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Read more…Whether you don a scary outfit, buy sweets for trick-or-treaters or perhaps even trick-or-treat yourself, there’s no escaping Halloween as October draws to a close each year. We looked into how much money is spent on Halloween in the UK each year and what Halloween products are making our money disappear. Find out the latest Halloween statistics here.
In 2020, a quarter of Brits (25%) said they would buy a pumpkin for Halloween, this means that over 17 million pumpkins were bought. The total cost of this in 2020 was £29.7 million. A combination of rising prices and a slight growth in the UK’s population means that this figure increased by £4.6 million since 2017 (it was £25.1 million then). Using these figures, we estimate that the total spend will return to the value of £25.1 million in 2021, rising slightly in 2022 with a projected spend of £25.4 million.
Year | Average cost per pumpkin | UK spend on pumpkins |
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2017 | £1.51 | £25,067,111 |
2018 | £1.52 | £27,330,870 |
2019 | £1.72 | £29,154,212 |
2020 | £1.74 | £29,666,437 |
2021 | £1.47 | £25,166,128 |
2022* | £1.48 | £25,408,720 |
Estimated Halloween spending rose steadily between 2013 and 2016, from £230 million to £310 million. The following year then saw a big spike in spending, which rose by almost a third to £400 million, before a modest increase to £419 million in 2018. In 2019, it was estimated that spending would reach £474 million and £536 million in 2020.
By averaging the percentage increase over those 7 years, we can expect Halloween spending in 2021 to be around £607 million, rising to a projected price of £687 million in 2022.
Year | Amount spent (millions) |
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2013 | £230 |
2014 | £275 |
2015 | £295 |
2016 | £310 |
2017 | £400 |
2018 | £419 |
2019 | £474 |
2020* | £536 |
2021* | £607 |
2022* | £687 |
2023* | £777 |
For some people, ghosts are more than just an option for a Halloween outfit. Surprisingly, over half (59%) of 18- to 24-year-olds either believe in or are unsure whether ghosts exist. At the other end of the spectrum, those aged 55+ are the least likely to believe in ghosts, although with only 53% not believing in them, this means that 47% still think that ghosts either maybe or definitely do exist.
Age | Yes | No | Maybe |
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18–24 | 39% | 41% | 20% |
35–54 | 35% | 44% | 21% |
55+ | 26% | 53% | 21% |
18,000 tonnes of pumpkin are thrown away each year (equivalent to 360 million portions of pumpkin pie). If you’re spending the money on a pumpkin, you may as well get the most out of your money, right? Here are some cost-saving ways you can reduce waste this Halloween:
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