Cowpeas — retail price per kg
60.00MZN per kg▲ 11.8% vs Jun 2021
Pemba (Cabo Delgado) · Latest observation Mar 2026 · no newer data published
Market:
Pemba (Cabo Delgado)Nampula (Nampula)Chimoio (Manica)
- Latest
- 60.00
- Change
- +198.1%
- High
- 65.26 Jan 2021
- Low
- 20.13 May 2011
- Average
- 40.08
- Volatility
- 54.7%
Pemba (Cabo Delgado) is 60.00 MZN per kg (Mar 2026), 198.1% higher than in May 2011.
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 cowpeas 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?
Cowpeas — retail price per kg (Pemba (Cabo Delgado)) is 60.00 MZN per kg (Mar 2026), 198.1% higher than in May 2011.
Over all 97 observations since May 2011, the highest was 65.26 (Jan 2021) and the lowest 20.13 (May 2011).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Metuge (rural) (Cabo Delgado) | 150.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Changara (rural) (Tete) | 120.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Marara (rural) (Tete) | 100.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Namuno (rural) (Cabo Delgado) | 90.00 MZN per kg | −5.3% |
| Mecufi (rural) (Cabo Delgado) | 80.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Montepuez (Cabo Delgado) | 80.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Balama (Cabo Delgado) | 75.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Chibuto (Gaza) | 65.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Pemba (Cabo Delgado) | 60.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Ancuabe (rural) (Cabo Delgado) | 50.00 MZN per kg | −28.6% |
| Chiure (rural) (Cabo Delgado) | 50.00 MZN per kg | +0.0% |
| Monapo (rural) (Nampula) | 50.00 MZN per kg | −50.0% |
86 more with older observations
| Panda (rural) (Inhambane) | 125.00 | Sept 2025 |
| Mabote (rural) (Inhambane) | 110.00 | Sept 2025 |
| Massingir (rural) (Gaza) | 100.00 | Sept 2025 |
| Mandlakaze (rural) (Gaza) | 90.00 | Sept 2025 |
| Morrumbala (rural) (Zambezia) | 80.00 | Sept 2025 |
| Doa (rural) (Tete) | 70.00 | Sept 2025 |
| Mocuba (rural) (Zambezia) | 70.00 | Sept 2025 |
| Mutarara (rural) (Tete) | 70.00 | Sept 2025 |
| Macossa (rural) (Manica) | 60.00 | Sept 2025 |
| Namacurra (rural) (Zambezia) | 60.00 | Sept 2025 |
| Machaze (rural) (Manica) | 50.00 | Sept 2025 |
| Milange (rural) (Zambezia) | 50.00 | Sept 2025 |
| Nicoadala (rural) (Zambezia) | 50.00 | Sept 2025 |
| Nacala-Velha (rural) (Nampula) | 40.00 | Sept 2025 |
| Rapale (rural) (Nampula) | 35.00 | Sept 2025 |
| Meconta (rural) (Nampula) | 30.00 | Sept 2025 |
| Ribaue (rural) (Nampula) | 25.00 | Sept 2025 |
| Inhassunge (rural) (Zambezia) | 60.00 | Jun 2025 |
| Sanga (rural) (Niassa) | 55.00 | Jun 2025 |
| Chimbonila (rural) (Niassa) | 50.00 | Jun 2025 |
| Muembe (rural) (Niassa) | 50.00 | Jun 2025 |
| Machanga (rural) (Sofala) | 30.00 | Jun 2025 |
| Lago(superficie) (rural) (Niassa) | 20.00 | Jun 2025 |
| Marracuene (rural) (Maputo) | 90.00 | Mar 2025 |
| KaMavota (Maputo Cidade) | 80.00 | Mar 2025 |
