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Fuel · May 2026

Kerosene was dearest in Sokoto (₦3,984 a litre) and cheapest in Bayelsa (₦2,019) in May 2026

Buyers in Sokoto paid 97.4% more than in Bayelsa. NBS average prices across 36 states and the FCT.

97.4%

Every state, dearest first

  1. Sokoto₦3,984
  2. Jigawa₦3,825
  3. Taraba₦3,596
  4. Kebbi₦3,524
  5. Zamfara₦3,415
  6. Niger₦3,215
  7. Lagos₦3,186
  8. Katsina₦3,130
  9. Edo₦3,125
  10. Nasarawa₦3,072
  11. Oyo₦3,069
  12. Ebonyi₦3,061
  13. Delta₦3,035
  14. Akwa Ibom₦3,031
  15. FCT₦3,017
  16. Gombe₦3,002
  17. Borno₦2,996
  18. Abia₦2,978
  19. Anambra₦2,971
  20. Osun₦2,966
  21. Ondo₦2,956
  22. Plateau₦2,942
  23. Rivers₦2,927
  24. Bauchi₦2,917
  25. Adamawa₦2,881
  26. Ogun₦2,825
  27. Kaduna₦2,815
  28. Benue₦2,743
  29. Imo₦2,739
  30. Enugu₦2,731
  31. Kano₦2,710
  32. Yobe₦2,634
  33. Kwara₦2,538
  34. Cross River₦2,530
  35. Ekiti₦2,511
  36. Kogi₦2,349
  37. Bayelsa₦2,019

How we worked this out

We ranked the average price NBS published for each of the 36 states and the FCT for the month, then compared the dearest with the cheapest. The figures are the source's own; nothing here is estimated.

Source: National Bureau of Statistics

Source rows (37)
ValueWhere it comes from
3,984.086HOUSEHOLD KEROSENE MAY 2026.xlsx, sheet “Sheet1”, row 23
3,824.683HOUSEHOLD KEROSENE MAY 2026.xlsx, sheet “Sheet1”, row 18
3,595.639HOUSEHOLD KEROSENE MAY 2026.xlsx, sheet “Sheet1”, row 15
3,523.496HOUSEHOLD KEROSENE MAY 2026.xlsx, sheet “Sheet1”, row 22
3,415.065HOUSEHOLD KEROSENE MAY 2026.xlsx, sheet “Sheet1”, row 24
3,214.54HOUSEHOLD KEROSENE MAY 2026.xlsx, sheet “Sheet1”, row 8
3,185.706HOUSEHOLD KEROSENE MAY 2026.xlsx, sheet “Sheet1”, row 40
3,130.41HOUSEHOLD KEROSENE MAY 2026.xlsx, sheet “Sheet1”, row 21
3,124.943HOUSEHOLD KEROSENE MAY 2026.xlsx, sheet “Sheet1”, row 36
3,071.664HOUSEHOLD KEROSENE MAY 2026.xlsx, sheet “Sheet1”, row 7
3,069.109HOUSEHOLD KEROSENE MAY 2026.xlsx, sheet “Sheet1”, row 44
3,061.288HOUSEHOLD KEROSENE MAY 2026.xlsx, sheet “Sheet1”, row 28
3,035.332HOUSEHOLD KEROSENE MAY 2026.xlsx, sheet “Sheet1”, row 35
3,030.88HOUSEHOLD KEROSENE MAY 2026.xlsx, sheet “Sheet1”, row 32
3,016.729HOUSEHOLD KEROSENE MAY 2026.xlsx, sheet “Sheet1”, row 3
3,002.406HOUSEHOLD KEROSENE MAY 2026.xlsx, sheet “Sheet1”, row 14
2,996.026HOUSEHOLD KEROSENE MAY 2026.xlsx, sheet “Sheet1”, row 13
2,977.81HOUSEHOLD KEROSENE MAY 2026.xlsx, sheet “Sheet1”, row 26
2,970.973HOUSEHOLD KEROSENE MAY 2026.xlsx, sheet “Sheet1”, row 27
2,965.533HOUSEHOLD KEROSENE MAY 2026.xlsx, sheet “Sheet1”, row 43
2,955.582HOUSEHOLD KEROSENE MAY 2026.xlsx, sheet “Sheet1”, row 42
2,941.731HOUSEHOLD KEROSENE MAY 2026.xlsx, sheet “Sheet1”, row 9
2,926.835HOUSEHOLD KEROSENE MAY 2026.xlsx, sheet “Sheet1”, row 37
2,917.172HOUSEHOLD KEROSENE MAY 2026.xlsx, sheet “Sheet1”, row 12
2,881.067HOUSEHOLD KEROSENE MAY 2026.xlsx, sheet “Sheet1”, row 11
2,825.09HOUSEHOLD KEROSENE MAY 2026.xlsx, sheet “Sheet1”, row 41
2,814.556HOUSEHOLD KEROSENE MAY 2026.xlsx, sheet “Sheet1”, row 19
2,743.372HOUSEHOLD KEROSENE MAY 2026.xlsx, sheet “Sheet1”, row 4
2,739.353HOUSEHOLD KEROSENE MAY 2026.xlsx, sheet “Sheet1”, row 30
2,731.043HOUSEHOLD KEROSENE MAY 2026.xlsx, sheet “Sheet1”, row 29
2,709.563HOUSEHOLD KEROSENE MAY 2026.xlsx, sheet “Sheet1”, row 20
2,633.508HOUSEHOLD KEROSENE MAY 2026.xlsx, sheet “Sheet1”, row 16
2,537.745HOUSEHOLD KEROSENE MAY 2026.xlsx, sheet “Sheet1”, row 6
2,529.804HOUSEHOLD KEROSENE MAY 2026.xlsx, sheet “Sheet1”, row 34
2,511.315HOUSEHOLD KEROSENE MAY 2026.xlsx, sheet “Sheet1”, row 39
2,348.811HOUSEHOLD KEROSENE MAY 2026.xlsx, sheet “Sheet1”, row 5
2,018.791HOUSEHOLD KEROSENE MAY 2026.xlsx, sheet “Sheet1”, row 33

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