Eurostat: Pizza price in Bulgaria is 37% up, in Italy - 10%

Eurostat has published data on pizza price rises in the European Union on the occasion of National Pizza Day tomorrow, February 9. According to the data for December 2022, the annual inflation rate for pizza is 37% in Bulgaria and, surprisingly, 10% in Italy.

Data for December 2022 show that the price of store-bought pizza and quiche in the EU was, on average, 16% higher than in December 2021. In December 2021, the price was, on average, only 2% higher than in December 2020.

Among EU countries, the highest increase in annual inflation for pizza and quiche was recorded in Hungary (+46%), followed by Lithuania (+39%) and Bulgaria (+37%). On the other hand, smaller increases were recorded in Luxembourg (+7%), Italy (+10%) and France (+13%).