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Breakfast Mealie Meal (25 kg)

Refined maize meal, the premium grade of Zambia’s staple, per 25 kg bag. National average retail price.

K235.86Oct 2026−0.2%on the month−10.2%on the year
12-month average274.12
Record high364.37Mar 2025
Record low88.69Dec 2018
Observations95since Dec 2018

Breakfast Mealie Meal (25 kg), Dec 2018 to Oct 2026

010020030040020192020202120222023202420252026235.86

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MonthBreakfast Mealie Meal (25 kg) (ZMW)
Oct 2026235.86
Sep 2026236.34
Aug 2026243.96
Jul 2026252.13
Jun 2026272.66
May 2026289.12
Apr 2026296.10
Mar 2026300.98
Feb 2026302.21
Jan 2026300.15
Dec 2025286.70
Nov 2025273.26
Oct 2025262.56
Sep 2025260.34
Aug 2025260.59
Jul 2025275.39
Jun 2025307.78
May 2025344.41
Apr 2025358.86
Mar 2025364.37
Feb 2025360.45
Jan 2025356.52
Dec 2024342.16
Nov 2024338.70
Oct 2024341.11
Sep 2024334.11
Aug 2024333.28
Jul 2024334.48
Jun 2024331.23
May 2024328.84
Apr 2024325.56
Mar 2024322.37
Feb 2024310.97
Jan 2024292.09
Dec 2023286.31
Nov 2023288.94
Oct 2023288.46
Sep 2023269.73
Aug 2023246.55
Jul 2023226.37
Jun 2023204.06
May 2023201.72
Apr 2023202.87
Mar 2023193.00
Feb 2023196.84
Jan 2023181.46
Dec 2022171.72
Nov 2022163.82
Oct 2022161.57
Sep 2022161.16
Aug 2022162.12
Jul 2022161.98
Jun 2022162.51
May 2022162.78
Apr 2022161.93
Mar 2022159.91
Feb 2022156.57
Jan 2022148.01
Dec 2021133.51
Nov 2021132.88
Oct 2021135.11
Sep 2021139.40
Aug 2021141.47
Jul 2021141.77
Jun 2021140.83
May 2021142.32
Apr 2021143.76
Mar 2021143.36
Feb 2021144.84
Jan 2021140.69
Dec 2020136.78
Nov 2020130.36
Oct 2020124.57
Sep 2020127.54
Aug 2020127.81
Jul 2020130.79
Jun 2020142.39
May 2020155.91
Apr 2020165.92
Mar 2020168.15
Feb 2020162.30
Jan 2020162.52
Dec 2019163.30
Nov 2019150.49
Oct 2019140.29
Sep 2019133.32
Aug 2019120.69
Jul 2019110.83
Jun 2019107.96
May 2019106.55
Apr 2019104.74
Mar 201996.09
Feb 201993.36
Jan 201991.25
Dec 201888.69

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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