Over 6 million tonnes of pasta produced in 2022

In 2022, 6.1 million tonnes of pasta were produced in the EU, worth €7.8 billion, which is 1.0 million tonnes (20%) more than five years ago (5.1 million in 2017).

Italy was by far the leading EU member in pasta production. With 4.2 million tonnes of pasta produced last year, worth €5.1 billion, Italy accounted for 68% of the total EU production in terms of volume and 66% in terms of value. 

At the same time, Italy was also by far the top EU exporter of pasta (2.1 million tonnes exported, representing 77% of the EU members’ total).

Source datasets: DS-056120 and DS-059322

More than half of the pasta exports goes to other EU members

In total, almost 2.8 million tonnes of pasta were exported by EU members in 2022 and more than half (56%) of this amount went to other EU members.

The two main importing EU members were Germany (414 758 tonnes of pasta imported in 2022, representing 27% of total EU members' imports) and France (358 117 tonnes, 23%).

The top two destinations for EU exports of pasta outside of the EU in 2022 were the United Kingdom (309 030 tonnes, equivalent to 25% of total extra-EU exports of pasta) and the United States (262 877 tonnes, 22%).

This news item marks the World Pasta Day.