Beans (butter) — retail price per kg
130.00MZN per kg▲ 30.0% vs Jan 2023
Chokwe (Gaza) · Latest observation Mar 2026 · no newer data published
Market:
Chokwe (Gaza)Nampula (Nampula)Chimoio (Manica)
- Latest
- 130.00
- Change
- +160.0%
- High
- 130.00 Mar 2026
- Low
- 50.00 Jun 2015
- Average
- 81.28
- Volatility
- 72.8%
Chokwe (Gaza) is 130.00 MZN per kg (Mar 2026), 160.0% higher than in Jun 2015. This is the highest level in the period shown.
Each line is one market town, not a province or national average. Months without a reported price are left out, not filled in.
What is this?
The retail price of beans (butter) observed in local markets.
How to read it
Compare markets to see where it costs more; compare years to see how prices moved. Seasonal swings around the harvest are normal.
Unit: MZN per kg.
What does the data say?
Beans (butter) — retail price per kg (Chokwe (Gaza)) is 130.00 MZN per kg (Mar 2026), 160.0% higher than in Jun 2015. This is the highest level in the period shown.
Over all 25 observations since Jun 2015, the highest was 130.00 (Mar 2026) and the lowest 50.00 (Jun 2015).
The latest observation is from Mar 2026; the source has not published anything newer.
Why does it matter?
- Households: Staple prices determine how far a household's income goes.
- Businesses: Traders' margins and input costs.
- Government: Food security monitoring.
- Investors: Inflation and consumer demand.
- Mobile money: Higher food prices may reduce money left for other transactions; higher nominal transaction values do not necessarily mean higher real spending.
Observed facts are above; these are possible implications, not measured effects.
Where it costs most — Mar 2026
Only markets with a price for the same month are ranked, so the comparison is like for like.
| Market | Latest | Year on year |
|---|---|---|
| Doa (rural) (Tete) | 160.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Changara (rural) (Tete) | 150.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Chokwe (Gaza) | 130.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Marara (rural) (Tete) | 120.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Metuge (rural) (Cabo Delgado) | 120.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Monapo (rural) (Nampula) | 110.00 MZN per kg | −40.5% |
| Namuno (rural) (Cabo Delgado) | 110.00 MZN per kg | −12.0% |
| Ancuabe (rural) (Cabo Delgado) | 100.00 MZN per kg | +0.0% |
| Balama (Cabo Delgado) | 100.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Chibuto (Gaza) | 100.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Chiure (rural) (Cabo Delgado) | 100.00 MZN per kg | −9.1% |
| Mecufi (rural) (Cabo Delgado) | 100.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Montepuez (Cabo Delgado) | 100.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Xai Xai (Gaza) | 100.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Pemba (Cabo Delgado) | 75.00 MZN per kg | — |
83 more with older observations
| Inhassunge (rural) (Zambezia) | 150.00 | Dec 2025 |
| Mabote (rural) (Inhambane) | 150.00 | Dec 2025 |
| Machaze (rural) (Manica) | 150.00 | Dec 2025 |
| Massingir (rural) (Gaza) | 150.00 | Dec 2025 |
| Morrumbala (rural) (Zambezia) | 150.00 | Dec 2025 |
| Mutarara (rural) (Tete) | 150.00 | Dec 2025 |
| Panda (rural) (Inhambane) | 150.00 | Dec 2025 |
| Machanga (rural) (Sofala) | 147.50 | Dec 2025 |
| Macossa (rural) (Manica) | 120.00 | Dec 2025 |
| Lago(superficie) (rural) (Niassa) | 100.00 | Dec 2025 |
| Meconta (rural) (Nampula) | 100.00 | Dec 2025 |
| Nacala-Velha (rural) (Nampula) | 100.00 | Dec 2025 |
| Ribaue (rural) (Nampula) | 100.00 | Dec 2025 |
| Chimbonila (rural) (Niassa) | 90.00 | Dec 2025 |
| Muembe (rural) (Niassa) | 90.00 | Dec 2025 |
| Sanga (rural) (Niassa) | 80.00 | Dec 2025 |
| Mandlakaze (rural) (Gaza) | 160.00 | Sept 2025 |
| Rapale (rural) (Nampula) | 105.00 | Sept 2025 |
| Milange (rural) (Zambezia) | 100.00 | Sept 2025 |
