How US wedding costs compare to other countries--and where spending is changing the most
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Couples around the world want to tie the knot in a special way, whether it's a celebration in a banquet hall in Canada, a villa in Portugal, or a lush garden in Mexico. All types of weddings—from intimate gatherings to large blow-outs—have one thing in common: a price tag. Depending on where you live, that could be a significant bill.
Americans have typically spent more on their weddings than couples in other countries. In 2023, they spent anaverage of $30,000, up 2.7% from 2019's $29,200 price tag. That said, considering inflation, the actual cost of a wedding has decreased. In 2023 dollars, weddings in 2019 cost, on average, the equivalent of $35,435. In fact, wedding costs haven't changed much for decades—an average1990 wedding cost $35,400 in 2023 dollars, according to The Wedding Report.
The global wedding services industry is expected to reach $429.56 billion by 2030, up more than 70% since 2022,according to 360iResearch. But that cost isn't necessarily distributed evenly by country. Peerspace looked at global wedding data from The Knot between 2019 and 2023 and reported how wedding spending in 10 major countries, including the U.S., varies and how it's been changing.
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