Ice cream in Greece is selling for at least 3.7 euros a litre in 2023, making it one of the most expensive in Europe, tovima.com has reported.
According to recent data from Eurostat, Greece ranked among the top three countries in Europe where ice cream was most costly last year.
Austria topped the list with the highest ice cream prices in the EU, averaging 7.7 euros per liter, followed by Hungary at 4.8 euros per liter, and then Greece in third place.
On the other side, Germany offered the cheapest ice cream at 1.8 euros per liter, followed closely by Lithuania (1.9 euros per liter) and the Czech Republic (2.0 euros per liter). Additionally, Germany led ice cream production in 2023, churning out 612 million liters, with France (568 million liters) and Italy (527 million liters) trailing behind.
Compared to 2022, the cost of ice cream across the EU increased by 30 cents per liter in 2023, while overall production saw a slight decline of 1.4%, dropping from 3.3 billion liters to 3.2 billion liters. Spain was the only EU country to boost its production, reaching 402 million liters in 2023.
Overall, according to ELSTAT data, the price of ice cream in the EU increased by nearly 12% in 2023, particularly in the summer months. Lastly, in 2023, EU countries exported 261 million kg of ice cream to non-EU countries, valued at a total of 1.04 billion euros. Ice cream imports came to 56 million kg worth 217 million euros.
Source: tovima.com
