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Household Prices

Beef, Mixed Cut (1 kg)

Mixed-cut beef, per kilogram. National average retail price.

K107.72Oct 2026−0.4%on the month+7.6%on the year
12-month average105.23
Record high108.18Sep 2026
Record low35.78Aug 2019
Observations88since Jul 2019

Beef, Mixed Cut (1 kg), Jul 2019 to Oct 2026

204060801001202020202120222023202420252026107.72

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MonthBeef, Mixed Cut (1 kg) (ZMW)
Oct 2026107.72
Sep 2026108.18
Aug 2026106.53
Jul 2026106.33
Jun 2026106.00
May 2026107.17
Apr 2026104.79
Mar 2026104.50
Feb 2026104.38
Jan 2026103.21
Dec 2025102.21
Nov 2025101.77
Oct 2025100.15
Sep 202599.56
Aug 202597.70
Jul 202594.88
Jun 202592.69
May 202588.60
Apr 202587.88
Mar 202584.92
Feb 202583.14
Jan 202583.86
Dec 202480.81
Nov 202479.82
Oct 202478.96
Sep 202478.50
Aug 202477.18
Jul 202474.72
Jun 202474.24
May 202472.75
Apr 202474.20
Mar 202474.71
Feb 202473.91
Jan 202473.47
Dec 202374.27
Nov 202372.87
Oct 202371.41
Sep 202370.28
Aug 202370.09
Jul 202369.80
Jun 202369.34
May 202370.21
Apr 202370.32
Mar 202369.01
Feb 202370.09
Jan 202370.80
Dec 202267.75
Nov 202267.54
Oct 202266.63
Sep 202268.05
Aug 202267.19
Jul 202268.12
Jun 202266.90
May 202266.59
Apr 202265.98
Mar 202266.00
Feb 202267.04
Jan 202267.35
Dec 202166.71
Nov 202166.08
Oct 202165.26
Sep 202164.47
Aug 202162.77
Jul 202161.06
Jun 202160.26
May 202158.36
Apr 202156.70
Mar 202156.28
Feb 202154.97
Jan 202154.44
Dec 202051.04
Nov 202045.53
Oct 202043.44
Sep 202039.96
Aug 202039.30
Jul 202039.28
Jun 202038.91
May 202038.26
Apr 202037.34
Mar 202037.44
Feb 202037.16
Jan 202037.01
Dec 201936.04
Nov 201936.48
Oct 201936.55
Sep 201936.07
Aug 201935.78
Jul 201936.01

Source: Zambia Statistics Agency. Monthly. Gaps in the line are months with no published figure.

Change on a year earlier

Each bar is this month against the same month twelve months before — the comparison that strips out the seasonal pattern.

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