Netherlands Consumer Confidence

Last Release

Apr 30, 2025

Actual

-37

Units In

Points

-34

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

May 20, 2025

Time to Release

27 Days 10 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
36 Jan 2000	-59 Sep 2022	-3.24 Points	1986-2025	Statistics Netherlands

In the Netherlands, the Consumer Confidence survey is made by phone and covers 1,000 households. The questions cover the consumer’s assessments on national economy and own financial situation for the past 12 months and expectations for the coming 12 months. The index is then calculated as a difference between the percentage of participants that are optimistic and the share that is pessimistic. Therefore, the index takes a value between -100 (all respondents assess their situation as poor and expect it to become worse) and 100 (all participants are satisfied with the current situation and expect it to improve); 0 indicates neutrality.

Latest Updates

The consumer confidence indicator in the Netherlands declined to -37 in April 2025, down from -34 in the previous month, remaining well below its twenty-year average of -10. This marked the lowest reading since October 2023, as consumers became more pessimistic about the general economic outlook—both for the past 12 months (-64 vs -59) and the next 12 months (-59 vs -55). Views on household finances also deteriorated for both the past 12 months (-18 vs -16) and the year ahead (-8 vs -6). At the same time, both the economic climate sub-index (-61 vs -57) and consumer willingness to spend (-20 vs -18) weakened. Meanwhile, perceptions regarding the timing for major purchases remained unchanged at -34.