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Household Prices

Maize Grain (20 L tin)

Unmilled maize grain, per 20-litre tin. National average retail price.

K106.98Oct 2026+5.2%on the month−11.9%on the year
12-month average127.00
Record high228.76Feb 2025
Record low50.88Jul 2020
Observations86since Sep 2019

Maize Grain (20 L tin), Sep 2019 to Oct 2026

0501001502002502020202120222023202420252026106.98

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MonthMaize Grain (20 L tin) (ZMW)
Oct 2026106.98
Sep 2026101.67
Aug 202697.38
Jul 202699.83
Jun 2026110.80
May 2026126.66
Apr 2026149.94
Mar 2026157.82
Feb 2026158.44
Jan 2026145.96
Dec 2025138.85
Nov 2025129.66
Oct 2025121.38
Sep 2025119.66
Aug 2025111.59
Jul 2025113.86
Jun 2025119.25
May 2025142.10
Apr 2025182.93
Mar 2025211.29
Feb 2025228.76
Jan 2025191.91
Dec 2024185.45
Nov 2024174.33
Oct 2024170.94
Sep 2024168.31
Aug 2024168.86
Jul 2024176.20
Jun 2024171.56
May 2024179.16
Apr 2024180.98
Mar 2024186.15
Feb 2024172.82
Jan 2024159.84
Dec 2023145.99
Nov 2023138.13
Oct 2023134.83
Sep 2023120.28
Aug 2023108.66
Jul 2023105.15
Jun 202399.10
May 2023101.16
Apr 2023109.84
Mar 2023108.60
Feb 202397.78
Jan 202393.44
Dec 202287.75
Nov 202279.81
Oct 202275.24
Sep 202271.98
Aug 202272.84
Jul 202268.97
Jun 202271.30
May 202279.84
Apr 202280.41
Mar 202276.86
Feb 202273.55
Jan 202267.44
Dec 202159.21
Nov 202158.50
Oct 202157.60
Sep 202160.92
Aug 202159.81
Jul 202158.38
Jun 202158.56
May 202162.16
Apr 202165.90
Mar 202166.76
Feb 202169.23
Jan 202167.66
Dec 202064.28
Nov 202059.94
Oct 202056.74
Sep 202052.34
Aug 202051.95
Jul 202050.88
Jun 202053.49
May 202058.22
Apr 202082.27
Mar 202089.21
Feb 202086.98
Jan 202082.65
Dec 201979.02
Nov 201969.90
Oct 201960.56
Sep 201957.55

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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