Federal finance and statistics / National Bureau of Statistics

Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) Price Watch (May 2022)

Executive Summary The average price for refilling a 5kg Cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) stood at N3921.35 in May 2022 from N3800.47 recorded in April 2022 showing an increase of 3.18 percent month-on-month. However, on a year-on-year basis, the average retail price for Cooking Gas increased by 89.28 percent from N2071.69 in May 2021. According to state profile analysis, the highest average price for refilling a 5kg Cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) was recorded in Gombe with N4366.67, followed by Bayelsa with N4325.00 and Adamawa with N4250.00. On the other ha…