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Fuel · May 2026

Petrol prices rose in 37 of 37 states in May 2026

The biggest rise was in Enugu (+9.8%). Month-on-month change as published by NBS.

37 states

Change by state

  1. Enugu+9.8%
  2. Niger+9.6%
  3. Edo+8.0%
  4. Bauchi+8.0%
  5. Benue+7.3%
  6. Gombe+6.3%
  7. Ebonyi+6.2%
  8. Abia+6.2%
  9. Sokoto+6.1%
  10. Oyo+5.4%
  11. Borno+5.1%
  12. Lagos+5.0%
  13. Jigawa+5.0%
  14. Delta+5.0%
  15. Katsina+4.6%
  16. Ogun+4.5%
  17. Taraba+4.2%
  18. Yobe+4.2%
  19. Kogi+4.1%
  20. Adamawa+3.7%
  21. Kebbi+3.6%
  22. Bayelsa+3.5%
  23. Ekiti+3.3%
  24. FCT+3.1%
  25. Akwa Ibom+2.7%
  26. Plateau+2.7%
  27. Kaduna+2.6%
  28. Cross River+2.5%
  29. Zamfara+2.4%
  30. Nasarawa+1.9%
  31. Kano+1.8%
  32. Ondo+1.6%
  33. Kwara+1.3%
  34. Imo+1.2%
  35. Osun+1.0%
  36. Anambra+0.3%
  37. Rivers+0.1%

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
7.97%Fuel_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “Fuel MAY 2026”, row 14
7.95%Fuel_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “Fuel MAY 2026”, row 7
7.32%Fuel_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “Fuel MAY 2026”, row 9
6.29%Fuel_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “Fuel MAY 2026”, row 17
4.96%Fuel_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “Fuel MAY 2026”, row 12
4.18%Fuel_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “Fuel MAY 2026”, row 37
6.20%Fuel_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “Fuel MAY 2026”, row 2
4.99%Fuel_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “Fuel MAY 2026”, row 19
4.21%Fuel_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “Fuel MAY 2026”, row 36
5.44%Fuel_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “Fuel MAY 2026”, row 32
6.24%Fuel_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “Fuel MAY 2026”, row 13
2.74%Fuel_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “Fuel MAY 2026”, row 5
2.72%Fuel_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “Fuel MAY 2026”, row 33
1.77%Fuel_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “Fuel MAY 2026”, row 21
3.15%Fuel_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “Fuel MAY 2026”, row 3
2.42%Fuel_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “Fuel MAY 2026”, row 38
1.60%Fuel_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “Fuel MAY 2026”, row 30
3.28%Fuel_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “Fuel MAY 2026”, row 15
4.49%Fuel_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “Fuel MAY 2026”, row 29
1.22%Fuel_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “Fuel MAY 2026”, row 18
3.55%Fuel_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “Fuel MAY 2026”, row 8
0.09%Fuel_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “Fuel MAY 2026”, row 34
1.89%Fuel_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “Fuel MAY 2026”, row 27
2.57%Fuel_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “Fuel MAY 2026”, row 20
9.79%Fuel_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “Fuel MAY 2026”, row 16
5.05%Fuel_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “Fuel MAY 2026”, row 26
1.29%Fuel_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “Fuel MAY 2026”, row 25
3.59%Fuel_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “Fuel MAY 2026”, row 23
2.45%Fuel_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “Fuel MAY 2026”, row 11
5.08%Fuel_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “Fuel MAY 2026”, row 10
9.58%Fuel_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “Fuel MAY 2026”, row 28
1.00%Fuel_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “Fuel MAY 2026”, row 31
4.07%Fuel_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “Fuel MAY 2026”, row 24
0.26%Fuel_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “Fuel MAY 2026”, row 6
6.07%Fuel_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “Fuel MAY 2026”, row 35
4.58%Fuel_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “Fuel MAY 2026”, row 22
3.69%Fuel_MAY_2026.xlsx, sheet “Fuel MAY 2026”, row 4

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