Maize meal (white, with bran) — retail price per kg
47.00MZN per kg▼ 9.6% vs Jan 2024
Nampula (Nampula) · Latest observation Mar 2024 · no newer data published
Nampula (Nampula)Quelimane (Zambezia)Tete (Tete)
- Latest
- 47.00
- Change
- +185.0%
- Year on year
- +46.9%
- High
- 52.00 Jan 2024
- Low
- 12.50 Dec 2011
- Average
- 26.49
- Volatility
- 68.3%
Nampula (Nampula) is 47.00 MZN per kg (Mar 2024), 185.0% higher than in May 2011. Over the last year: +46.9%.
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, with bran) 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, with bran) — retail price per kg (Nampula (Nampula)) is 47.00 MZN per kg (Mar 2024), 185.0% higher than in May 2011. Over the last year: +46.9%.
Over all 94 observations since May 2011, the highest was 52.00 (Jan 2024) and the lowest 12.50 (Dec 2011).
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) | 47.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Mocuba (Zambezia) | 45.00 MZN per kg | — |
30 more with older observations
| Cuamba (Niassa) | 30.00 | Aug 2023 |
| Manica (Manica) | 46.21 | Apr 2023 |
| Quelimane (Zambezia) | 34.23 | Jan 2023 |
| Angónia (Tete) | 30.00 | Dec 2022 |
| Changara (Tete) | 40.00 | Oct 2022 |
| Murrupula (Nampula) | 23.33 | Jun 2022 |
| Namuno (Cabo Delgado) | 14.00 | Jun 2022 |
| Malema (Nampula) | 15.00 | Nov 2021 |
| Massinga (Inhambane) | 45.00 | Oct 2021 |
| Lichinga (Niassa) | 30.00 | Oct 2021 |
| Nacala (Nampula) | 26.00 | Aug 2021 |
| Tete (Tete) | 38.33 | Jul 2021 |
| Pemba (Cabo Delgado) | 68.45 | Jun 2021 |
| Balama (Cabo Delgado) | 30.00 | May 2021 |
| Caia (Sofala) | 45.00 | Nov 2020 |
| Chimoio (Manica) | 46.21 | Jul 2020 |
| Gorongoza (Sofala) | 57.98 | Jun 2020 |
| Bela Vista (Maputo) | 40.00 | May 2020 |
| Milange (Zambezia) | 55.00 | Aug 2019 |
| Alto Molócuè (Zambezia) | 38.50 | Aug 2019 |
| Montepuez (Cabo Delgado) | 40.00 | Feb 2019 |
| Ribaue (Nampula) | 40.00 | Apr 2017 |
| Mutarara (Tete) | 184.82 | Feb 2016 |
| Inhambane (Inhambane) | 54.36 | Oct 2015 |
| Maputo (Maputo Cidade) | 22.10 | Oct 2015 |
| Chokwe (Gaza) | 31.97 | Jun 2013 |
| Xai Xai (Gaza) | 30.00 | Jun 2013 |
| Nhamatanda (Sofala) | 25.00 | Jun 2013 |
| Beira (Sofala) | 21.50 | Jun 2013 |
| Maxixe (Inhambane) | 20.00 | Jun 2013 |
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What should I watch?
Data source
- Source
- WFP Market Monitor, Mozambique food prices (via HDX)
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Observations
- 94 (May 2011 – Mar 2024) for Nampula (Nampula); 32 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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