Official data · Eurostat HICP

What is getting more expensive?

Price changes over the past year in Netherlands, September 2026, across 95 categories of household spending.

Country

All items

+3.0%

over a year

Food, alcohol & tobacco

−1.2%

over a year

Energy

+14.0%

over a year

Services

+3.8%

over a year

Goods excl. energy & food

+1.5%

over a year

Rising fastest

Items with the largest price increases, Netherlands
Item	Change over a year	Weight
Fuels and lubricants for personal transport equipment	+27.3%	3.0%
Jewellery and watches	+19.2%	0.3%
Mobile telephone equipment	+14.0%	0.5%
Passenger transport by air	+13.6%	1.4%
Information processing equipment	+10.9%	0.7%
Books	+9.3%	0.2%
Other transport of goods	+8.9%	0.3%
Gas	+7.4%	2.1%
Insurance connected with dwellings	+7.4%	0.4%
Accommodation services	+7.3%	2.8%

Rising slowest or falling

Items with the smallest price increases or falls, Netherlands
Item	Change over a year	Weight
Oils and fats	−11.9%	0.3%
Electric appliances for personal care	−11.3%	0.1%
Software, excluding games	−6.8%	0.2%
Soft drinks	−6.5%	0.3%
Mobile communication services	−4.7%	0.9%
Motorized tools and equipment	−3.6%	0.2%
Coffee and coffee substitutes	−3.3%	0.5%
Milk, other dairy products and eggs	−3.0%	1.6%
Outpatient dental services	−3.0%	1.1%
Furniture, furnishings and loose carpets	−2.9%	3.0%

Source: Eurostat HICP, annual rate of change by ECOICOP class (prc_hicp_minr) and item weights for 2026 (prc_hicp_iw). Weight = share of the average household's spending. Categories under 0.1% of spending are left out so that tiny items with volatile prices do not crowd the lists. Red: prices up; blue: prices down.