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Mozambique Among Top Ten African Countries With Highest Diesel Prices in Early 2025

Mozambique Among Top Ten African Countries With Highest Diesel Prices in Early 2025

Diesel prices across Africa throughout last year varied significantly, with some African countries having prices as high as $2 while some, as low as $0.031. In a similar vein, 2025 seems to be starting on the same note.

Many African economies rely heavily on diesel to power their machinery, generators, and automobiles.

A jump in diesel prices in several African economies can contribute greatly to increased operational expenses for their businesses.

These expenses would then be passed on to customers by businesses, which immediately spurs economic stress.

Industries such as manufacturing, logistics, and agriculture, stand the most to lose, if this fuel source becomes more expensive, and as such affects some of an economy’s most pivotal sectors.

Unfortunately, several African countries last year had to deal with this issue as they endured some of the continent’s most expensive fuel prices.

Countries heavily reliant on importing diesel as well as having low oil reserves suffered this pressure the most.

As the year begins, the same trend threatens to be persistent as several African countries boast diesel costs far above the global average of 1.17 U.S. dollars per liter.

This issue is exasperated when purchasing power is factored in, as some of the countries with the highest diesel costs also have some very low purchasing power parity.

With that said, here are the African countries with the most pricey diesel at the start of 2025, as per data from GlobalPetrolPrices, which was last updated on the 13th of January, 2025.

Compared to the top 10 list for the end of 2024, Diesel prices for CAR, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Seychelles, Cameroon, and Guinea at the start of 2025, saw a marginal decline.

In contrast, diesel prices for Burundi increased slightly, while prices for Mozambique and Sierra Leone remained the same.

Kenya, ousted Uganda from the top list this month.

Top 10 African countries with the highest diesel prices at the start of 2025

See Also

RankCountryDiesel pricesGlobal rank
1.Central Africa Republic$2.1084th
2.Malawi$1.57735th
3.Zimbabwe$1.53040th
4.Mozambique$1.42846th
5.Seychelles$1.42547th
6.Sierra Leone$1.39248th
7.Guinea$1.38649th
8.Burundi$1.34252nd
9.Cameroon$1.29356th
10.Kenya$1.26562nd

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