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

Executive Summary

The average retail price for refilling a 5kg Cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) increased by 0.36% on a month-on-month basis from N4,549.14 recorded in November 2022 to N4,565.56 in December 2022. On a year-on-year basis, this rose by 27.00% from N3,594.81 in December 2021. On state profile analysis, Kwara recorded the highest average price for refilling a 5kg Cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) with N4,950.00, followed by Adamawa with N4,933.33, and Plateau with N4,917.50. On the other hand, Anambra recorded the lowest price with N4,182.14, followed by Abia and Rivers with N4,196.15 and N4,207.27 respectively.
In addition, analysis by zone showed that the North-Central recorded the highest average retail price for refilling a 5kg Cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) with N4,841.07, followed by the North-East with N4,593.99, while the South-East recorded the lowest with N4,386.39. Also, the average retail price for refilling a 12.5kg Cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) increased by 0.67% on a month-on-month basis from N10,180.88 in November 2022 to N10,248.97 in December 2022. On a year-on-year basis, this rose by 39.78% from N7,332.04 in December 2021.
On state profile analysis, Benue recorded the highest average retail price for the refilling of a 12.5kg Cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) with N11,250.00, followed by Cross River with N10,892.86 and Ebonyi with N10,753.57. Conversely, the lowest average price was recorded in Yobe with N9,500.00, followed by Zamfara and Gombe with N9,706.25 and N9,750.00 respectively. 

Data source: National Bureau of Statistics

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