Average Christmas gifts spend per head in the UK 2019-2024, by category

Published by
Tugba Sabanoglu,
Nov 15, 2024

In the 2024 holiday season, the average Christmas spending on gifts in the United Kingdom (UK) was forecast to be slightly higher compared to the previous year, although this wasn't the case for all categories. In 2024, UK consumers were expected to spend the most money on toys, at around 40 British pounds on a per capita basis.

Average spending on Christmas gifts in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2019 to 2023, with a forecast for 2024, by category (in GBP)

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Release date

October 2024

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2019 to 2024

Supplementary notes

Figures represent per capita spending (and not per household).

Christmas spending is defined by the source as retail spending "during the six weeks between the middle of November and the end of December.".

2022 figures were also forecasts and were not restated by the source.

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