Consumer prices; inflation Europe 2005 = 100 (HICP), 1996 – 2015

Table explanation


In addition to the national consumer price index, Statistics Netherlands compiles the harmonised CPI of the Netherlands for the European Union (EU).

Data available from: January 1996 till December 2015

Changes as of 16 June 2016:
None, this table is stopped.

Status of the figures:
The figures in this table are final.

Changes as of 10 March 2016
Eurostat has changed figures for the Eurozone and the European Union (EU).

Changes as of 10 December 2015
New source material has led to an adjustment of the HICP for The Netherlands in October.

When will new figures be published?
Not applicable. This table is succeeded by Consumer prices; price index 2015=100. See paragraph 3.




Description topics

The Netherlands, HICP
Price development in relation to the harmonised index.
Eurozone, MUICP
The consumer price index of the monetary union (MUICP) shows the
average price development in the member states of the Economic and
Monetary Union, also called the Eurozone.
(source: Eurostat).
European Union, EICP
The EICP shows the average price development in the member states of
the European Union. From May 2005, the EICP that refers to the European
Union, includes the 13 new member states that recently joined.
(source: Eurostat).
Year-on-year change, HICP
Percentage change with respect to the same period in the previous year.
Year-on-year change, MUICP
Percentage change with respect to the same period in the previous year.
(source: Eurostat).
Year on-year change, EICP
Percentage change with respect to the same period in the previous year.
(source: Eurostat).