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Household Prices

Cabbage (1 kg)

Cabbage, per kilogram. National average retail price.

K7.95Oct 2026−2.8%on the month+1.8%on the year
12-month average8.89
Record high10.04Jun 2025
Record low2.84Oct 2019
Observations95since Dec 2018

Cabbage (1 kg), Dec 2018 to Oct 2026

24681012201920202021202220232024202520267.95

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MonthCabbage (1 kg) (ZMW)
Oct 20267.95
Sep 20268.18
Aug 20268.94
Jul 20269.14
Jun 20269.39
May 20269.74
Apr 20269.61
Mar 20269.09
Feb 20269.36
Jan 20268.84
Dec 20258.22
Nov 20258.27
Oct 20257.81
Sep 20257.39
Aug 20257.58
Jul 20258.93
Jun 202510.04
May 20259.54
Apr 20259.51
Mar 20258.89
Feb 20258.72
Jan 20258.12
Dec 20247.25
Nov 20247.37
Oct 20246.84
Sep 20247.48
Aug 20247.21
Jul 20247.86
Jun 20248.43
May 20248.55
Apr 20248.65
Mar 20248.31
Feb 20247.78
Jan 20247.13
Dec 20236.53
Nov 20236.05
Oct 20236.04
Sep 20236.70
Aug 20237.01
Jul 20236.98
Jun 20237.28
May 20237.38
Apr 20237.18
Mar 20236.73
Feb 20236.98
Jan 20236.64
Dec 20225.94
Nov 20225.81
Oct 20225.69
Sep 20225.40
Aug 20225.62
Jul 20225.73
Jun 20225.74
May 20226.22
Apr 20226.60
Mar 20226.56
Feb 20226.78
Jan 20226.29
Dec 20215.52
Nov 20214.97
Oct 20215.25
Sep 20215.56
Aug 20216.13
Jul 20215.75
Jun 20215.82
May 20215.41
Apr 20215.09
Mar 20214.86
Feb 20214.76
Jan 20214.53
Dec 20203.85
Nov 20203.53
Oct 20203.21
Sep 20203.42
Aug 20203.46
Jul 20203.54
Jun 20203.97
May 20203.78
Apr 20203.76
Mar 20203.89
Feb 20203.83
Jan 20203.74
Dec 20193.27
Nov 20193.09
Oct 20192.84
Sep 20192.92
Aug 20193.21
Jul 20193.32
Jun 20193.47
May 20193.49
Apr 20193.46
Mar 20193.39
Feb 20193.41
Jan 20193.19
Dec 20182.89

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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