# Netherlands Labour cost index, business economy services (Index, 2020=100, SA)

Netherlands Labour cost index, business economy services (Index, 2020=100, SA) was 130.9 in Q1 2026, up 0.5% from Q4 2025 and up 3.7% from a year earlier.
That is the highest reading since the series began in Q1 2001.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 90.80 (Q2 2016) to 130.9 (Q1 2026), averaging 105.8.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `NL.LABORCOST.Q.SA.NACE-G-N`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: index
- Coverage: 2001-01-01 to 2026-01-01 (101 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/netherlands/labour-cost-index-business-economy-services-index-2020-100-sa

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q1 2026 | 130.9 |
| Q4 2025 | 130.2 |
| Q3 2025 | 128.6 |
| Q2 2025 | 128.0 |
| Q1 2025 | 126.2 |
| Q4 2024 | 123.8 |
| Q3 2024 | 121.4 |
| Q2 2024 | 119.9 |
| Q1 2024 | 118.7 |
| Q4 2023 | 117.7 |
| Q3 2023 | 115.3 |
| Q2 2023 | 113.9 |
| Q1 2023 | 112.9 |
| Q4 2022 | 110.1 |
| Q3 2022 | 108.4 |
| Q2 2022 | 107.3 |
| Q1 2022 | 105.6 |
| Q4 2021 | 103.8 |
| Q3 2021 | 106.8 |
| Q2 2021 | 100.2 |
| Q1 2021 | 98.90 |
| Q4 2020 | 98.70 |
| Q3 2020 | 103.3 |
| Q2 2020 | 93.20 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/NL.LABORCOST.Q.SA.NACE-G-N"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/NL.LABORCOST.Q.SA.NACE-G-N",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```