Consumer Goods & FMCG

Christmas Shopping: Debt to pay for Christmas Europe by country 2015

Published by Statista Research Department, Dec 20, 2016

This survey was aimed at assessing the Christmas shopping behavior of European shoppers by asking them if they went into debt the year before to pay for Christmas. Romania showed the highest share of shoppers agreeing to have gone into debt to pay for Christmas with 16 percent, followed by the United Kingdom (UK) with 15 percent.

Share of people who went into debt to pay for Christmas last year in Europe 2015, by country

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Characteristic	Share of respondents
Romania	16%
United Kingdom	15%
France	10%
Spain	9%
Poland	9%
Europe	9%
Italy	8%
Czech Republic	7%
Germany	6%
Belgium	6%
Luxembourg	5%
Austria	4%
Netherlands	3%

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Details: Europe; ING; Ipsos; October 2015; 13,633 respondents; Online survey

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ING International Survey special report – Christmas and New Year 2016, page 8

Release date

December 2016

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Region

Europe

Survey time period

October 2015

Number of respondents

13,633 respondents

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Percent answered “agree” or “strongly agree”

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ING. (December 20, 2016). Share of people who went into debt to pay for Christmas last year in Europe 2015, by country [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/652469/christmas-shopping-debt-pay-for-christmas-last-year-europe/

ING. "Share of people who went into debt to pay for Christmas last year in Europe 2015, by country." Chart. December 20, 2016. Statista. Accessed May 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/652469/christmas-shopping-debt-pay-for-christmas-last-year-europe/

ING. (2016). Share of people who went into debt to pay for Christmas last year in Europe 2015, by country. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/652469/christmas-shopping-debt-pay-for-christmas-last-year-europe/

ING. "Share of People Who Went into Debt to Pay for Christmas Last Year in Europe 2015, by Country." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Dec 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/652469/christmas-shopping-debt-pay-for-christmas-last-year-europe/

ING, Share of people who went into debt to pay for Christmas last year in Europe 2015, by country Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/652469/christmas-shopping-debt-pay-for-christmas-last-year-europe/ (last visited May 18, 2024)

Share of people who went into debt to pay for Christmas last year in Europe 2015, by country [Graph], ING, December 20, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/652469/christmas-shopping-debt-pay-for-christmas-last-year-europe/

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