Maize meal (white, first grade) — retail price per kg
50.00MZN per kgunchanged vs Feb 2024
Maputo (Maputo Cidade) · Latest observation Mar 2024 · no newer data published
Maputo (Maputo Cidade)Nampula (Nampula)Chimoio (Manica)
- Latest
- 50.00
- Change
- +73.6%
- Year on year
- +0.0%
- High
- 62.08 Dec 2016
- Low
- 24.59 Jan 2012
- Average
- 40.88
- Volatility
- 16.8%
Maputo (Maputo Cidade) is 50.00 MZN per kg, unchanged for the last 27 monthly readings (since Nov 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 maize meal (white, first grade) 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?
Maize meal (white, first grade) — retail price per kg (Maputo (Maputo Cidade)) is 50.00 MZN per kg, unchanged for the last 27 monthly readings (since Nov 2021).
Over all 150 observations since May 2011, the highest was 62.08 (Dec 2016) and the lowest 24.59 (Jan 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lichinga (Niassa) | 81.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Mandimba (Niassa) | 70.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Mocuba (Zambezia) | 65.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Nampula (Nampula) | 65.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Montepuez (Cabo Delgado) | 60.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Panda (Inhambane) | 60.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Massinga (Inhambane) | 59.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Maputo (Maputo Cidade) | 50.00 MZN per kg | — |
43 more with older observations
| Morrumbene (Inhambane) | 58.89 | Feb 2024 |
| Inhassoro (Inhambane) | 45.00 | Feb 2024 |
| Mutarara (Tete) | 60.00 | Nov 2023 |
| Inharrime (Inhambane) | 58.33 | Nov 2023 |
| Funhalouro (Inhambane) | 58.33 | Oct 2023 |
| Mabote (Inhambane) | 50.00 | Oct 2023 |
| Maxixe (Inhambane) | 50.00 | Oct 2023 |
| Angónia (Tete) | 45.00 | Sept 2023 |
| Cuamba (Niassa) | 70.00 | Aug 2023 |
| Nhamatanda (Sofala) | 62.22 | Jul 2023 |
| Chibuto (Gaza) | 60.00 | Jul 2023 |
| Govuro (Inhambane) | 56.67 | Jul 2023 |
| Inhambane (Inhambane) | 53.75 | Jul 2023 |
| Xai Xai (Gaza) | 53.33 | Jul 2023 |
| Chimoio (Manica) | 50.00 | Jun 2023 |
| Manica (Manica) | 60.00 | Apr 2023 |
| Namaacha (Maputo) | 50.00 | Apr 2023 |
| Chokwe (Gaza) | 50.00 | Jan 2023 |
| Quelimane (Zambezia) | 50.00 | Jan 2023 |
| Vilanculos (Inhambane) | 46.67 | Jan 2023 |
| Gondola (Manica) | 55.00 | Oct 2022 |
| Caia (Sofala) | 50.00 | Oct 2022 |
| Namuno (Cabo Delgado) | 50.00 | Jul 2022 |
| Murrupula (Nampula) | 56.67 | Jun 2022 |
| Báruè (Manica) | 60.00 | Dec 2021 |
| Malema (Nampula) | 80.00 | Nov 2021 |
| Nacala (Nampula) | 44.00 | Aug 2021 |
| Tete (Tete) | 54.44 | Jul 2021 |
| Pemba (Cabo Delgado) | 60.00 | Jun 2021 |
| Balama (Cabo Delgado) | 80.00 | May 2021 |
| Changara (Tete) | 52.50 | Mar 2021 |
| Moamba (Maputo) | 47.50 | Jan 2021 |
| Macanga (Niassa) | 50.00 | Dec 2020 |
| Boane (Maputo) | 46.82 | Aug 2020 |
| Bela Vista (Maputo) | 55.00 | Jun 2020 |
| Chicualacuala Mapai (Gaza) | 50.00 | Jun 2020 |
| Manhica (Maputo) | 49.44 | Jun 2020 |
| Buzi (Sofala) | 48.33 | Jun 2020 |
| Cidade da Matola (Maputo) | 40.00 | Jun 2020 |
| Gorongoza (Sofala) | 40.00 | Jun 2020 |
| Beira (Sofala) | 55.00 | May 2020 |
| Ribaue (Nampula) | 60.00 | Mar 2020 |
| Alto Molócuè (Zambezia) | 60.00 | Aug 2019 |
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What should I watch?
Data source
- Source
- WFP Market Monitor, Mozambique food prices (via HDX)
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Observations
- 150 (May 2011 – Mar 2024) for Maputo (Maputo Cidade); 51 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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