Beans (magnum) — retail price per kg
100.00MZN per kg▼ 50.0% vs Feb 2024
Mocuba (Zambezia) · Latest observation Mar 2024 · no newer data published
Mocuba (Zambezia)Nampula (Nampula)Quelimane (Zambezia)
- Latest
- 100.00
- Change
- +100.0%
- Year on year
- +0.0%
- High
- 200.00 Feb 2024
- Low
- 35.00 Aug 2017
- Average
- 78.64
- Volatility
- 69.5%
Mocuba (Zambezia) is 100.00 MZN per kg (Mar 2024), 100.0% higher than in Sept 2015. Over the last year: +0.0%.
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 (magnum) 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 (magnum) — retail price per kg (Mocuba (Zambezia)) is 100.00 MZN per kg (Mar 2024), 100.0% higher than in Sept 2015. Over the last year: +0.0%.
Over all 86 observations since Sept 2015, the highest was 200.00 (Feb 2024) and the lowest 35.00 (Aug 2017).
The latest observation is from Mar 2024; 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 2024
Only markets with a price for the same month are ranked, so the comparison is like for like.
| Market | Latest | Year on year |
|---|---|---|
| Massinga (Inhambane) | 116.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Mocuba (Zambezia) | 100.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Nampula (Nampula) | 93.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Lichinga (Niassa) | 69.00 MZN per kg | — |
34 more with older observations
| Morrumbene (Inhambane) | 140.00 | Feb 2024 |
| Mutarara (Tete) | 92.38 | Nov 2023 |
| Maxixe (Inhambane) | 100.00 | Oct 2023 |
| Panda (Inhambane) | 100.00 | Oct 2023 |
| Angónia (Tete) | 65.00 | Sept 2023 |
| Govuro (Inhambane) | 120.00 | Jul 2023 |
| Inhambane (Inhambane) | 87.50 | Jul 2023 |
| Nhamatanda (Sofala) | 80.00 | Jul 2023 |
| Namaacha (Maputo) | 99.06 | Apr 2023 |
| Vilanculos (Inhambane) | 100.00 | Jan 2023 |
| Quelimane (Zambezia) | 80.00 | Jan 2023 |
| Caia (Sofala) | 90.00 | Oct 2022 |
| Namuno (Cabo Delgado) | 90.00 | Jul 2022 |
| Manica (Manica) | 70.00 | Jul 2022 |
| Murrupula (Nampula) | 100.00 | Jun 2022 |
| Montepuez (Cabo Delgado) | 120.00 | May 2022 |
| Malema (Nampula) | 50.00 | Nov 2021 |
| Nacala (Nampula) | 90.00 | Aug 2021 |
| Cuamba (Niassa) | 69.28 | Jun 2021 |
| Pemba (Cabo Delgado) | 65.00 | Jun 2021 |
| Mabote (Inhambane) | 130.00 | May 2021 |
| Balama (Cabo Delgado) | 100.00 | May 2021 |
| Macanga (Niassa) | 123.80 | Dec 2020 |
| Gondola (Manica) | 103.93 | Dec 2020 |
| Chibuto (Gaza) | 90.00 | Nov 2020 |
| Tete (Tete) | 80.00 | Jul 2020 |
| Chokwe (Gaza) | 80.00 | Jun 2020 |
| Chimoio (Manica) | 115.47 | Apr 2020 |
| Maputo (Maputo Cidade) | 106.67 | Feb 2020 |
| Ribaue (Nampula) | 100.00 | Feb 2020 |
| Alto Molócuè (Zambezia) | 70.00 | Aug 2019 |
| Beira (Sofala) | 70.00 | Dec 2018 |
| Gorongoza (Sofala) | 50.00 | Oct 2018 |
| Xai Xai (Gaza) | 50.00 | Jul 2017 |
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What should I watch?
Data source
- Source
- WFP Market Monitor, Mozambique food prices (via HDX)
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Observations
- 86 (Sept 2015 – Mar 2024) for Mocuba (Zambezia); 38 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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