Gold
4,319US$/troy oz▼ 2.1% vs Aug 2026
Latest observation Sept 2026
- Latest
- 4,319
- Change
- +12,240.0%
- Year on year
- +17.7%
- High
- 5,020 Feb 2026
- Low
- 35 Jan 1960
- Average
- 668
- Volatility
- 15.8%
Gold is 4,319 US$/troy oz (Sept 2026), 12240.0% higher than in Jan 1960. Over the last year: +17.7%.
What is this?
The world market price of gold (US$/troy oz).
Gold is mined mostly artisanally in Manica and Niassa; much of it leaves the country informally.
How to read it
Higher means the commodity sells for more on world markets.
Unit: US$/troy oz.
Measure: Global benchmark price.
What does the data say?
Gold is 4,319 US$/troy oz (Sept 2026), 12240.0% higher than in Jan 1960. Over the last year: +17.7%.
Over all 801 observations since Jan 1960, the highest was 5,020 (Feb 2026) and the lowest 35 (Jan 1960).
Why does it matter?
- Households: Affects local prices only where Mozambique imports the product.
- Businesses: Exporters earn more when world prices rise; importers pay more.
- Government: Royalties and export taxes move with world prices.
- Investors: Commodity exposure of Mozambique's exports.
- Mobile money: Indirect; mainly through incomes in producing regions.
Observed facts are above; these are possible implications, not measured effects.
What should I watch?
Data source
- Source
- World Bank Commodity Price Data (The Pink Sheet)
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Observations
- 801 (Jan 1960 – Sept 2026)
- Source published
- 2026-10-02
- Last retrieved
- 2026-10-17
- Method
- Monthly average in nominal US dollars. Column "Gold" ($/troy oz).
- Limitations
- A world market price, not the price Mozambican producers or exporters actually receive, nor the export unit value in customs data.
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