Pasta consumption in the world has doubled in the past decade, increasing from nine million tons to about 17. According to a report by the food industries association Unione Italiana Food on Istat data, nearly 2.4 million tons of Italian pasta (+5.2 percent over 2021) worth 3.7 billion euros (+31 percent) were exported in 2022. Namely, last year more than 78 million servings of Italian pasta ended up on tables all around the world.

About 61 percent of Italian pasta production is destined for international markets. Italy, on the other hand, is also the leading producing country with 3.5 million tons per year, ahead of the US and Turkey. Italian pasta exports to EU countries amounted to 65.2 percent of the total, while the remaining 37.8 percent goes to non-EU countries in America, Asia, Africa, and Oceania.