Netherlands inflation climbed to 3.3 percent in September

Inflation in the Netherlands rose to 3.3 percent year-on-year in September, up from 2.8 percent in August, Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reported in a first estimate.

This is the highest inflation since May, when prices for daily life also reached 3.3 percent. Inflation reached its lowest level of the year in August and its highest level of 2025 in April at 4.1 percent.

The increased inflation is mainly due to higher energy and fuel prices in September than a year earlier. This represented a 4 percent increase. In August, the year-on-year increase was less substantial at 1.6 percent.

Based on the harmonized European measurement method, inflation in September was 3 percent, compared to 2.4 percent in August. The European calculation method is slightly different from CBS’s. The method for measuring inflation agreed upon within the European Union does not include the costs of owning a home.

Later this morning, the European statistics office, Eurostat, will release preliminary figures on consumer prices in the eurozone. Economists’ average forecast for inflation in the eurozone is 2.2 percent, compared to 2 percent in August.