World Pasta Day: in Italy the average price of pasta has fallen by almost 24% in two years

The average price of pasta in Italy has recorded a reduction of 23.7% in two years, with the symbolic food of the Peninsula now costing on average 1.59 euros per kg. This is what is highlighted by the Consumption Training and Research Center (C.r.c.) which, on the occasion of the "World pasta day" on 25 October, created a report in collaboration with Assoutenti based on Istat and Mimit data, analyzing retail price lists in the various Italian cities.

The price run after Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Starting from 2022, Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the ensuing energy crisis led to sharp increases in the prices of raw materials and an increase in production costs which led to very strong increases in pasta prices, whose retail prices reached record peaks in Italy in 2023. The average cost of a kilo of durum wheat semolina pasta stood at 2.13 euros in 2023, with peaks of 2.4 euros in some provinces, and then began a slow decline that continues today.

The bending

In December 2025 - calculates the Center for Training and Research on Consumption - the average price of a 1 kg pack of pasta in Italy was 1.63 euros, with a decrease of -23.7% compared to 2023, a decline that continues today: between January and September, according to Istat data, pasta price lists fell further by -2.3%, bringing the average price to 1.59 euros/kg.

The differences on the territory

As regards retail price lists, Assoutenti underlines, there are however strong differences across the territory. Based on the latest data published by the Mimit Observatory, in fact, the city with the highest price of pasta was Udine, on average 1.91 euros per kg, followed by Pescara (1.89 euros) and Cagliari (1.88 euros). On the opposite side of the ranking, the cheapest province was Syracuse, where a kilo of spaghetti or penne cost an average of 1.10 euros, followed by Palermo (1.13 euros) and Messina (1.19 euros). However, the city that has recorded the most substantial drop in retail prices in the last two years is Aosta, where the average price of a kilo of pasta has decreased by -37%, -36% in Cremona, -35% in Mantua. In Alessandria and Naples the lowest decreases, -6.6% and -8.5% respectively.

«From the report it emerges that in general Sicily, Calabria and Campania are the regions that boast the lowest prices, while Marche, Friuli and Veneto are those with the highest average price lists. Differences that fully reflect the consumption trend of Italians: prices are significantly lower in the southern regions, i.e. those where the per capita consumption of pasta is higher, and where almost 70% of citizens eat pasta every day", comments the president of the scientific committee of the C.r.c., Furio Truzzi.