New dwellings; input price indices building costs 2000=100, from 1990
| Periods | Total building costs Changes compared to one year earlier (%) | Wages Changes compared to one year earlier (%) | Building materials Changes compared to one year earlier (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 November | 3.8 | 8.8 | -0.2 |
| 2024 December | 3.8 | 8.8 | -0.3 |
| 2025 January* | 2.7 | 5.9 | 0.0 |
| 2025 February* | 3.1 | 6.1 | 0.5 |
| 2025 March* | 3.7 | 7.4 | 0.5 |
| 2025 April* | 4.2 | 7.3 | 1.7 |
| 2025 May* | 5.3 | 9.0 | 2.1 |
| 2025 June* | 5.2 | 9.0 | 2.0 |
| 2025 July* | 2.7 | 3.9 | 1.6 |
| 2025 August* | 2.7 | 3.9 | 1.6 |
| 2025 September* | 2.8 | 3.8 | 2.0 |
| 2025 October* | 3.9 | 5.3 | 2.6 |
| 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 2024.
The figures for building materials are final until May 2025.
Changes as of November 28th, 2025:
Figures of October 2025 have been added. Due to an improvement in the calculation method, some index figures are revised by a maximum of 0.4 index point. The improvement relates to the aggregation of sub series.
Changes as of November 29th, 2024:
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.- 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.
- 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.- 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.