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Fuel · May 2026

Diesel prices rose in 37 of 37 states in May 2026

The biggest rise was in Jigawa (+39.3%). Month-on-month change as published by NBS.

37 states

Change by state

  1. Jigawa+39.3%
  2. Rivers+39.2%
  3. Zamfara+39.1%
  4. Kaduna+38.5%
  5. Kebbi+38.3%
  6. Katsina+38.0%
  7. Cross River+37.9%
  8. Kwara+37.6%
  9. Lagos+37.4%
  10. Sokoto+36.7%
  11. Ekiti+36.4%
  12. Enugu+34.8%
  13. Plateau+34.7%
  14. Delta+34.4%
  15. Nasarawa+34.3%
  16. Ogun+34.0%
  17. Abia+33.7%
  18. FCT+33.1%
  19. Kano+33.0%
  20. Imo+33.0%
  21. Bayelsa+32.2%
  22. Oyo+31.9%
  23. Osun+30.7%
  24. Ondo+30.7%
  25. Niger+30.3%
  26. Akwa Ibom+30.2%
  27. Ebonyi+29.8%
  28. Taraba+29.0%
  29. Kogi+28.8%
  30. Benue+28.2%
  31. Gombe+27.9%
  32. Borno+27.8%
  33. Yobe+26.1%
  34. Bauchi+25.6%
  35. Edo+25.5%
  36. Anambra+24.9%
  37. Adamawa+22.0%

How we worked this out

We counted the states where NBS's month-on-month change was above zero (rising) or below zero (falling). The figures are the source's own; nothing here is estimated.

Source: National Bureau of Statistics

Source rows (37)
ValueWhere it comes from
34.30%DIESEL_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “DIESEL MAY 2026”, row 7
34.69%DIESEL_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “DIESEL MAY 2026”, row 9
29.80%DIESEL_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “DIESEL MAY 2026”, row 28
38.54%DIESEL_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “DIESEL MAY 2026”, row 19
36.71%DIESEL_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “DIESEL MAY 2026”, row 23
29.00%DIESEL_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “DIESEL MAY 2026”, row 15
39.28%DIESEL_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “DIESEL MAY 2026”, row 18
39.24%DIESEL_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “DIESEL MAY 2026”, row 37
30.74%DIESEL_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “DIESEL MAY 2026”, row 43
26.06%DIESEL_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “DIESEL MAY 2026”, row 16
37.92%DIESEL_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “DIESEL MAY 2026”, row 34
24.91%DIESEL_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “DIESEL MAY 2026”, row 27
33.15%DIESEL_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “DIESEL MAY 2026”, row 3
25.54%DIESEL_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “DIESEL MAY 2026”, row 36
31.88%DIESEL_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “DIESEL MAY 2026”, row 44
32.98%DIESEL_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “DIESEL MAY 2026”, row 20
21.99%DIESEL_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “DIESEL MAY 2026”, row 11
39.11%DIESEL_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “DIESEL MAY 2026”, row 24
30.17%DIESEL_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “DIESEL MAY 2026”, row 32
33.95%DIESEL_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “DIESEL MAY 2026”, row 41
27.80%DIESEL_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “DIESEL MAY 2026”, row 13
33.66%DIESEL_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “DIESEL MAY 2026”, row 26
36.36%DIESEL_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “DIESEL MAY 2026”, row 39
34.44%DIESEL_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “DIESEL MAY 2026”, row 35
27.95%DIESEL_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “DIESEL MAY 2026”, row 14
32.97%DIESEL_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “DIESEL MAY 2026”, row 30
30.33%DIESEL_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “DIESEL MAY 2026”, row 8
25.61%DIESEL_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “DIESEL MAY 2026”, row 12
34.79%DIESEL_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “DIESEL MAY 2026”, row 29
37.38%DIESEL_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “DIESEL MAY 2026”, row 40
37.57%DIESEL_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “DIESEL MAY 2026”, row 6
38.01%DIESEL_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “DIESEL MAY 2026”, row 21
32.19%DIESEL_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “DIESEL MAY 2026”, row 33
30.70%DIESEL_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “DIESEL MAY 2026”, row 42
38.34%DIESEL_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “DIESEL MAY 2026”, row 22
28.21%DIESEL_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “DIESEL MAY 2026”, row 4
28.78%DIESEL_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “DIESEL MAY 2026”, row 5

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