The average retail price for refilling a 12.5kg Cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) increased by 1.46% on a month-on-month basis from N20,709.11 in May 2025 to N21,010.56 in June 2025.
This was contained in the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) Price Watch released on Tuesday by the National Bureau Statistics (NBS).
NBS said the average retail price for refilling a 5kg Cylinder of Cooking Gas also increased by 1.92% on a month-on-month basis from N8,167.43 recorded in May 2025 to N8,323.95 in June 2025.
On a year-on-year basis, the Bureau said this increased by 19.49% from N6,966.03 in June 2024.
On state profile analysis, NBS said Delta recorded the highest average price for refilling a 5kg Cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) with N9,243.38, followed by Cross River with N9,193.16 and Rivers with N9,188.51.
On the other hand, Oyo recorded the lowest price with N7,100.00, followed by Plateau and Yobe with N7,200.00 and N7,600.00 respectively.
In addition, analysis by zone showed that the South-South recorded the highest average retail price for refilling a 5kg Cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) with N8,871.63, followed by the South-East with N8,649.55 while the South-West recorded the lowest with N7,960.42.
Also, the average retail price for refilling a 12.5kg Cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) increased by 1.46% on a month-on-month basis from N20,709.11 in May 2025 to N21,010.56 in June 2025. On a year-on-year basis, this rose by 33.52% from N15,736.27 in June 2024.
On state profile analysis, Delta recorded the highest average retail price for the refilling of a 12.5kg Cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) with N23,108.44 followed by Cross River with N22,982.89 and Rivers with N22,971.27.
Conversely, the lowest average price was recorded in Yobe with N19,000.00, followed by Niger and Jigawa with N19,242.48 and N20,025.94 respectively.
Analysis by zone showed that the South-South recorded the highest average retail price for refilling a 12.5kg Cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) with N22,179.08, followed by the South-East with N21,623.86 while the South West recorded the lowest price with N20,402.42.
