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Staple goods prices in Madagascar
The weekly readings of the Ministry of Commerce (MIC) price observatory across the country's markets: local and imported rice, oils, sugars, flour, salt and cement, at market grain.
In December 2023, local rice sold for 2,850 ariary per kilo, the median of the readings across 48 markets surveyed by the Ministry of Commerce price observatory. Imported rice stood at 3,021 ariary per kilo. Source: MIC price observatory, republished by INSTAT; medians computed by Stileex on the official readings.
Latest edition published by the source: 2023 readings. This page updates as soon as a new edition appears.
Local rice in December 2023
2,850 Ar/kg
Median of the average prices read across 48 markets, computed by Stileex on the MIC readings.
Imported rice in December 2023
3,021 Ar/kg
Median of the month's readings across 29 markets.
Bulk cooking oil in December 2023
7,100 Ar/L
Median of the month's readings across 51 markets.
Local rice week by week
The median of the average prices read across every surveyed market, at each weekly reading date. The lean-season climb and the post-harvest easing show week to week.
Median computed by Stileex on the official MIC readings; one point per reading date.
Local rice by region in December 2023
The median of the month's readings in each region, with the number of markets covered. Regional gaps read directly.
| Region | Median price (Ar) | Markets |
|---|---|---|
| AMORON'I MANIA | 2,750 | 5 |
| ANALAMANGA | 3,200 | 1 |
| ANALANJIROFO | 3,500 | 3 |
| ANDROY | 3,128 | 4 |
| ANOSY | 3,238 | 3 |
| ATSIMO ANDREFANA | 2,625 | 1 |
| ATSIMO ATSINANANA | 2,975 | 1 |
| ATSINANANA | 2,850 | 1 |
| BOENY | 2,575 | 1 |
| BONGOLAVA | 2,564 | 1 |
| DIANA | 3,281 | 4 |
| HAUTE MATSIATRA | 2,800 | 1 |
| IHOROMBE | 2,450 | 4 |
| ITASY | 2,700 | 1 |
| MELAKY | 2,713 | 1 |
| MENABE | 2,363 | 1 |
| SAMBAVA | 2,888 | 2 |
| SAVA | 2,713 | 3 |
| SOFIA | 2,538 | 8 |
| VAKINANKARATRA | 2,900 | 1 |
| VATOVAVY FITOVINANY | 2,850 | 1 |
Ariary per kilo; median of the month's readings, computed by Stileex on MIC data.
Every surveyed product in December 2023
Each basic-necessity product the observatory follows, at the median of the month's readings across all markets.
| Product | Median price (Ar) | Unit | Markets |
|---|---|---|---|
| CIMENT | 40,000 | Ar/SAC | 24 |
| FARINE | 3,800 | Ar/KG | 51 |
| HUILE CACHETEE | 11,175 | Ar/L | 51 |
| HUILE EN VRAC | 7,100 | Ar/L | 51 |
| MAKALIOKA | 3,250 | Ar/KG | 20 |
| RIZ IMPORT | 3,021 | Ar/KG | 29 |
| RIZ LOCAL | 2,850 | Ar/KG | 48 |
| SEL | 650 | Ar/KG | 16 |
| SUCRE BLANC | 5,100 | Ar/KG | 42 |
| SUCRE ROUX | 4,950 | Ar/KG | 31 |
Prices in ariary per source unit (kilo, litre or bag); medians computed by Stileex.
Method and source
The figures come from the Ministry of Commerce price observatory, republished as a workbook by INSTAT: weekly minimum, maximum and average price readings, product by product, across 97 markets in 22 regions. Each workbook is archived verbatim, then every reading is kept at its own date and market, with no aggregation at storage.
The medians shown are computed by Stileex at read time on those official readings and labelled as such; a median keeps the central value, which one extreme market cannot move.
Source: Ministry of Commerce (MIC), via INSTAT
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Frequently asked questions
- How much does rice cost in Madagascar?
- The median local-rice price of the latest surveyed month sits at the top of this page, next to imported rice. Prices vary market to market and region to region: the regional table gives the scale of the gaps.
- What are PPN goods?
- The basic-necessity products: rice, cooking oils, sugars, flour and salt, to which the observatory adds cement. They form the basket the Ministry of Commerce follows across the country's markets.
- Where do these prices come from?
- From the weekly readings of the Ministry of Commerce (MIC) price observatory, published with its statistical yearbook and republished by INSTAT. Stileex archives each edition verbatim and keeps every reading at its own date and market.
- Why a median rather than an average?
- The median keeps the central market value: one outlier market cannot move it. That makes it a robust reference for comparing regions and following time; every median is labelled as a Stileex computation.