Wheat Price in Italy
Italy is the EU's leading durum wheat grower and its largest pasta producer, using that wheat to supply about a quarter of the world's pasta. Source: Eurostat.
+18.5% vs. EU-27 (average). Higher than 22 of 23 other reporting EU countries (2024).
Italy is the world's 20th-largest producer (0.9% of global output, FAOSTAT 2023). Italy is the world's 5th-largest importer (4.3% of global imports, FAOSTAT 2023).
Price Chart
How this year compares, month by month, to the typical pattern of recent years for the selected region.
Notable price events
- 2007-08 global food price crisis — Drought in major exporting countries, combined with several governments restricting exports to protect domestic supply and growing demand for biofuel crops, pushed wheat, rice and corn to what were then record prices within about a year - triggering food riots in over 30 countries.
- Russia's invasion of Ukraine — Russia's February 2022 invasion cut off two of the world's largest wheat and corn exporters and most of its sunflower oil supply almost overnight, while sanctions and blocked Black Sea shipping routes hit Russian fertilizer exports too - sending prices sharply higher within days across all four commodities at once, a rare case of one event moving so many markets simultaneously.
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Price data table
Recent prices
| Period | Price (EUR/100kg) | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23.93 | -9.9% |
| 2023 | 26.55 | -26.2% |
| 2022 | 35.97 | +44.3% |
| 2021 | 24.92 | +25.8% |
| 2020 | 19.81 | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 19.94 | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 19.82 | +5.6% |
| 2017 | 18.77 | +5.3% |
| 2016 | 17.82 | -8.5% |
| 2015 | 19.47 | -4.6% |
| 2014 | 20.4 | -38.3% |
| 2013 | 33.07 | – |