# Easter spending in the UK to rise to £892 million this year
Published: 2022-04-06
Category: News
Category URL: https://companiesdigest.com/category/news/
Meta Title: UK Easter Spending Statistics 2022: £892 Million Expected
Meta Description: Discover how 63% of the UK plans to celebrate Easter by spending an average of £26.85 per person on gifts, chocolates, and Easter Eggs. Find out more at Finder
URL: https://companiesdigest.com/easter-spending-in-the-uk-to-rise-to-892-million-this-year/

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Almost two-thirds (63%) of the UK are expected to spend money celebrating Easter this year, parting with a total of £892 million on things like gifts and chocolates.

The average spend per person is set to be £26.85 per person according to [the projections](https://www.finder.com/uk/easter-spending-statistics) from personal finance comparison site, [finder.com](https://www.finder.com/uk/), which analysed trends from 4 year’s worth of research.

Separate research suggests that 80 million eggs are sold in the UK every year\*, so Finder estimates that over £415 million could be spent on Easter Eggs alone this year, based on an average cost of £5.18 per egg.

As well as those who plan to fork out on Easter this year, a further 12% of the population are projected to celebrate Easter without parting with their cash, taking the total number of people who will mark the event in some way to 75%.

These figures are all higher than last year, when 62% of Brits spent an average of £24.86 on each, meaning a total of £810 million was spent on Easter in 2021. One factor behind the increase in money spent is the rising cost of goods, with inflation (CPI) rising by 6.2% in the 12 months to February 2022.

However, 2020’s total of £902 million, where the average spend per person sat at £28, was higher than both years. Before the COVID-19 era, the average spend per person in 2019 was £30 – the highest performing year to date since Finder started carrying out [the research](https://www.finder.com/uk/easter-spending-statistics) in 2018.

For more information and to see the full breakdown of the research, visit here: [https://www.finder.com/uk/easter-spending-statistics](https://www.finder.com/uk/easter-spending-statistics)

**Methodology**

Using figures from nationally representative surveys (2,000 adults aged 18+) Finder commissioned between 2018 – 2021, Finder’s analysts estimated the total projected spend for 2022 based on the average percentage change in the figures over the 4 years. The inflation data was sourced from the Consumer Price Index (CPI) via ONS, which said that it rose 6.2% in the 12 months to February 2022, and this was applied to all projections.

The figure around easter eggs sold each year was sourced from Cadburys\*, and the average cost per egg was calculated by Finder analysts who collected prices for 8 brands of easter eggs from a range of leading supermarkets.


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