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Household Prices

Sugar (2 kg)

White sugar, per 2 kg pack. National average retail price.

K68.29Oct 2026−0.5%on the month−5.9%on the year
12-month average70.53
Record high73.35Jul 2025
Record low28.82Dec 2019
Observations83since Dec 2019

Sugar (2 kg), Dec 2019 to Oct 2026

20406080202020212022202320242025202668.29

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MonthSugar (2 kg) (ZMW)
Oct 202668.29
Sep 202668.66
Aug 202668.77
Jul 202669.24
Jun 202669.89
May 202670.98
Apr 202670.88
Mar 202671.37
Feb 202671.66
Jan 202671.81
Dec 202572.23
Nov 202572.63
Oct 202572.55
Sep 202571.99
Aug 202572.94
Jul 202573.35
Jun 202573.13
May 202572.74
Apr 202571.78
Mar 202570.55
Feb 202570.45
Jan 202570.09
Dec 202466.18
Nov 202465.29
Oct 202465.59
Sep 202465.00
Aug 202465.95
Jul 202466.00
Jun 202467.70
May 202465.50
Apr 202459.61
Mar 202457.10
Feb 202454.04
Jan 202450.39
Dec 202350.00
Nov 202349.64
Oct 202349.86
Sep 202348.75
Aug 202349.17
Jul 202348.99
Jun 202348.50
May 202346.89
Apr 202345.93
Mar 202345.63
Feb 202345.85
Jan 202345.89
Dec 202245.50
Nov 202245.69
Oct 202245.50
Sep 202245.56
Aug 202246.13
Jul 202246.06
Jun 202246.27
May 202245.62
Apr 202243.75
Mar 202242.11
Feb 202242.02
Jan 202241.97
Dec 202141.75
Nov 202142.07
Oct 202142.29
Sep 202142.23
Aug 202142.79
Jul 202142.74
Jun 202142.58
May 202142.43
Apr 202141.97
Mar 202141.01
Feb 202137.24
Jan 202136.65
Dec 202036.04
Nov 202035.47
Oct 202034.90
Sep 202032.72
Aug 202032.25
Jul 202031.97
Jun 202032.24
May 202031.93
Apr 202031.34
Mar 202030.26
Feb 202029.65
Jan 202029.35
Dec 201928.82

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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