Prices in Mozambique rose by 0.22% in March, about a third of the increase recorded in February, showing a recovery after logistical difficulties caused by flooding in the country, according to data released today by the National Institute of Statistics (INE).
The March Consumer Price Index (CPI) indicates that Mozambique “recorded a price increase of 0.22%” compared to February (0.68%), again driven mainly by the food and non-alcoholic beverages sector, which contributed 0.11 percentage points to the monthly change (0.37 in February).
The report highlights monthly price increases in several products, including tomatoes (5%), full meals in restaurants (0.7%), new light vehicles (6.4%), charcoal (2.2%), onions (4.1%), cabbage (2.2%), and motorcycles (1.8%).
“These contributed a total of around 0.22 percentage points to the monthly variation,” the CPI report states.
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From mid-January to early February, traffic on National Roads 1 and 2, connecting Maputo to the north and south of the country, was completely cut off due to flooding, which affected around 725,000 people, disrupted supply chains, and pushed prices up.
The March CPI shows cumulative inflation for the first three months of 2026 at 2.16%, while year-on-year inflation stands at 3.37%.
Prices in Mozambique increased by 3.23% in 2025, according to previous INE data, lower than in 2024 and below government forecasts.
Mozambique had recorded eight monthly declines (deflation) in the consumer price index in less than a year and a half, four of them between April and July last year, before returning to price increases in August.
Inflation in 2024 stood at 4.15%, compared with 5.3% in 2023, but below the peak of nearly 13% recorded in July 2022. The government had projected inflation of around 7% for 2025, a forecast also maintained for 2026.
