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Housing, water, electricity and fuels inflation

4.24%▼ 0.02 pts vs Aug 2026

Moçambique (8 cities) · Latest observation Sept 2026

Housing, water, electricity and fuels inflation

What is this?

Price change for rent, water, electricity, gas and other fuels.

How to read it

  • A positive number means prices are higher than a year ago; a falling positive number means prices are still rising, just more slowly.
  • Unit: %.

What does the data say?

Housing, water, electricity and fuels inflation (Moçambique (8 cities)) is 4.24 % (Sept 2026), 1.14 points lower than in Jan 2023.

Over all 45 observations since Jan 2023, the highest was 5.38 (Jan 2023) and the lowest -0.45 (Nov 2024).

Why does it matter?

  • Households: Erodes the value of wages and savings.
  • Businesses: Costs and pricing.
  • Government: Real value of spending and debt.
  • Investors: Interest rate outlook.
  • Mobile money: Nominal transaction values rise with prices without more goods being bought; compare against inflation before reading growth.

What should I watch?

Data source

Source
INE — Índice de Preços no Consumidor (published tables, base 2023=100)
Status
Fetched live on the last refresh
Latest observation
Sept 2026
Last updated
2026-10-17
Source published
2026-10-09
Frequency
Monthly
Method
Year-on-year percentage change as published by INE (Quadro 11). Read from INE's monthly Excel tables by scripts/ine-cpi.mjs.
Limitations
Urban consumer prices only (Maputo, Beira, Nampula and a national index over 8 cities). Not a rural measure.
Place:
-20246Jan 2023Sept 2026High 5.38Low -0.45
Latest
4.24
Change
−1.14 pts
High
5.38 Jan 2023
Low
-0.45 Nov 2024
Average
1.89

Housing, water, electricity and fuels inflation is 4.24 % (Sept 2026), 1.14 points lower than in Jan 2023.

What is this?

Price change for rent, water, electricity, gas and other fuels.

How to read it

A positive number means prices are higher than a year ago; a falling positive number means prices are still rising, just more slowly.

Unit: %.

What does the data say?

Housing, water, electricity and fuels inflation (Moçambique (8 cities)) is 4.24 % (Sept 2026), 1.14 points lower than in Jan 2023.

Over all 45 observations since Jan 2023, the highest was 5.38 (Jan 2023) and the lowest -0.45 (Nov 2024).

Why does it matter?

  • Households: Erodes the value of wages and savings.
  • Businesses: Costs and pricing.
  • Government: Real value of spending and debt.
  • Investors: Interest rate outlook.
  • Mobile money: Nominal transaction values rise with prices without more goods being bought; compare against inflation before reading growth.

Observed facts are above; these are possible implications, not measured effects.

By place

PlaceLatestYear on year
Beira7.48 %+332.4%
Moçambique (8 cities)4.24 %+595.1%
Maputo1.19 %+133.3%
Nampula-0.08 %−90.9%

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What should I watch?

Inflation (consumer prices, year on year)6.31 %−0.14 pts · Sept 2026

Data source

Source
INE — Índice de Preços no Consumidor (published tables, base 2023=100)
Frequency
Monthly
Observations
45 (Jan 2023 – Sept 2026) for Moçambique (8 cities); 4 place in total
Source published
2026-10-09
Last retrieved
2026-10-17
Method
Year-on-year percentage change as published by INE (Quadro 11). Read from INE's monthly Excel tables by scripts/ine-cpi.mjs.
Limitations
Urban consumer prices only (Maputo, Beira, Nampula and a national index over 8 cities). Not a rural measure.
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