World Pasta Day: in Italia, the average price of pasta has fallen by almost 24 per cent in two years

The average price of pasta in Italia has fallen by 23.7 per cent over two years, with the country’s iconic food now costing an average of 1.59 euros per kg. This is highlighted by the Centre for Consumer Training and Research (C.r.c.), which, to mark the “World Pasta Day” on 25 October, produced a report in collaboration with Assoutenti based on data from Istat and Mimit, analysing retail prices in various Italian cities.

From 2022 onwards,Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the ensuing energy crisis led to sharp rises in commodity prices and higher production costs, resulting in very steep price increases for pasta, with retail prices reaching record highs in Italia in 2023. The average cost of a kilo of durum wheat semolina pasta stood at €2.13 in 2023, with prices peaking at €2.40 in some provinces, before beginning a slow decline that continues to this day.

In December 2025 – according to calculations by the Centre for Consumer Research and Training – the average price of a 1 kg packet of pasta in Italia was 1.63 euros, a fall of 23.7 per cent compared with 2023, a decline that is still continuing today: between January and September, according to Istat data, pasta prices fell by a further 2.3 per cent, bringing the average price to €1.59 per kg.

As regards retail prices, Assoutenti points out that there are, however, significant regional variations. According to the latest data published by the Mimit Observatory, the city with the highest price for pasta was Udine, at an average of 1.91 euros per kg, followed by Pescara (1.89 euros) and Cagliari (1.88 euros). At the other end of the scale, the cheapest province was Syracuse, where a kilo of spaghetti or penne cost an average of €1.10, followed by Palermo (€1.13) and Messina (€1.19). However, the city that has seen the sharpest fall in retail prices over the last two years is Aosta, where the average price of a kilo of pasta has fallen by 37 per cent, compared with 36 per cent in Cremona and 35 per cent in Mantua. Alessandria and Naples saw the smallest decreases, at -6.6 per cent and -8.5 per cent respectively.

“The report shows that, generally speaking, Sicily, Calabria and Campania are the regions with the lowest prices, whilst Marche, Friuli and Veneto are those with the highest average prices. These differences fully reflect trends in Italian consumption: prices are significantly lower in the southern regions – that is, where per capita pasta consumption is highest, and where almost 70 per cent of the population eats pasta every day,” comments Furio Truzzi, chairman of the CRC’s scientific committee.