Dutch Inflation by Year since 1900

How much did prices in the Netherlands rise in each year since 1900? Inflation by year and by decade, and the inflation of now, from the figures of CBS.

Inflation in 2025

3.3%

In 2025, prices rose 3.3% compared with 2024.

Inflation at a glance
Inflation now, August 2026 (provisional) The consumer price index of that month against the same month a year earlier. This is how CBS, the Dutch statistics office, measures the inflation of a month.	3.3%
Prices now compared with 2025	1.04 times as high
Highest inflation since 1901	19.2% in 1918
Lowest inflation since 1901	-13.4% in 1921

Below the zero line, prices fell that year.

Average inflation per year, by decade
Period	Average per year
1901–1909	1.0%
1910–1919	6.5%
1920–1929	-2.4%
1930–1939	-1.8%
1940–1949	7.9%
1950–1959	3.5%
1960–1969	4.1%
1970–1979	7.1%
1980–1989	2.9%
1990–1999	2.5%
2000–2009	2.2%
2010–2019	1.6%
2020–2025	4.0%

Inflation by year
Year	Inflation	Price index (1900 = 100) The consumer price index of Statistics Netherlands (CBS), with 1900 = 100. Before 1996 it is an approximation that CBS linked from older series.
2025	3.3%	3,755.3
2024	3.3%	3,636.7
2023	3.8%	3,518.9
2022	10.0%	3,388.9
2021	2.7%	3,080.8
2020	1.3%	3,000.4
2019	2.6%	2,962.7
2018	1.7%	2,886.8
2017	1.4%	2,838.2
2016	0.3%	2,799.7
2015	0.6%	2,790.8
2014	1.0%	2,772.8
2013	2.5%	2,746.0
2012	2.5%	2,678.8
2011	2.3%	2,614.6
2010	1.3%	2,554.8
2009	1.2%	2,522.7
2008	2.5%	2,493.0
2007	1.6%	2,432.4
2006	1.1%	2,393.9
2005	1.7%	2,366.7
2004	1.2%	2,326.9
2003	2.1%	2,299.7
2002	3.4%	2,251.6
2001	4.6%	2,178.5
2000	2.5%	2,082.9
1999	2.2%	2,032.2
1998	1.9%	1,989.1
1997	2.2%	1,951.6
1996	2.1%	1,910.4

1995 and earlier

Year	Inflation	Price index (1900 = 100)
1995	1.8%	1,871.0
1994	2.8%	1,838.2
1993	2.1%	1,788.9
1992	3.7%	1,752.8
1991	3.9%	1,690.1
1990	2.5%	1,627.3
1989	1.1%	1,588.1
1988	0.7%	1,570.8
1987	-0.5%	1,559.8
1986	0.2%	1,567.5
1985	2.2%	1,564.9
1984	3.3%	1,530.5
1983	2.8%	1,482.0
1982	6.0%	1,441.2
1981	6.7%	1,360.2
1980	6.5%	1,274.5
1979	4.2%	1,196.4
1978	4.1%	1,147.8
1977	6.7%	1,103.1
1976	8.8%	1,033.9
1975	10.2%	950.2
1974	9.6%	862.3
1973	8.0%	786.5
1972	7.8%	728.3
1971	7.5%	675.5
1970	4.4%	628.1
1969	7.4%	601.5
1968	3.7%	559.8
1967	3.1%	539.9
1966	5.8%	523.5
1965	5.2%	494.9
1964	5.5%	470.3
1963	3.8%	445.8
1962	1.9%	429.4
1961	1.7%	421.3
1960	2.5%	414.4
1959	0.8%	404.1
1958	1.7%	400.7
1957	6.5%	393.9
1956	1.9%	369.9
1955	1.9%	363.0
1954	4.0%	356.2
1953	0.0%	342.5
1952	0.0%	342.5
1951	9.6%	342.5
1950	9.1%	312.4
1949	6.3%	286.3
1948	3.5%	269.3
1947	3.6%	260.1
1946	9.1%	251.0
1945	15.1%	230.1
1944	2.7%	200.0
1943	3.5%	194.8
1942	7.4%	188.2
1941	14.6%	175.2
1940	14.7%	152.9
1939	1.1%	133.3
1938	2.3%	131.8
1937	2.4%	128.8
1936	-2.3%	125.8
1935	-3.4%	128.8
1934	0.0%	133.3
1933	-1.1%	133.3
1932	-7.4%	134.8
1931	-5.8%	145.5
1930	-3.8%	154.5
1929	-0.9%	160.6
1928	0.9%	162.1
1927	0.0%	160.6
1926	-3.7%	160.6
1925	-0.9%	166.7
1924	0.9%	168.2
1923	-4.3%	166.7
1922	-10.9%	174.2
1921	-13.4%	195.5
1920	10.4%	225.8
1919	8.8%	204.5
1918	19.2%	187.9
1917	6.1%	157.6
1916	11.4%	148.5
1915	14.2%	133.3
1914	0.0%	116.7
1913	1.3%	116.7
1912	1.4%	115.2
1911	1.3%	113.6
1910	2.7%	112.1
1909	-1.4%	109.1
1908	2.8%	110.6
1907	1.4%	107.6
1906	0.0%	106.1
1905	0.0%	106.1
1904	3.0%	106.1
1903	0.0%	103.0
1902	-2.9%	103.0
1901	6.1%	106.1

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Bron: CBS · price level of August 2026

Please note: The calculation uses the consumer price index (CPI) of Statistics Netherlands (CBS): how the prices of what Dutch households buy changed on average. For a single product it can be different. Before 1996 the series is an approximation that CBS linked from older series.

How it works

How much more expensive did things get in a given year in the Netherlands? This page shows the inflation of every year since 1900, the average by decade and the inflation of now. Choose a year to see it at the top.

Inflation is the rise of the general price level. We measure it with the consumer price index (CPI) of CBS, the Dutch statistics office: the price of what households buy on average. The inflation of a year is the change of the yearly index against the year before.

For the years from 1900 we use the series with 1900 = 100. CBS built it from older series; before 1996 it is an approximation. The inflation of now is the index of the newest month against the same month a year earlier. The average per decade is the yearly average over those years, compounded.

Frequently asked questions

Why does the inflation sometimes differ by a tenth from what CBS reports?

We work out inflation from the index figures, which CBS publishes with one or two decimals. CBS uses more decimals. The difference is a few hundredths of a percentage point at most, and through rounding sometimes a tenth.

When is the new year added?

CBS publishes the figures for a year early in the next year. The year then appears here by itself. The inflation of now follows every month.

About the data

Dutch consumer price index

How much more everything we buy costs on average, per month. We use it to convert prices of then into today's money.

Price index per month: through August 2026 (provisional)
data.datasets.consumer-prices.tables.cpi_year_1900: through 2025
Fetched by us: 9 October 2026, every day
Made by: CBS
Licence: CC BY 4.0

For the time before December 2009 we convert the older CBS series to the same base (2025=100). View the source. (opens in a new tab)

Sources and checks

Sources

Consumentenprijzen; prijsindex 1900=100 | CBS (opens in a new tab)cbs.nl · accessed 10 October 2026
Consumentenprijzen; CPI 2025=100, index en mutaties | CBS (opens in a new tab)cbs.nl · accessed 10 October 2026

Last reviewed: 10 October 2026 · How we build and check our calculators