Table 2.

Descriptive Statistics for Monthly Food Prices per 1,000 kcal–Tanzania (2011$)

Food Group	No.	Foodstuff	Obs.	Mean	Std. Dev.	CV	Min	Max
Grains, white roots and tubers, and plantains	1	Cassava (dried flour)	60	0.60	0.07	0.11	0.48	0.79
	2	Cassava (fresh)	60	0.77	0.07	0.09	0.60	0.90
	3	Plantain	60	1.64	0.09	0.05	1.45	1.90
	4	Finger millet	60	0.68	0.11	0.17	0.50	0.87
	5	Maize flour	60	0.47	0.06	0.12	0.37	0.63
	6	Potatoes – round	60	2.25	0.13	0.06	1.97	2.63
	7	Rice	60	0.74	0.12	0.16	0.57	0.98
	8	Sweet potatoes	60	1.70	0.14	0.08	1.46	1.97
	9	Wheat flour	60	0.62	0.04	0.06	0.56	0.71
	10	Maize (white)	60	0.31	0.04	0.12	0.24	0.41
Pulses	11	Soybeans	60	0.65	0.03	0.04	0.59	0.70
	12	Lentils	60	1.28	0.12	0.09	1.08	1.48
	13	Beans (red)	60	0.78	0.04	0.05	0.72	0.87
Nuts and seeds	14	Groundnuts	60	0.66	0.05	0.08	0.58	0.78
Dairy	15	Milk (fresh)	60	2.89	0.16	0.05	2.38	3.07
	16	Milk (powdered)	60	7.99	0.38	0.05	7.02	8.72
Meat, poultry, and fish	17	Beef sausage	60	4.32	0.08	0.02	4.18	4.54
	18	Beef with bones	60	3.92	0.19	0.05	3.47	4.43
	19	Beef without bones	60	1.11	0.04	0.04	1.01	1.26
	20	Dried sardines	60	5.99	0.46	0.08	5.12	6.91
	21	Goat meat	60	9.51	0.38	0.04	8.37	10.19
	22	Chicken (live, industrial)	60	6.57	0.31	0.05	5.6	6.99
	23	Pork meat	60	3.17	0.28	0.09	2.45	3.63
	24	Chicken (live, traditional)	60	11.9	0.79	0.07	9.94	13.26
Eggs	25	Eggs (layers)	60	8.42	0.28	0.03	7.89	8.88
	26	Eggs (traditional)	60	11.81	0.69	0.06	10.3	12.66
Dark green leafy vegetables	27	Amaranth (mchicha)	60	5.74	0.57	0.10	4.85	6.81
Vitamin A-rich vegetables and fruits	28	Carrots	60	7.05	0.69	0.10	6.01	9.08
	29	Mangoes	60	4.46	0.63	0.14	2.97	6.06
	30	Papaya	60	5.63	0.50	0.09	4.71	6.64
Other vegetables	31	Tomatoes (bitter)	60	8.86	0.46	0.05	7.85	10.72
	32	Eggplant	60	9.44	0.49	0.05	8.47	10.83
	33	Cabbage	60	2.80	0.27	0.10	2.30	3.48
	34	Green peas	60	24.78	1.74	0.07	20.72	28.40
	35	Green bell pepper	60	16.46	0.92	0.06	14.78	19.16
	36	Okra (ladies fingers)	60	11.28	0.75	0.07	9.97	13.25
	37	Onions	60	6.43	0.77	0.12	5.21	8.86
	38	Tomatoes (red)	60	10.44	1.19	0.11	8.36	13.53
Other fruits	39	Apples (imported)	60	19.58	1.62	0.08	15.85	23.62
	40	Avocado	60	1.91	0.12	0.06	1.67	2.18
	41	Coconut (mature)	60	5.52	0.51	0.09	4.78	6.85
	42	Lemons	60	11.75	2.03	0.17	8.26	17.99
	43	Limes	60	15.62	2.87	0.18	12.00	23.57
	44	Oranges	60	4.43	0.46	0.10	3.47	5.63
	45	Pineapples	60	6.66	0.65	0.10	5.54	7.98
	46	Sweet banana	60	3.35	0.28	0.08	2.71	3.91

Note: Authors’ calculations, from Tanzania Bureau of Statistics file data.