Global Petrol Prices data, updated 24 August 2026, shows wide petrol cost gaps across Africa, with Libya cheapest at $0.024 per litre, about 13 FCFA.
The price grid, which tracks retail fuel costs in local currencies, places Angola second at $0.327 per litre (about 184 FCFA), followed by Algeria at $0.353 (about 199 FCFA).
Egypt follows at $0.477 (about 268 FCFA), while Sudan sits at $0.700 (about 394 FCFA).
Tunisia’s pump price is $0.874 per litre (about 492 FCFA), with Nigeria at $0.882 (about 496 FCFA) and Niger marginally higher at $0.883 (about 497 FCFA).
Ethiopia and Gabon round out the ten cheapest markets, with petrol at $1.044 (about 587 FCFA) and $1.058 (about 595 FCFA) per litre respectively.
At the other end of the scale, Malawi has the most expensive petrol among the countries surveyed, at $3.235 per litre.
The rest of the higher-cost list includes Rwanda ($1.999), Zimbabwe ($1.930), Central African Republic ($1.868), Seychelles ($1.798), Sierra Leone ($1.779), Cape Verde ($1.774), Uganda ($1.753), Senegal ($1.752) and Morocco ($1.645).
In Côte d’Ivoire, the data shows petrol at 905 FCFA per litre as of 24 August 2026, a price that places the country in neither the cheapest nor the most expensive tier.
The figure follows an increase of 30 FCFA that took effect in the sixth week of a tracking period, after the price had held steady at 875 FCFA for the first five weeks.
Longer-term data covering 2016 to 2026 shows Côte d’Ivoire’s petrol prices in a low range between 2016 and 2021, reaching a historic minimum of around 570 FCFA in 2019.
A sharp inflationary surge followed between 2021 and 2023, attributed to global energy tensions after the Covid pandemic and the conflict in Ukraine.
After a correction below 900 FCFA from 2024 to 2026, prices resumed their climb to the current 905 FCFA level.
Source: Actualité