Federal finance and statistics / National Bureau of Statistics

Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) Price Watch (December 2021)

Executive Summary The average price for refilling a 5kg cylinder of liquefied petroleum gas (Cooking Gas) on year-on-year analysis increased from ₦1949.75 in December 2020 to ₦3594.81 in December 2021 showing an increase of 84.37 percent. On a month-on-month basis, the average price increased by 8.53 percent from ₦3312.42 in November 2021. The States with the highest average price for refilling a 5kg cylinder of liquefied petroleum gas (Cooking Gas) were recorded in Benue, Cross River and Borno with ₦4083.33, ₦3975.00 and ₦3966.67 respectively while States with the lowest average p…