New dwellings; input price indices building costs 2000=100, from 1990
| Periods | Total building costs Price indices (2000=100) | Total building costs Changes compared to one year earlier (%) | Wages Price indices (2000=100) | Wages Changes compared to one year earlier (%) | Building materials Price indices (2000=100) | Building materials Changes compared to one year earlier (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | . | . | . | . | 82.5 | . |
| 1995 | 90.1 | . | 86.9 | . | 92.4 | 3.2 |
| 2000 | 100.0 | 3.6 | 100.0 | 2.5 | 100.0 | 4.6 |
| 2005 | 116.0 | 2.0 | 119.4 | 1.7 | 113.0 | 2.2 |
| 2010 | 130.9 | 0.6 | 133.8 | 1.9 | 128.4 | -0.2 |
| 2015 | 139.8 | 1.9 | 146.0 | 0.9 | 135.4 | 2.5 |
| 2020 | 157.2 | 2.2 | 165.7 | 4.1 | 152.1 | 0.4 |
| 2021 | 164.3 | 4.5 | 167.7 | 1.2 | 163.9 | 7.8 |
| 2022 | 179.1 | 9.1 | 172.6 | 2.9 | 188.2 | 14.8 |
| 2023 January | 187.0 | 8.6 | 176.7 | 3.2 | 199.7 | 13.6 |
| 2023 February | 187.5 | 8.4 | 176.7 | 3.2 | 200.8 | 13.1 |
| 2023 March | 188.9 | 7.3 | 179.3 | 4.7 | 200.9 | 9.7 |
| 2023 April | 189.5 | 5.9 | 179.5 | 4.4 | 202.1 | 7.3 |
| 2023 May | 189.7 | 5.4 | 179.5 | 4.4 | 202.4 | 6.4 |
| 2023 June | 189.6 | 5.8 | 179.5 | 4.4 | 202.2 | 7.1 |
| 2023 July | 190.0 | 5.2 | 181.7 | 5.5 | 200.9 | 4.9 |
| 2023 August | 189.5 | 4.8 | 181.7 | 5.5 | 199.8 | 4.2 |
| 2023 September | 189.5 | 4.1 | 181.7 | 4.2 | 199.9 | 3.9 |
| 2023 October | 189.4 | 3.7 | 181.7 | 4.2 | 199.7 | 3.2 |
| 2023 November | 189.2 | 3.8 | 181.7 | 4.2 | 199.2 | 3.3 |
| 2023 December | 189.3 | 3.9 | 181.7 | 4.2 | 199.5 | 3.6 |
| 2023 | 189.1 | 5.6 | 180.1 | 4.4 | 200.6 | 6.6 |
| 2024 January* | 192.3 | 2.9 | 186.8 | 5.7 | 200.4 | 0.3 |
| 2024 February* | 192.2 | 2.5 | 186.8 | 5.7 | 200.1 | -0.3 |
| 2024 March* | 192.4 | 1.9 | 187.1 | 4.3 | 200.2 | -0.4 |
| 2024 April* | 192.0 | 1.3 | 187.3 | 4.3 | 199.2 | -1.4 |
| 2024 May* | 191.5 | 1.0 | 187.3 | 4.3 | 198.3 | -2.0 |
| 2024 June* | 191.9 | 1.2 | 187.3 | 4.3 | 199.0 | -1.6 |
| 2024 July* | 197.4 | 3.9 | 197.5 | 8.8 | 199.7 | -0.6 |
| 2024 August* | 197.4 | 4.2 | 197.5 | 8.8 | 199.7 | -0.1 |
| 2024 September* | 197.1 | 4.0 | 197.7 | 8.8 | 199.0 | -0.4 |
| Source: CBS. | ||||||
Table explanation
The historical series 'New dwellings; input price indices of building costs 2000 = 100, from 1990' shows the development of the costs (wages and materials) involved in building new dwellings in the Netherlands, and has become available by linking series which were calculated separately in the past.
An input price index is based on price changes in several cost components involved in realising a product, in this case a new dwelling. Changes in other cost components such as building equipment (tools and machines), general costs, profits and risk are not included in the index. Other cost components, such as energy and transport, are also not taken into account as their influence on the final cost price is relatively modest. Land costs are also not included in the index.
From 1990 to December 1994 only figures of the materials are available.
From 1995 onwards this series also includes wage figures. Also from 1995, figures are also available on total building costs by weighted aggregetion of these two series.
Data available from:
- Materials: January 1990
- Wages: January 1995
- Total building costs: January 1995
Status of the figures:
The price index figures for wages and the total construction costs are final until 2023.
The figures for building materials are final until April 2024.
Changes as of October 30th, 2024:
Figures of September 2024 have been added.
Since this publication, a switch has been made to a different rounding strategy, whereby the changes are calculated on unrounded index figures and annual figures are calculated from rounded and published figures. With this switch there is more consistency with other statistics on Statline and statistics from Eurostat. As a result, mutations have changed across the entire series.
When will new figures be published?
New figures are published about 30 days after the month under review.
Description topics
- Total building costs
- These price indices are composed (weighted) of wages and material
components.- Price indices
- From 1995, input price indices of new dwellings are related to the prices of labour and building materials. The series is calculated on the basis of changes in labour prices in construction, and in costs of materials used in residential construction. Both components are weighted to one series: Input price indices for new dwellings.
Changes in the prices of building equipment, general costs, profits and risk are not included in the input price index.
- Changes compared to one year earlier
- Monthly changes are calculated compared with the same month in the previous year. Annual changes are calculated compared with the previous year.
- Wages
- The wages index is based on changes in labour prices in construction, specifically construction of dwellings and commercial and industrial buildings.
- Price indices
- The wages component shows the development of labour prices in
construction, specifically construction of dwellings and commercial and industrial buildings.
From 1995 to 2004, updated labour costs in the construction sector are used for this. If recent data were not available, the wage per working hour as laid down in the collective agreement was used.
From 2004 onwards, the wage index is based on the statistics of
contractual wage costs (Contractuele Loonkosten, or CLK) in building construction. The definitions used by the CLK are very suitable for input price indices. For instance, employer contributions are included in the calculations, and changes in quality, such as changes in structure of employees, do not affect this.
- Changes compared to one year earlier
- Monthly changes are calculated compared with the same month in the previous year. Annual changes are calculated compared with the previous year.
- Building materials
- The material index shows the development of the costs of building
materials used in an avarage dwelling.- Price indices
- The material component shows changes in prices of the most significant materials used in residential building.
Until September 1998 the indices were based on the average material consumption of three types of dwelling, namely: apartments, detached houses and terraced houses.
From October 1998, the figures are based on eight different housing
projects where costs and quantities of required materials were available.
Each project represents one of the four different housing types:
owner-occupied and rented apartments, and owner-occupied and rented one-family houses.
- Changes compared to one year earlier
- Monthly changes are calculated compared with the same month in the previous year. Annual changes are calculated compared with the previous year.