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Inflation (consumer prices, year on year)

6.31%▼ 0.14 pts vs Aug 2026

Moçambique (8 cities) · Latest observation Sept 2026

Inflation (consumer prices, year on year)

What is this?

Headline inflation: how much more a typical basket costs than a year earlier.

How to read it

  • A positive number means prices are higher than a year ago; a falling positive number means prices are still rising, just more slowly.
  • Unit: %.

What does the data say?

Inflation (consumer prices, year on year) (Moçambique (8 cities)) is 6.31 % (Sept 2026), 3.37 points lower than in Jan 2023.

Over all 45 observations since Jan 2023, the highest was 10.02 (Mar 2023) and the lowest 2.45 (Sept 2024).

Why does it matter?

  • Households: Erodes the value of wages and savings.
  • Businesses: Costs and pricing.
  • Government: Real value of spending and debt.
  • Investors: Interest rate outlook.
  • Mobile money: Nominal transaction values rise with prices without more goods being bought; compare against inflation before reading growth.

What should I watch?

Data source

Source
INE — Índice de Preços no Consumidor (published tables, base 2023=100)
Status
Fetched live on the last refresh
Latest observation
Sept 2026
Last updated
2026-10-17
Source published
2026-10-09
Frequency
Monthly
Method
Year-on-year percentage change as published by INE (Quadro 11). Read from INE's monthly Excel tables by scripts/ine-cpi.mjs.
Limitations
Urban consumer prices only (Maputo, Beira, Nampula and a national index over 8 cities). Not a rural measure.
Place:
03581013Jan 2023Sept 2026High 10.02Low 2.45
Latest
6.31
Change
−3.37 pts
High
10.02 Mar 2023
Low
2.45 Sept 2024
Average
4.99

Inflation (consumer prices, year on year) is 6.31 % (Sept 2026), 3.37 points lower than in Jan 2023.

What is this?

Headline inflation: how much more a typical basket costs than a year earlier.

How to read it

A positive number means prices are higher than a year ago; a falling positive number means prices are still rising, just more slowly.

Unit: %.

What does the data say?

Inflation (consumer prices, year on year) (Moçambique (8 cities)) is 6.31 % (Sept 2026), 3.37 points lower than in Jan 2023.

Over all 45 observations since Jan 2023, the highest was 10.02 (Mar 2023) and the lowest 2.45 (Sept 2024).

Why does it matter?

  • Households: Erodes the value of wages and savings.
  • Businesses: Costs and pricing.
  • Government: Real value of spending and debt.
  • Investors: Interest rate outlook.
  • Mobile money: Nominal transaction values rise with prices without more goods being bought; compare against inflation before reading growth.

Observed facts are above; these are possible implications, not measured effects.

By place

PlaceLatestYear on year
Nampula6.57 %+72.9%
Moçambique (8 cities)6.31 %+28.0%
Beira6.17 %+61.5%
Maputo4.14 %+7.5%

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What should I watch?

Food inflation (year on year)8.69 %−0.22 pts · Sept 2026MIMO policy rate (Banco de Moçambique)9.25 %unchanged · 17 Oct 2026USD/MZN — US dollar in meticais63.84 MZN per USD−0.0% · 17 Oct 2026

Data source

Source
INE — Índice de Preços no Consumidor (published tables, base 2023=100)
Frequency
Monthly
Observations
45 (Jan 2023 – Sept 2026) for Moçambique (8 cities); 4 place in total
Source published
2026-10-09
Last retrieved
2026-10-17
Method
Year-on-year percentage change as published by INE (Quadro 11). Read from INE's monthly Excel tables by scripts/ine-cpi.mjs.
Limitations
Urban consumer prices only (Maputo, Beira, Nampula and a national index over 8 cities). Not a rural measure.
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