Cooking gas: Price to refill 5kg cylinder drops by 22.32%, says NBS

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Thursday disclosed that the average retail price for refilling a 5kg Cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) decreased by 22.32 per cent on a month-on-month basis from N8,243.79 recorded in July 2025 to N6,404.02 in August 2025.

The Bureau in its Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) Price Watch” report noted that on a year-on-year basis, the price decreased by 0.40 per cent from N6,430.02 in August 2024.

According to the report,  Katsina on state profile analysis, recorded the high[1]est average price for refilling a 5kg cooking gas with N6,945.21, followed by  Taraba with N6,893.12 and Rivers with N6,886.49.

“On the other hand, Delta recorded the lowest price with  N5,657.50, followed by Bauchi and Borno with N5,721.75 and N6,070.56 respectively. In addition, analysis by zone  showed that the North-West recorded the highest average retail price for refilling a 5kg cooking gas with N6,473.63, followed by the North-East with N6,465.63 while the South-South recorded  the lowest with N6,331.29.

“Also, the average retail price for refilling a 12.5kg cooking gas decreased by  21.42per cent on a month-on-month basis from N20,609.48 in July 2025 to N16,195.07 in August 2025.

“On a year-on-year  basis, this rose by 4.13per cent from N15,552.56 in August 2024. On state profile analysis, Yobe recorded the highest aver[1]age retail price for the refilling of a 12.5kg cylinder of cooking gas with N16,887.42 fol[1]lowed by Adamawa with N16,872.40 and Ebonyi with N16,859.17.

“Conversely, the lowest average price was record[1]ed in Benue with 15,102.50, followed by Borno and Imo with N15,176.39 and N15,177.58 respectively.

“Analysis by  zone showed that the North-West recorded the highest average retail price for refilling a 12.5kg cooking gas with N16,358.15, followed by the South-East with N16,344.61 while the South[1]West recorded the lowest price with N15,865.17,” the report added.

Credit- Western Post