Sesame — retail price per kg
85.00MZN per kg▲ 13.3% vs Oct 2022
Cuamba (Niassa) · Latest observation Aug 2023 · no newer data published
- Latest
- 85.00
- Change
- +54.5%
- Year on year
- +30.8%
- High
- 85.00 Aug 2023
- Low
- 55.00 Jun 2022
- Average
- 70.00
Sesame — retail price per kg is 85.00 MZN per kg (Aug 2023), 54.5% higher than in Jun 2022. This is the highest level in the period shown.
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 sesame 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?
Sesame — retail price per kg (Cuamba (Niassa)) is 85.00 MZN per kg (Aug 2023), 54.5% higher than in Jun 2022. This is the highest level in the period shown.
Over all 4 observations since Jun 2022, the highest was 85.00 (Aug 2023) and the lowest 55.00 (Jun 2022).
The latest observation is from Aug 2023; 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 — Aug 2023
Only markets with a price for the same month are ranked, so the comparison is like for like.
| Market | Latest | Year on year |
|---|---|---|
| Mocuba (Zambezia) | 90.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Cuamba (Niassa) | 85.00 MZN per kg | — |
7 more with older observations
| Xai Xai (Gaza) | 150.00 | Jul 2023 |
| Mandimba (Niassa) | 80.00 | Jul 2023 |
| Nhamatanda (Sofala) | 71.67 | Jul 2023 |
| Lichinga (Niassa) | 100.00 | Nov 2022 |
| Caia (Sofala) | 75.00 | Sept 2022 |
| Murrupula (Nampula) | 50.00 | Jun 2022 |
| Malema (Nampula) | 80.00 | Nov 2021 |
What should I watch?
Data source
- Source
- WFP Market Monitor, Mozambique food prices (via HDX)
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Observations
- 4 (Jun 2022 – Aug 2023) for Cuamba (Niassa); 9 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.
- Download
- All stored observations (JSON) · CSV from the chart