,000.00, and Abuja with N4,900.00. On the other hand, Ondo recorded the lowest price with N3,795.83, followed by Nasarawa a…