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Household Prices

Roller Mealie Meal (25 kg)

Coarser, cheaper maize meal, per 25 kg bag. What most low-income households buy. National average retail price.

K181.99Oct 2026−0.1%on the month−11.8%on the year
12-month average219.88
Record high307.06Feb 2025
Record low71.23Dec 2018
Observations95since Dec 2018

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

010020030040020192020202120222023202420252026181.99

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MonthRoller Mealie Meal (25 kg) (ZMW)
Oct 2026181.99
Sep 2026182.19
Aug 2026192.11
Jul 2026202.28
Jun 2026222.19
May 2026236.40
Apr 2026245.97
Mar 2026246.21
Feb 2026247.56
Jan 2026239.64
Dec 2025225.97
Nov 2025216.08
Oct 2025206.36
Sep 2025203.52
Aug 2025202.74
Jul 2025222.02
Jun 2025259.04
May 2025285.24
Apr 2025294.19
Mar 2025306.36
Feb 2025307.06
Jan 2025306.52
Dec 2024293.47
Nov 2024291.84
Oct 2024293.22
Sep 2024291.49
Aug 2024290.98
Jul 2024289.82
Jun 2024284.35
May 2024281.47
Apr 2024278.97
Mar 2024273.91
Feb 2024263.44
Jan 2024244.44
Dec 2023239.53
Nov 2023240.14
Oct 2023238.29
Sep 2023224.84
Aug 2023204.35
Jul 2023184.80
Jun 2023165.59
May 2023163.66
Apr 2023166.82
Mar 2023160.21
Feb 2023162.78
Jan 2023148.19
Dec 2022138.85
Nov 2022137.06
Oct 2022134.75
Sep 2022134.21
Aug 2022135.09
Jul 2022134.47
Jun 2022135.42
May 2022134.30
Apr 2022133.89
Mar 2022130.47
Feb 2022126.57
Jan 2022118.71
Dec 2021103.94
Nov 2021103.68
Oct 2021106.02
Sep 2021107.14
Aug 2021111.45
Jul 2021110.90
Jun 2021112.35
May 2021113.76
Apr 2021115.10
Mar 2021116.80
Feb 2021119.80
Jan 2021115.56
Dec 2020110.29
Nov 2020103.20
Oct 202097.60
Sep 202097.86
Aug 202098.74
Jul 202099.14
Jun 2020114.39
May 2020133.28
Apr 2020146.57
Mar 2020145.40
Feb 2020141.97
Jan 2020145.13
Dec 2019142.69
Nov 2019128.82
Oct 2019119.55
Sep 2019114.81
Aug 2019101.27
Jul 201989.30
Jun 201988.20
May 201987.40
Apr 201984.32
Mar 201975.65
Feb 201974.15
Jan 201973.43
Dec 201871.23

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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