Rice (local) — retail price per kg
63.00MZN per kg▲ 5.0% vs Jan 2024
Nampula (Nampula) · Latest observation Mar 2024 · no newer data published
Nampula (Nampula)Quelimane (Zambezia)Tete (Tete)
- Latest
- 63.00
- Change
- +110.0%
- High
- 65.00 Mar 2022
- Low
- 30.00 Jul 2013
- Average
- 54.37
- Volatility
- 63.3%
Nampula (Nampula) is 63.00 MZN per kg (Mar 2024), 110.0% higher than in Jul 2013.
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 rice (local) 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?
Rice (local) — retail price per kg (Nampula (Nampula)) is 63.00 MZN per kg (Mar 2024), 110.0% higher than in Jul 2013.
Over all 23 observations since Jul 2013, the highest was 65.00 (Mar 2022) and the lowest 30.00 (Jul 2013).
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) | 70.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Nampula (Nampula) | 63.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Mandimba (Niassa) | 60.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Mocuba (Zambezia) | 55.00 MZN per kg | — |
34 more with older observations
| Morrumbene (Inhambane) | 65.00 | Dec 2023 |
| Panda (Inhambane) | 60.00 | Dec 2023 |
| Mutarara (Tete) | 56.67 | Nov 2023 |
| Maxixe (Inhambane) | 65.00 | Oct 2023 |
| Massinga (Inhambane) | 156.67 | Sept 2023 |
| Cuamba (Niassa) | 50.00 | Aug 2023 |
| Xai Xai (Gaza) | 60.00 | Jul 2023 |
| Chibuto (Gaza) | 57.50 | Jul 2023 |
| Govuro (Inhambane) | 53.33 | Jul 2023 |
| Inhassoro (Inhambane) | 60.00 | May 2023 |
| Quelimane (Zambezia) | 60.00 | Jan 2023 |
| Maputo (Maputo Cidade) | 50.00 | Jan 2023 |
| Caia (Sofala) | 50.00 | Oct 2022 |
| Namuno (Cabo Delgado) | 80.00 | Jun 2022 |
| Malema (Nampula) | 50.00 | Nov 2021 |
| Murrupula (Nampula) | 50.00 | Aug 2021 |
| Nacala (Nampula) | 38.00 | Aug 2021 |
| Tete (Tete) | 60.56 | Jul 2021 |
| Pemba (Cabo Delgado) | 37.50 | Jun 2021 |
| Balama (Cabo Delgado) | 60.00 | May 2021 |
| Manica (Manica) | 50.00 | Dec 2020 |
| Boane (Maputo) | 55.00 | Aug 2020 |
| Bela Vista (Maputo) | 70.00 | Jun 2020 |
| Chicualacuala Mapai (Gaza) | 50.00 | Jun 2020 |
| Buzi (Sofala) | 42.00 | Jun 2020 |
| Beira (Sofala) | 40.00 | Jan 2020 |
| Alto Molócuè (Zambezia) | 50.00 | Aug 2019 |
| Milange (Zambezia) | 50.00 | Aug 2019 |
| Ribaue (Nampula) | 40.00 | Aug 2017 |
| Montepuez (Cabo Delgado) | 30.74 | Aug 2017 |
| Chokwe (Gaza) | 40.00 | May 2016 |
| Chimoio (Manica) | 24.00 | Feb 2015 |
| Inhambane (Inhambane) | 29.00 | Sept 2013 |
| Nhamatanda (Sofala) | 25.00 | Sept 2013 |
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What should I watch?
Data source
- Source
- WFP Market Monitor, Mozambique food prices (via HDX)
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Observations
- 23 (Jul 2013 – Mar 2024) for Nampula (Nampula); 38 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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