Top 10 African countries with the highest diesel prices in July 2025
Business Insider Africa, the top 10 African countries with the highest diesel prices in July 2025.
The list is courtesy of GlobalPetrolPrices.
The Central African Republic ranks at the top of the list.
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.
Top 10 African countries with the highest diesel prices in July 2025
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
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