Nigeria Records World’s Highest Diesel Price Increase at 82.7% – UNCTAD

Nigeria records world’s highest diesel price increase at 82.7% – UNCTAD

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, UNCTAD, has reported that Nigeria recorded the world’s highest increase in Automotive Gas Oil (AGO), commonly known as diesel, prices between February and August 2026. UNCTAD made this disclosure in its Geoeconomics of Development report, released at the weekend. According to the report, Nigeria’s diesel pump price […] Nigeria records world’s highest diesel price increase at 82.7% – UNCTAD

Nigeria records highest diesel price surge at 82.7%, UN report shows

Nigeria recorded the world’s steepest diesel price rise at 82.7% and fourth-largest petrol increase in 2026, as UNCTAD examines fuel shocks and refining relief.

Nigeria Tops Global Diesel Price Surge at 82.7% UNCTAD

Nigeria recorded the world’s steepest rise in diesel prices over a recent six-month period, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Developme...

Global energy crisis pushes Nigeria to world’s highest diesel price increase

Nigeria recorded the world’s highest diesel price increase between February and August 2026, with prices rising 82.7 percent, as disruptions to global energy supplies intensified fuel cost pressures across developing economies, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The country also ranked fourth among countries and territories surveyed for petrol price […]

Nigeria’s Diesel Price Rises 82.7%, Highest Worldwide—UNCTAD

Nigeria recorded the world’s highest diesel price increase between February and August 2026, with pump prices rising by 82.7 per cent, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The finding is contained in UNCTAD’s Trade and Development Report 2026: The Geoeconomics of Development, released on Friday, October 9, 2026. The comparison […]

Nigeria records world’s highest diesel price increase at 82.7%

Nigeria recorded the world’s highest diesel price increase, at 82.7%, between February and August 2026, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).