Top 10 African Countries With The Highest Diesel Prices In July 2025
Given that diesel is essential for transportation, manufacturing, and agriculture in several African countries, high diesel costs continue to be a major concern for both consumers and governments.
Diesel, as opposed to gasoline, is essential to heavy-duty and logistical activities in Africa; therefore, changes in its price have a particularly significant effect on supply chains, food prices, and economic activity.
Much of the continent still faces high diesel prices due to global price volatility, budgetary restraints, and a lack of domestic refining capacity, even with recent infrastructure improvements and legislative initiatives in some areas.
Diesel powers farm equipment, vehicles, buses, and even electrical generators in many African economies, particularly in places with unreliable grids.
Food prices rise as a result of increased distribution expenses, transportation firms raise fees, and businesses that rely on generators see increased overheads as fuel prices rise.
For millions, this exacerbates the cost-of-living situation and drives up inflation.
Despite these obstacles, Nigeria’s Dangote Refinery is developing as a potentially game-changing actor.
The refinery intends to develop 1.6 million barrels of diesel and gasoline storage at Walvis Bay, Namibia, to service countries such as Botswana, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
This development follows the refinery’s introduction into the export market and provides a long-term prospect of alleviating Southern Africa’s fuel shortages by making regional supplies more accessible and inexpensive.
If successful, the program might lessen Southern Africa’s reliance on expensive imported diesel, stabilize prices, and strengthen energy resilience in landlocked countries that rely significantly on fuel imports via coastal routes.
With that said, here are the 10 African countries with the most expensive diesel in July, as per data from Global PetrolPrices, which last updated its list on the 7th of July 2025, when the average price of diesel around the world was listed as $1.22 per liter, compared to $1.18 in June.
Compared to last month’s list, diesel prices for the Central African Republic, Cameroon, Seychelles, Guinea, and Senegal increased slightly.
While prices for Malawi, and Burundi reduced slightly.
Diesel prices for Zimbabwe, and Sierra Leone remained the same. Uganda, replaced Mozambique, in this iteration of the list.
| Rank | Country | Diesel price | Global rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Central Africa Republic | $2.326 | 3rd |
| 2. | Malawi | $1.574 | 43rd |
| 3. | Zimbabwe | $1.500 | 44th |
| 4. | Cameroon | $1.481 | 46th |
| 5. | Seychelles | $1.394 | 52nd |
| 6. | Sierra Leone | $1.392 | 53rd |
| 7. | Guinea | $1.386 | 55th |
| 8. | Senegal | $1.351 | 56th |
| 9. | Burundi | $1.318 | 61st |
| 10. | Uganda | $1.311 | 62nd |
