This statistic depicts the results of a survey concerning American adults who planned on buying gifts for high school and college graduates from 2007 to 2024 and how much they were planning to spend. In 2024, the average expected spending per person on a graduation gift was about 117 U.S. dollars.
Expected individual spending of U.S. consumers on graduation gifts from 2007 to 2024
(in U.S. dollars)
* Date and study characteristics apply to the 2024 survey. Surveys for previous years have been conducted among equally large samples. The survey has a margin of error of +/- 1.1 percentage points. The source did not provide a release date. Date of access used instead.
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National Retail Federation. (August 7, 2024). Expected individual spending of U.S. consumers on graduation gifts from 2007 to 2024 (in U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/320444/graduation-gift-shopping-us-expected-individual-spending-on-graduation-gifts/
National Retail Federation. "Expected individual spending of U.S. consumers on graduation gifts from 2007 to 2024 (in U.S. dollars)." Chart. August 7, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/320444/graduation-gift-shopping-us-expected-individual-spending-on-graduation-gifts/
National Retail Federation. (2024). Expected individual spending of U.S. consumers on graduation gifts from 2007 to 2024 (in U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/320444/graduation-gift-shopping-us-expected-individual-spending-on-graduation-gifts/
National Retail Federation. "Expected Individual Spending of U.S. Consumers on Graduation Gifts from 2007 to 2024 (in U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Aug 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/320444/graduation-gift-shopping-us-expected-individual-spending-on-graduation-gifts/
National Retail Federation, Expected individual spending of U.S. consumers on graduation gifts from 2007 to 2024 (in U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/320444/graduation-gift-shopping-us-expected-individual-spending-on-graduation-gifts/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Expected individual spending of U.S. consumers on graduation gifts from 2007 to 2024 (in U.S. dollars) [Graph], National Retail Federation, August 7, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/320444/graduation-gift-shopping-us-expected-individual-spending-on-graduation-gifts/
