Without gas, many families go back to cooking with firewood, risking burns and illness. The price of a gas cylinder is a gauge of the cost of living.
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- Preço de gás de cozinha dispara e botijão já é vendido a R$ 160 no país, aponta ANPANP recorded an average cylinder price of R$112.54, up 35% in a year, reaching R$160.Read the story
- Gás de cozinha atinge maior preço em 2021 e deve ficar ainda mais caro; entenda o reajuste da PetrobrasIn June 2021, consumers in the Center-West paid up to R$125 for a 13 kg gas cylinder.Read the story
- GLP sobe antes do ajuste da Petrobras e volta a custar até R$ 125 o botijãoANP data show the 13 kg cylinder sold for up to R$125 in June 2021.Read the story
Sources
Where the data on this page comes from.
- Ministério do Desenvolvimento Social
Gás do Povo reaches almost 15 million families with free cylinder refills.
- Agência Brasil
Law that made Gás do Povo permanent, in 2026.
- CNN Brasil (dados da ANP)
In 2021 the 13 kg cylinder reached R$ 125, according to the ANP.