Good and also cheaper, inflation for pizza in the EU will be reduced in 2023

Brussels – Good, tasty, yummy, and above all, cheap. Pizza, in the EU, costs less, to the delight of the palate and the wallet. Eurostat data released today (Feb. 9) will make consumers all over Europe even happier: the inflation index for this product, synonymous with Italy and known throughout the world, has fallen from 15.9 percent in December 2022 to 5.9 percent in December 2023. After peaking in February 2023 (18.1 percent), the cost of a Margherita, a Capricciosa, a Marinara, or whatever other type of pizza has steadily and progressively dropped.

The result of this drop  in the 2023 inflation rate for pizzas and quiches is that at the end of last year, going to restaurants and buying to consume at home, among friends, or with a partner means saving. European Statistical Institute data show that, in Italy, one of the symbolic dishes of the ‘made in Italy,’  is more affordable than the EU average (4.3 percent compared to 5.9 percent) and many other EU countries. Italy’s pizza inflation index is 13th in the EU.

The highest pizza inflation rates are in Hungary (+13.4 percent), Luxembourg (+11.3 percent), and Latvia (+10.6 percent).