Inflation in the Netherlands
Inflation in the Netherlands was 3.4% in September 2026, according to CBS (Statistics Netherlands).
So far this year (January–September 2026), prices are 3.0% higher than in the same months of 2025. For 2025 as a whole, inflation was 3.3%.
Over the ten years from 2015 to 2025, prices rose by 34.6% in total, an average of 3.0% a year.
Inflation in the Netherlands by year
Annual inflation is the change in the average price level from the year before. The last column shows what €100 in each year is worth in 2025.
| Year | Inflation | €100 is worth in 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sept) | 3.0% | – |
| 2025 | 3.3% | €100 |
| 2024 | 3.3% | €103 |
| 2023 | 3.8% | €107 |
| 2022 | 10.0% | €111 |
| 2021 | 2.7% | €122 |
| 2020 | 1.3% | €125 |
| 2019 | 2.6% | €127 |
| 2018 | 1.7% | €130 |
| 2017 | 1.4% | €132 |
| 2016 | 0.3% | €134 |
| 2015 | 0.6% | €135 |
| 2014 | 1.0% | €135 |
| 2013 | 2.5% | €137 |
| 2012 | 2.5% | €140 |
| 2011 | 2.3% | €144 |
| 2010 | 1.3% | €147 |
| 2009 | 1.2% | €149 |
| 2008 | 2.5% | €151 |
| 2007 | 1.6% | €154 |
| 2006 | 1.1% | €157 |
Show every year back to 1901
| 2005 | 1.7% | €159 |
| 2004 | 1.2% | €161 |
| 2003 | 2.1% | €163 |
| 2002 | 3.4% | €167 |
| 2001 | 4.6% | €172 |
| 2000 | 2.5% | €180 |
| 1999 | 2.2% | €185 |
| 1998 | 1.9% | €189 |
| 1997 | 2.2% | €192 |
| 1996 | 2.1% | €197 |
| 1995 | 1.8% | €201 |
| 1994 | 2.8% | €204 |
| 1993 | 2.1% | €210 |
| 1992 | 3.7% | €214 |
| 1991 | 3.9% | €222 |
| 1990 | 2.5% | €231 |
| 1989 | 1.1% | €236 |
| 1988 | 0.7% | €239 |
| 1987 | -0.5% | €241 |
| 1986 | 0.2% | €240 |
| 1985 | 2.2% | €240 |
| 1984 | 3.3% | €245 |
| 1983 | 2.8% | €253 |
| 1982 | 6.0% | €261 |
| 1981 | 6.7% | €276 |
| 1980 | 6.5% | €295 |
| 1979 | 4.2% | €314 |
| 1978 | 4.1% | €327 |
| 1977 | 6.7% | €340 |
| 1976 | 8.8% | €363 |
| 1975 | 10.2% | €395 |
| 1974 | 9.6% | €435 |
| 1973 | 8.0% | €477 |
| 1972 | 7.8% | €516 |
| 1971 | 7.5% | €556 |
| 1970 | 4.4% | €598 |
| 1969 | 7.4% | €624 |
| 1968 | 3.7% | €671 |
| 1967 | 3.1% | €696 |
| 1966 | 5.8% | €717 |
| 1965 | 5.2% | €759 |
| 1964 | 5.5% | €798 |
| 1963 | 3.8% | €842 |
| 1962 | 1.9% | €875 |
| 1961 | 1.7% | €891 |
| 1960 | 2.5% | €906 |
| 1959 | 0.8% | €929 |
| 1958 | 1.7% | €937 |
| 1957 | 6.5% | €953 |
| 1956 | 1.9% | €1,015 |
| 1955 | 1.9% | €1,035 |
| 1954 | 4.0% | €1,054 |
| 1953 | 0.0% | €1,096 |
| 1952 | 0.0% | €1,096 |
| 1951 | 9.6% | €1,096 |
| 1950 | 9.1% | €1,202 |
| 1949 | 6.3% | €1,312 |
| 1948 | 3.5% | €1,394 |
| 1947 | 3.6% | €1,444 |
| 1946 | 9.1% | €1,496 |
