Sweet potatoes — retail price per kg
80.00MZN per kg▲ 60.0% vs Dec 2013
Pemba (Cabo Delgado) · Latest observation Mar 2026 · no newer data published
Pemba (Cabo Delgado)Beira (Sofala)Chimoio (Manica)
- Latest
- 80.00
- Change
- +300.0%
- High
- 80.00 Mar 2026
- Low
- 20.00 Jul 2013
- Average
- 38.00
Pemba (Cabo Delgado) is 80.00 MZN per kg (Mar 2026), 300.0% higher than in Jul 2013. 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 sweet potatoes 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?
Sweet potatoes — retail price per kg (Pemba (Cabo Delgado)) is 80.00 MZN per kg (Mar 2026), 300.0% higher than in Jul 2013. This is the highest level in the period shown.
Over all 5 observations since Jul 2013, the highest was 80.00 (Mar 2026) and the lowest 20.00 (Jul 2013).
The latest observation is from Mar 2026; 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 2026
Only markets with a price for the same month are ranked, so the comparison is like for like.
| Market | Latest | Year on year |
|---|---|---|
| Mecufi (rural) (Cabo Delgado) | 150.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Ancuabe (rural) (Cabo Delgado) | 100.00 MZN per kg | +81.8% |
| Chiure (rural) (Cabo Delgado) | 100.00 MZN per kg | +100.0% |
| Pemba (Cabo Delgado) | 80.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Metuge (rural) (Cabo Delgado) | 50.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Xai Xai (Gaza) | 50.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Marara (rural) (Tete) | 36.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Namuno (rural) (Cabo Delgado) | 26.00 MZN per kg | −74.0% |
| Changara (rural) (Tete) | 20.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Monapo (rural) (Nampula) | 18.00 MZN per kg | −64.0% |
58 more with older observations
| Massingir (rural) (Gaza) | 70.00 | Sept 2025 |
| Doa (rural) (Tete) | 50.00 | Sept 2025 |
| Morrumbala (rural) (Zambezia) | 50.00 | Sept 2025 |
| Nacala-Velha (rural) (Nampula) | 50.00 | Sept 2025 |
| Namacurra (rural) (Zambezia) | 50.00 | Sept 2025 |
| Nicoadala (rural) (Zambezia) | 50.00 | Sept 2025 |
| Mocuba (rural) (Zambezia) | 45.00 | Sept 2025 |
| Meconta (rural) (Nampula) | 41.50 | Sept 2025 |
| Machaze (rural) (Manica) | 40.00 | Sept 2025 |
| Milange (rural) (Zambezia) | 40.00 | Sept 2025 |
| Mabote (rural) (Inhambane) | 35.00 | Sept 2025 |
| Panda (rural) (Inhambane) | 35.00 | Sept 2025 |
| Rapale (rural) (Nampula) | 25.00 | Sept 2025 |
| Mutarara (rural) (Tete) | 20.00 | Sept 2025 |
| Mandlakaze (rural) (Gaza) | 17.00 | Sept 2025 |
| Inhassunge (rural) (Zambezia) | 50.00 | Jun 2025 |
| Machanga (rural) (Sofala) | 50.00 | Jun 2025 |
| Macossa (rural) (Manica) | 50.00 | Jun 2025 |
| Ribaue (rural) (Nampula) | 40.00 | Jun 2025 |
| Lago(superficie) (rural) (Niassa) | 20.00 | Jun 2025 |
| Muembe (rural) (Niassa) | 15.00 | Jun 2025 |
| Sanga (rural) (Niassa) | 15.00 | Jun 2025 |
| Chimbonila (rural) (Niassa) | 10.00 | Jun 2025 |
| KaTembe (Maputo Cidade) | 47.50 | Mar 2025 |
| Namaacha (rural) (Maputo) | 40.00 | Mar 2025 |
| Marracuene (rural) (Maputo) | 37.50 | Mar 2025 |
| KaMavota (Maputo Cidade) | 32.50 | Mar 2025 |
| Muecate (rural) (Nampula) | 65.00 | Jan 2025 |
| Cahora bassa (rural) (Tete) | 50.00 | Jan 2025 |
| Malema (rural) (Nampula) | 45.00 | Jan 2025 |
| Govuro (rural) (Inhambane) | 42.50 | Jan 2025 |
| Mecanhelas (rural) (Niassa) | 40.00 | Jan 2025 |
| Chemba (rural) (Sofala) | 50.00 | May 2023 |
| Chibabava (rural) (Sofala) | 46.67 | May 2023 |
| Mossurize (rural) (Manica) | 30.00 | May 2023 |
| Chigubo (rural) (Gaza) | 50.00 | Jul 2022 |
| KaNyaka (Maputo Cidade) | 48.33 | Jul 2022 |
| Massangena (rural) (Gaza) | 23.33 | Nov 2021 |
| Tete (Tete) | 25.24 | Dec 2013 |
| Chimoio (Manica) | 22.86 | Dec 2013 |
| Cuamba (Niassa) | 20.00 | Dec 2013 |
| Massinga (Inhambane) | 20.00 | Dec 2013 |
| Nhamatanda (Sofala) | 20.00 | Dec 2013 |
| Chokwe (Gaza) | 16.51 | Dec 2013 |
| Alto Molócuè (Zambezia) | 16.01 | Dec 2013 |
| Manica (Manica) | 14.67 | Dec 2013 |
| Maputo (Maputo Cidade) | 13.93 | Dec 2013 |
| Maxixe (Inhambane) | 13.78 | Dec 2013 |
| Ribaue (Nampula) | 12.75 | Dec 2013 |
| Beira (Sofala) | 12.32 | Dec 2013 |
| Nampula (Nampula) | 11.70 | Dec 2013 |
| Mocuba (Zambezia) | 9.49 | Dec 2013 |
| Gorongoza (Sofala) | 7.71 | Dec 2013 |
| Mutarara (Tete) | 6.67 | Dec 2013 |
| Milange (Zambezia) | 5.66 | Dec 2013 |
| Lichinga (Niassa) | 19.50 | Sept 2013 |
| Angónia (Tete) | 10.00 | Sept 2013 |
| Inhambane (Inhambane) | 17.85 | Aug 2013 |
What should I watch?
Data source
- Source
- WFP Market Monitor, Mozambique food prices (via HDX)
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Observations
- 5 (Jul 2013 – Mar 2026) for Pemba (Cabo Delgado); 68 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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- All stored observations (JSON) · CSV from the chart