Nigeria daily consumption of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), wey dem dey call petrol, drop by 1.27 percent to 47.4 million litres per day (ML/D) year-on-year (YoY) for June 2026, from 48 million litres per day wey dem record for di same period of 2025.

Dis one mean sey consumption don reduce by about 600,000 litres per day over di one-year period.

Di development show di residual effect of di downstream deregulation wey don make petrol price increase by about 550 percent from June 2023 till now.

If you check di breakdown of di data wey dey inside di monthly Fact Sheets wey di Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) release, e show sey average daily PMS consumption between June 2025 and June 2026 stand at about 50 million litres.

Checks by Vanguard show sey December 2025 record di highest PMS consumption during dat period, at about 63.7 million litres per day, while September 2025 record di lowest, at 43.8 million litres per day.

Di NMDPRA also report sey di average daily receipts of key petroleum products include 50.6 million litres of PMS, 16.2 million litres of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO), wey dem dey call diesel, 2.5 million litres of Aviation Turbine Kerosene (ATK), and 5.1 kilotonnes (KT) of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), wey dem dey call cooking gas.

If you check di breakdown of di regulator monthly consumption figures, e show sey e dey fluctuate month-by-month.

Average daily PMS consumption stand at 60.2 million litres for January 2026 before e drop to 56.9 million litres for February.

Demand continue to drop to 47.3 million litres for March, e recover to 51.1 million litres for April, e fall again to 46.3 million litres for May, and e rise small to 47.4 million litres for June.