| 1945 | 15.1% | €1,632 |
| 1944 | 2.7% | €1,878 |
| 1943 | 3.5% | €1,928 |
| 1942 | 7.4% | €1,995 |
| 1941 | 14.6% | €2,143 |
| 1940 | 14.7% | €2,456 |
| 1939 | 1.1% | €2,817 |
| 1938 | 2.3% | €2,849 |
| 1937 | 2.4% | €2,916 |
| 1936 | -2.3% | €2,985 |
| 1935 | -3.4% | €2,916 |
| 1934 | 0.0% | €2,817 |
| 1933 | -1.1% | €2,817 |
| 1932 | -7.4% | €2,786 |
| 1931 | -5.8% | €2,581 |
| 1930 | -3.8% | €2,431 |
| 1929 | -0.9% | €2,338 |
| 1928 | 0.9% | €2,317 |
| 1927 | 0.0% | €2,338 |
| 1926 | -3.7% | €2,338 |
| 1925 | -0.9% | €2,253 |
| 1924 | 0.9% | €2,233 |
| 1923 | -4.3% | €2,253 |
| 1922 | -10.9% | €2,156 |
| 1921 | -13.4% | €1,921 |
| 1920 | 10.4% | €1,663 |
| 1919 | 8.8% | €1,836 |
| 1918 | 19.2% | €1,999 |
| 1917 | 6.1% | €2,383 |
| 1916 | 11.4% | €2,529 |
| 1915 | 14.2% | €2,817 |
| 1914 | 0.0% | €3,218 |
| 1913 | 1.3% | €3,218 |
| 1912 | 1.4% | €3,260 |
| 1911 | 1.3% | €3,306 |
| 1910 | 2.7% | €3,350 |
| 1909 | -1.4% | €3,442 |
| 1908 | 2.8% | €3,395 |
| 1907 | 1.4% | €3,490 |
| 1906 | 0.0% | €3,539 |
| 1905 | 0.0% | €3,539 |
| 1904 | 3.0% | €3,539 |
| 1903 | 0.0% | €3,646 |
| 1902 | -2.9% | €3,646 |
| 1901 | 6.1% | €3,539 |
Highest and lowest inflation
The highest annual inflation since 1901 was 19.2% in 1918. The largest fall in prices was 13.4% in 1921. Prices last fell in 1987, by 0.5%.
About the figures
CBS's consumer price index, with CBS's long series back to 1900. The figures are annual averages of the consumer price index from CBS (Statistics Netherlands), and are updated automatically when new figures are published.
Amounts from before 2002 are in euro, converted from Dutch guilders at the fixed rate of €1 = 2.20371 Dutch guilders.
Source: CBS (Statistics Netherlands)
Inflation in other countries
| Country | Latest month | This year so far | Latest year | 10-year average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.6% (Sept 2026) | 3.1% | 3.5% (2025) | 3.3% | |
| 5.3% (Oct 2026) | 3.3% | 2.5% (2025) | 3.0% | |
| 2.2% (Sept 2026) | 1.5% | 1.9% (2025) | 1.9% | |
| 3.8% (Sept 2026) | 2.8% | 2.1% (2025) | 2.6% | |
| 3.4% (Oct 2026) | 2.0% | 0.9% (2025) | 1.9% | |
| 3.3% (Sept 2026) | 2.6% | 2.2% (2025) | 2.6% | |
| 4.1% (Sept 2026) | 3.4% | 2.2% (2025) | 2.2% | |
| 5.4% (Oct 2026) | 2.9% | 1.5% (2025) | 2.1% | |
| 3.4% (Sept 2026) | 3.2% | 3.0% (2025) | 3.3% | |
| 4.0% (Sept 2026) | 2.9% | 3.6% (2025) | 4.6% | |
| 4.9% (Sept 2026) | 3.4% | 2.7% (2025) | 2.4% | |
| 1.1% (Sept 2026) | 0.5% | 0.7% (2025) | 2.9% | |
| 3.4% (Sept 2026) | 3.0% | 3.4% (2025) | 3.3% | |
| 3.7% (Sept 2026) | 3.4% | 2.6% (2025) | 3.1% |