Cassava flour — retail price per kg
30.00MZN per kgunchanged vs Jan 2024
Nampula (Nampula) · Latest observation Mar 2024 · no newer data published
Nampula (Nampula)Quelimane (Zambezia)
- Latest
- 30.00
- Change
- +110.5%
- Year on year
- −25.0%
- High
- 47.50 May 2022
- Low
- 14.25 Jun 2012
- Average
- 30.14
- Volatility
- 87.7%
Nampula (Nampula) is 30.00 MZN per kg (Mar 2024), 110.5% higher than in Jun 2012. Over the last year: −25.0%.
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 cassava flour 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?
Cassava flour — retail price per kg (Nampula (Nampula)) is 30.00 MZN per kg (Mar 2024), 110.5% higher than in Jun 2012. Over the last year: −25.0%.
Over all 70 observations since Jun 2012, the highest was 47.50 (May 2022) and the lowest 14.25 (Jun 2012).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nampula (Nampula) | 30.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Mocuba (Zambezia) | 20.00 MZN per kg | — |
8 more with older observations
| Quelimane (Zambezia) | 46.30 | Jan 2023 |
| Murrupula (Nampula) | 26.67 | Jun 2022 |
| Malema (Nampula) | 10.00 | Nov 2021 |
| Nacala (Nampula) | 12.00 | Aug 2021 |
| Mutarara (Tete) | 53.33 | Mar 2021 |
| Cuamba (Niassa) | 41.15 | Feb 2021 |
| Alto Molócuè (Zambezia) | 46.30 | Aug 2019 |
| Ribaue (Nampula) | 10.00 | Jan 2019 |
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What should I watch?
Data source
- Source
- WFP Market Monitor, Mozambique food prices (via HDX)
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Observations
- 70 (Jun 2012 – Mar 2024) for Nampula (Nampula); 10 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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