| Namaacha (rural) (Maputo) | 80.00 | Mar 2025 |
| Mecanhelas (rural) (Niassa) | 95.00 | Jan 2025 |
| Govuro (rural) (Inhambane) | 82.50 | Jan 2025 |
| Muecate (rural) (Nampula) | 75.00 | Jan 2025 |
| Malema (rural) (Nampula) | 55.00 | Jan 2025 |
| Cahora bassa (rural) (Tete) | 50.00 | Jan 2025 |
| Mandimba (Niassa) | 121.00 | Mar 2024 |
| Maputo (Maputo Cidade) | 83.00 | Mar 2024 |
| Massinga (Inhambane) | 63.00 | Mar 2024 |
| Mocuba (Zambezia) | 60.00 | Mar 2024 |
| Nampula (Nampula) | 50.00 | Mar 2024 |
| Panda (Inhambane) | 73.74 | Jan 2024 |
| Morrumbene (Inhambane) | 47.67 | Dec 2023 |
| Inhassoro (Inhambane) | 107.35 | Oct 2023 |
| Mutarara (Tete) | 65.00 | Oct 2023 |
| Maxixe (Inhambane) | 53.68 | Oct 2023 |
| Mabote (Inhambane) | 30.00 | Oct 2023 |
| Funhalouro (Inhambane) | 61.45 | Sept 2023 |
| Angónia (Tete) | 40.00 | Sept 2023 |
| Cuamba (Niassa) | 28.33 | Aug 2023 |
| Govuro (Inhambane) | 75.33 | Jul 2023 |
| Xai Xai (Gaza) | 60.00 | Jul 2023 |
| Nhamatanda (Sofala) | 47.22 | Jul 2023 |
| Inhambane (Inhambane) | 40.00 | Jul 2023 |
| Chimoio (Manica) | 90.58 | Jun 2023 |
| Chigubo (rural) (Gaza) | 70.00 | May 2023 |
| Mossurize (rural) (Manica) | 61.67 | May 2023 |
| Chemba (rural) (Sofala) | 60.00 | May 2023 |
| Inharrime (Inhambane) | 40.26 | May 2023 |
| Chibabava (rural) (Sofala) | 36.67 | May 2023 |
| KaNyaka (Maputo Cidade) | 80.00 | Apr 2023 |
| Namaacha (Maputo) | 75.48 | Apr 2023 |
| Vilanculos (Inhambane) | 73.33 | Jan 2023 |
| Chokwe (Gaza) | 50.00 | Jan 2023 |
| Quelimane (Zambezia) | 40.00 | Jan 2023 |
| Lichinga (Niassa) | 40.00 | Nov 2022 |
| Changara (Tete) | 50.00 | Oct 2022 |
| Caia (Sofala) | 40.00 | Oct 2022 |
| Gondola (Manica) | 36.23 | Oct 2022 |
| Manica (Manica) | 40.00 | Jul 2022 |
| Namuno (Cabo Delgado) | 20.00 | Jul 2022 |
| Murrupula (Nampula) | 23.00 | Jun 2022 |
| KaTembe (Maputo Cidade) | 103.33 | Mar 2022 |
| Báruè (Manica) | 40.00 | Dec 2021 |
| Massangena (rural) (Gaza) | 83.33 | Nov 2021 |
| Malema (Nampula) | 35.00 | Nov 2021 |
| Nacala (Nampula) | 24.00 | Aug 2021 |
| Tete (Tete) | 48.89 | Jul 2021 |
| Macanga (Niassa) | 142.09 | Dec 2020 |
| Moamba (Maputo) | 150.97 | Aug 2020 |
| Boane (Maputo) | 71.49 | Aug 2020 |
| Bela Vista (Maputo) | 80.00 | Jun 2020 |
| Chicualacuala Mapai (Gaza) | 72.50 | Jun 2020 |
| Cidade da Matola (Maputo) | 63.94 | Jun 2020 |
| Gorongoza (Sofala) | 56.42 | Jun 2020 |
| Manhica (Maputo) | 52.84 | Jun 2020 |
| Buzi (Sofala) | 54.35 | May 2020 |
| Beira (Sofala) | 40.00 | May 2020 |
| Ribaue (Nampula) | 80.00 | Mar 2020 |
| Milange (Zambezia) | 35.00 | Aug 2019 |
| Alto Molócuè (Zambezia) | 15.00 | Aug 2019 |
What should I watch?
Data source
- Source
- WFP Market Monitor, Mozambique food prices (via HDX)
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Observations
- 97 (May 2011 – Mar 2026) for Pemba (Cabo Delgado); 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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