Netherlands — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Netherlands, 1960–2025.
Inflation for Netherlands was 3.20% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 10.22% in 1975. The lowest was -0.69% in 1987 (about -4.6× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.50% per year.
Netherlands ranks 93 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 50%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 3.75%, so Netherlands sits below it. It peaked in 1975 and has fallen 69% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 433%. Within Europe & Central Asia it ranks 30 of 49 economies; Norway (3.04%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was down 929% in 1987. That is 14% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1964. Doubling roughly every 140 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 29th of 63 in 1960 → 55th of 92 in 1970 → 97th of 106 in 1980 → 117th of 131 in 1990 → 108th of 163 in 2000 → 154th of 186 in 2010 → 105th of 178 in 2020 → 83rd of 169 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.2% | -0.1 pp |
| 2024 | 3.35% | -0.5 pp |
| 2023 | 3.84% | -6.2 pp |
| 2022 | 10% | +7.3 pp |
| 2021 | 2.68% | +1.4 pp |
| 2020 | 1.27% | -1.4 pp |
| 2019 | 2.63% | +0.9 pp |
| 2018 | 1.7% | +0.3 pp |
| 2017 | 1.38% | +1.1 pp |
| 2016 | 0.32% | -0.3 pp |
| 2015 | 0.6% | -0.4 pp |
| 2014 | 0.97% | -1.5 pp |
| 2013 | 2.51% | +0.1 pp |
| 2012 | 2.46% | +0.1 pp |
| 2011 | 2.34% | +1.1 pp |
| 2010 | 1.27% | +0.1 pp |
| 2009 | 1.19% | -1.3 pp |
| 2008 | 2.49% | +0.9 pp |
| 2007 | 1.61% | +0.5 pp |
| 2006 | 1.1% | -0.6 pp |
| 2005 | 1.69% | +0.4 pp |
| 2004 | 1.26% | -0.8 pp |
| 2003 | 2.09% | -1.2 pp |
| 2002 | 3.29% | -0.9 pp |
| 2001 | 4.16% | +1.8 pp |
| 2000 | 2.36% | +0.2 pp |
| 1999 | 2.16% | +0.2 pp |
| 1998 | 1.96% | -0.2 pp |
| 1997 | 2.11% | +0.2 pp |
| 1996 | 1.95% | +0.0 pp |
| 1995 | 1.92% | -0.9 pp |
| 1994 | 2.8% | +0.2 pp |
| 1993 | 2.58% | -0.6 pp |
| 1992 | 3.18% | +0.0 pp |
| 1991 | 3.16% | +0.7 pp |
| 1990 | 2.45% | +1.4 pp |
| 1989 | 1.08% | +0.3 pp |
| 1988 | 0.74% | +1.4 pp |
| 1987 | -0.69% | -0.8 pp |
| 1986 | 0.08% | -2.2 pp |
| 1985 | 2.26% | -1.0 pp |
| 1984 | 3.3% | +0.6 pp |
| 1983 | 2.74% | -3.2 pp |
| 1982 | 5.91% | -0.8 pp |
| 1981 | 6.74% | +0.2 pp |
| 1980 | 6.51% | +2.3 pp |
| 1979 | 4.2% | +0.1 pp |
| 1978 | 4.11% | -2.3 pp |
| 1977 | 6.4% | -2.4 pp |
| 1976 | 8.83% | -1.4 pp |
| 1975 | 10.22% | +0.6 pp |
| 1974 | 9.59% | +1.6 pp |
| 1973 | 8.02% | +0.2 pp |
| 1972 | 7.8% | +0.3 pp |
| 1971 | 7.48% | +3.8 pp |
| 1970 | 3.67% | -3.8 pp |
| 1969 | 7.42% | +3.7 pp |
| 1968 | 3.72% | +0.3 pp |
| 1967 | 3.46% | -2.3 pp |
| 1966 | 5.76% | +1.9 pp |
| 1965 | 3.91% | -1.9 pp |
| 1964 | 5.82% | +2.6 pp |
| 1963 | 3.24% | +0.8 pp |
| 1962 | 2.43% | +1.1 pp |
| 1961 | 1.31% | -1.0 pp |
| 1960 | 2.32% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Netherlands’s Inflation in 1961?
1.31% (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Netherlands’s Inflation growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +37.9% in total — about 0.5% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 3.2%; 2024: 3.35%; 2023: 3.84%; 2022: 10%; 2021: 2.68%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG — Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.