| Mocuba (rural) (Zambezia) | 100.00 | Sept 2025 |
| Namacurra (rural) (Zambezia) | 100.00 | Sept 2025 |
| Nicoadala (rural) (Zambezia) | 100.00 | Sept 2025 |
| KaTembe (Maputo Cidade) | 120.00 | Mar 2025 |
| Marracuene (rural) (Maputo) | 120.00 | Mar 2025 |
| Namaacha (rural) (Maputo) | 120.00 | Mar 2025 |
| KaMavota (Maputo Cidade) | 110.00 | Mar 2025 |
| Muecate (rural) (Nampula) | 175.00 | Jan 2025 |
| KaNyaka (Maputo Cidade) | 140.00 | Jan 2025 |
| Govuro (rural) (Inhambane) | 120.00 | Jan 2025 |
| Cahora bassa (rural) (Tete) | 110.00 | Jan 2025 |
| Mecanhelas (rural) (Niassa) | 100.00 | Jan 2025 |
| Malema (rural) (Nampula) | 85.00 | Jan 2025 |
| Mandimba (Niassa) | 162.00 | Mar 2024 |
| Panda (Inhambane) | 120.00 | Mar 2024 |
| Maputo (Maputo Cidade) | 102.00 | Mar 2024 |
| Mocuba (Zambezia) | 90.00 | Mar 2024 |
| Nampula (Nampula) | 83.00 | Mar 2024 |
| Lichinga (Niassa) | 68.00 | Mar 2024 |
| Massinga (Inhambane) | 138.57 | Feb 2024 |
| Morrumbene (Inhambane) | 122.22 | Feb 2024 |
| Inhassoro (Inhambane) | 120.00 | Feb 2024 |
| Inharrime (Inhambane) | 100.00 | Nov 2023 |
| Mutarara (Tete) | 92.38 | Nov 2023 |
| Funhalouro (Inhambane) | 120.00 | Oct 2023 |
| Mabote (Inhambane) | 120.00 | Oct 2023 |
| Maxixe (Inhambane) | 100.00 | Oct 2023 |
| Angónia (Tete) | 65.00 | Sept 2023 |
| Cuamba (Niassa) | 58.33 | Aug 2023 |
| Govuro (Inhambane) | 108.00 | Jul 2023 |
| Inhambane (Inhambane) | 87.50 | Jul 2023 |
| Nhamatanda (Sofala) | 84.44 | Jul 2023 |
| Chimoio (Manica) | 80.83 | Jun 2023 |
| Chigubo (rural) (Gaza) | 140.00 | May 2023 |
| Chemba (rural) (Sofala) | 120.00 | May 2023 |
| Massangena (rural) (Gaza) | 102.00 | May 2023 |
| Chibabava (rural) (Sofala) | 100.00 | May 2023 |
| Mossurize (rural) (Manica) | 90.00 | May 2023 |
| Manica (Manica) | 115.47 | Apr 2023 |
| Namaacha (Maputo) | 100.00 | Apr 2023 |
| Vilanculos (Inhambane) | 100.00 | Jan 2023 |
| Quelimane (Zambezia) | 80.00 | Jan 2023 |
| Gondola (Manica) | 103.93 | Oct 2022 |
| Changara (Tete) | 100.00 | Oct 2022 |
| Caia (Sofala) | 75.00 | Oct 2022 |
| Namuno (Cabo Delgado) | 100.00 | Jul 2022 |
| Murrupula (Nampula) | 80.00 | Jun 2022 |
| Báruè (Manica) | 75.00 | Dec 2021 |
| Malema (Nampula) | 40.00 | Nov 2021 |
| Nacala (Nampula) | 79.00 | Aug 2021 |
| Tete (Tete) | 73.75 | Jul 2021 |
| Moamba (Maputo) | 103.33 | Jan 2021 |
| Macanga (Niassa) | 121.55 | Dec 2020 |
| Boane (Maputo) | 72.71 | Aug 2020 |
| Buzi (Sofala) | 115.47 | Jun 2020 |
| Bela Vista (Maputo) | 100.00 | Jun 2020 |
| Chicualacuala Mapai (Gaza) | 100.00 | Jun 2020 |
| Cidade da Matola (Maputo) | 86.25 | Jun 2020 |
| Manhica (Maputo) | 79.39 | Jun 2020 |
| Gorongoza (Sofala) | 74.04 | Jun 2020 |
| Beira (Sofala) | 71.67 | May 2020 |
| Ribaue (Nampula) | 100.00 | Mar 2020 |
| Alto Molócuè (Zambezia) | 60.00 | Aug 2019 |
| Milange (Zambezia) | 40.00 | Aug 2019 |
Other varieties and units
Beans (catarino) — retail price per kg113.00 MZN per kg−5.8% · Mar 2024Beans (dry) — retail price per kg66.25 MZN per kg−4.2% · May 2015Beans (fresh) — retail price per kg32.66 MZN per kg+145.6% · Dec 2013Beans (magnum) — retail price per kg100.00 MZN per kg−50.0% · Mar 2024Beans (red) — retail price per kg47.09 MZN per kg−7.4% · May 2015
What should I watch?
Data source
- Source
- WFP Market Monitor, Mozambique food prices (via HDX)
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Observations
- 25 (Jun 2015 – Mar 2026) for Chokwe (Gaza); 98 market in total
- Last retrieved
- 2026-10-17
- Method
- Prices collected by WFP and partners in local markets (largely from Mozambique's agricultural market information system, SIMA). Monthly, in meticais, per stated unit.
- Limitations
- Each series is one market town, not a province or national average. Coverage varies by market and has thinned since 2024; check each market's last observation date. Product quality and package size follow the stated unit only.
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