How many pizzas are eaten in Italy each year?

Food hard Data from 2023

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Answer in pizzas. Shorthand like 9m or 1.2bn works.

The answer

2,700,000,000 pizzas

Roughly 2.7B.

Italians eat around 2.7 billion pizzas a year, roughly 46 each. Naples has protected status for its pizza, with rules covering dough hydration, oven temperature and even the exact tomatoes permitted.

Where this number comes from

Source Coldiretti / Italian food industry association data
Figure refers to 2023
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Unit pizzas

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