How many Big Macs are sold in the United States each year?
Food hard Data from 2023
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The answer
550,000,000 Big Macs
Roughly 550M.
McDonald’s sells roughly 550 million Big Macs a year in the U.S. alone, about 17 every second. The sandwich is used by The Economist as the basis of its Big Mac Index, an informal way of comparing currency purchasing power between countries.
Where this number comes from
| Source | McDonald’s corporate statements reported in the trade press |
|---|---|
| Figure refers to | 2023 |
| Last checked | |
| Unit | Big Macs |
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