In 2024, a pound of spaghetti or macaroni would cost consumers in the United States about 1.38 U.S. dollars. While the retail price of spaghetti fluctuates slightly each year, a clear and permanent increase in price could be seen between 2007 and 2008.
Pasta and rice
In 2018, total U.S. sales for rice amounted to almost two and a half billion U.S. dollars, while U.S. sales for pasta reached just over two billion. In terms of unit sales, however, pasta was bought more frequently than rice that year. Over one and a half billion units of pasta were sold in the United States, while U.S. rice unit sales reached just over one billion.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (January 31, 2025). Retail price of spaghetti and macaroni in the United States from 1995 to 2024 (in U.S. dollars per pound) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 26, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/236634/retail-price-of-spaghetti-in-the-united-states/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Retail price of spaghetti and macaroni in the United States from 1995 to 2024 (in U.S. dollars per pound)." Chart. January 31, 2025. Statista. Accessed June 26, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/236634/retail-price-of-spaghetti-in-the-united-states/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2025). Retail price of spaghetti and macaroni in the United States from 1995 to 2024 (in U.S. dollars per pound). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 26, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/236634/retail-price-of-spaghetti-in-the-united-states/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Retail Price of Spaghetti and Macaroni in The United States from 1995 to 2024 (in U.S. Dollars per Pound)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Jan 2025, https://www.statista.com/statistics/236634/retail-price-of-spaghetti-in-the-united-states/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Retail price of spaghetti and macaroni in the United States from 1995 to 2024 (in U.S. dollars per pound) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/236634/retail-price-of-spaghetti-in-the-united-states/ (last visited June 26, 2025)
Retail price of spaghetti and macaroni in the United States from 1995 to 2024 (in U.S. dollars per pound) [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, January 31, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/236634/retail-price-of-spaghetti-in-the-united-states/