🇳🇱Netherlands inflation rate

Netherlands joined the euro at its launch in 1999. Harmonised inflation (HICP) — the EU-wide measure the European Central Bank targets at 2% — stands at 3.4% as of May 2026. That is 1.4 percentage points above the ECB's 2% target, and 0.2 points above the euro-area average of 3.2%.

The breakdown shows core (excluding energy and food) at 3.4%, energy at 9.8%, food at 0.4% and services at 5.2%. The strongest pressure is in energy (9.8%), while food is the softest (0.4%).

Month on month the headline rose from 2.5% to 3.4%, extending the climb.