In the latest data released by Eurostat you notice a slight Increase in the price of eggs compared to general inflation in the EU. On average, the prices grew by 2.5%, while those of the eggs of the 6.7%. A very low figure if compared with the American one, where the prices of a pack of eggs are tripled between March 2024 and March 2025.
However, the phenomenon behind these two effects is the same. The serious epidemics of avian influence In the USA they caused a distortion in the global egg market, amplified by the attention on the theme by President Donald Trump in the election campaign.
Egg prices in Europe
Eurostat has reported that, among the products whose prices have grown more than average inflation in March 2025 in the EU, there are eggs. +6.7% of March is the third consecutive increase Since the beginning of 2025. In January the cost of eggs in supermarkets had grown by 3.4%, while in February the increase had been 4.1%.
Despite this trend, i data are not worrying. 2024 was a year of drop for the price of eggs: in 10 months out of 12 the prices decreased. This increase is therefore compared to a year of deflation and is in any case under control compared to those that had been detected in the most difficult years of inflation, 2022 and 2023.
States where the price of eggs grows more
The increase in the price of eggs is then clearly different from the state to state. In general, the region most affected by inflation is Eastern Europefollowed by some Mediterranean states. The most extreme variations were recorded in:
- Czech Republic (+46%);
- Slovakia (+29.8%);
- Hungary (+26.1%);
- Denmark (+17.8%);
- Poland (+13.5%);
- Spain (11.4%).
These are the only states that have shown two -digit growth for the price of eggs. In Italy The increase was however superior to inflation, +4.6%but lower than the European average. Some states have shown a drop in egg prices:
- Netherlands (-3.6%);
- Luxembourg (-2.3%);
- Greece (-2.0%).
The situation in the United States
As mentioned, the European situation is not worrying and above all it is not comparable to that of United States. A series of avian influenza epidemics in the large farms of the country has caused, in the last year, a sensitive reduction in production, with the egg crisis in North America which has led to a decrease in the offer and therefore an increase in prices.
A 12 -egg package came to cost, in March 2025, 6.23 dollars on average, just over 6 euros, according to the data of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, mentioned by Associated Press. In March 2024 it cost just under 3 dollars; Before Pandemia from Covid-19, in 2019, $ 1.30. It is increases of 100% on an annual basis and 360% from before Covid-19.
Trump’s propaganda on eggs
The reason why the price of the eggs has become such an important theme is the election campaign for the presidential elections in the USA. Donald Trump used the surge in the cost of eggs such as the demonstration that the Biden administration was unable to contain inflation.
Even after becoming president, Trump often returned to the topic, highlighting some extemporaneous prices of prices. However, these are results obtained with temporary solutions, such as the request for help from European countries for extraordinary egg loads to be imported to the USA.
