Garlic — retail price per kg
275.00MZN per kg▲ 10.0% vs Apr 2024
Massingir (rural) (Gaza) · Latest observation Jun 2025 · no newer data published
- Latest
- 275.00
- Change
- +42.2%
- High
- 350.00 May 2021
- Low
- 193.33 Jan 2021
- Average
- 263.72
- Volatility
- 70.0%
Garlic — retail price per kg is 275.00 MZN per kg (Jun 2025), 42.2% higher than in Jan 2021.
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 garlic 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?
Garlic — retail price per kg (Massingir (rural) (Gaza)) is 275.00 MZN per kg (Jun 2025), 42.2% higher than in Jan 2021.
Over all 13 observations since Jan 2021, the highest was 350.00 (May 2021) and the lowest 193.33 (Jan 2021).
The latest observation is from Jun 2025; 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 — Jun 2025
Only markets with a price for the same month are ranked, so the comparison is like for like.
| Market | Latest | Year on year |
|---|---|---|
| Macossa (rural) (Manica) | 400.00 MZN per kg | −11.1% |
| Morrumbala (rural) (Zambezia) | 400.00 MZN per kg | +33.3% |
| Milange (rural) (Zambezia) | 350.00 MZN per kg | +16.7% |
| Nacala-Velha (rural) (Nampula) | 350.00 MZN per kg | +40.0% |
| Sanga (rural) (Niassa) | 330.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Chiure (rural) (Cabo Delgado) | 320.00 MZN per kg | +16.4% |
| Muembe (rural) (Niassa) | 310.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Mabote (rural) (Inhambane) | 300.00 MZN per kg | +7.1% |
| Machanga (rural) (Sofala) | 300.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Machaze (rural) (Manica) | 300.00 MZN per kg | −14.3% |
| Monapo (rural) (Nampula) | 300.00 MZN per kg | +0.0% |
| Mutarara (rural) (Tete) | 300.00 MZN per kg | +0.0% |
| Namuno (rural) (Cabo Delgado) | 300.00 MZN per kg | −25.0% |
| Panda (rural) (Inhambane) | 300.00 MZN per kg | +0.0% |
| Inhassunge (rural) (Zambezia) | 280.00 MZN per kg | −20.0% |
| Meconta (rural) (Nampula) | 280.00 MZN per kg | −6.7% |
| Massingir (rural) (Gaza) | 275.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Ancuabe (rural) (Cabo Delgado) | 250.00 MZN per kg | +0.0% |
| Mocuba (rural) (Zambezia) | 250.00 MZN per kg | +0.0% |
| Namacurra (rural) (Zambezia) | 250.00 MZN per kg | −28.6% |
| Chimbonila (rural) (Niassa) | 150.00 MZN per kg | +0.0% |
| Doa (rural) (Tete) | 130.00 MZN per kg | −50.0% |
| Ribaue (rural) (Nampula) | 90.00 MZN per kg | −66.7% |
| Changara (rural) (Tete) | 50.00 MZN per kg | −90.0% |
| Lago(superficie) (rural) (Niassa) | 50.00 MZN per kg | −75.0% |
20 more with older observations
| KaMavota (Maputo Cidade) | 250.00 | Mar 2025 |
| KaTembe (Maputo Cidade) | 250.00 | Mar 2025 |
| Marracuene (rural) (Maputo) | 250.00 | Mar 2025 |
| Namaacha (rural) (Maputo) | 250.00 | Mar 2025 |
| Rapale (rural) (Nampula) | 380.00 | Jan 2025 |
| Muecate (rural) (Nampula) | 350.00 | Jan 2025 |
| Govuro (rural) (Inhambane) | 300.00 | Jan 2025 |
| Mecanhelas (rural) (Niassa) | 300.00 | Jan 2025 |
| KaNyaka (Maputo Cidade) | 282.50 | Jan 2025 |
| Nicoadala (rural) (Zambezia) | 250.00 | Jan 2025 |
| Malema (rural) (Nampula) | 235.00 | Jan 2025 |
| Cahora bassa (rural) (Tete) | 175.00 | Jan 2025 |
| Mandlakaze (rural) (Gaza) | 250.00 | Sept 2024 |
| Chemba (rural) (Sofala) | 300.00 | May 2023 |
| Chigubo (rural) (Gaza) | 300.00 | May 2023 |
| Mossurize (rural) (Manica) | 300.00 | May 2023 |
| Chibabava (rural) (Sofala) | 253.33 | May 2023 |
| Metuge (rural) (Cabo Delgado) | 200.00 | May 2023 |
| Mecufi (rural) (Cabo Delgado) | 250.00 | Apr 2023 |
| Massangena (rural) (Gaza) | 316.67 | May 2022 |
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What should I watch?
Data source
- Source
- WFP Market Monitor, Mozambique food prices (via HDX)
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Observations
- 13 (Jan 2021 – Jun 2025) for Massingir (rural) (Gaza); 46 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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