{
  "query": {
    "country": "NL",
    "fuel": "diesel"
  },
  "status": "ok",
  "price": {
    "currency": "EUR",
    "unit": "per litre",
    "value": 2.456,
    "measure": "average",
    "median": null,
    "typical_low": null,
    "typical_high": null,
    "min": null,
    "max": null
  },
  "sample_size": null,
  "period": {
    "from": "2026-10-19",
    "to": "2026-10-19"
  },
  "confidence": "high",
  "price_type": "official_statistic",
  "statistic": {
    "measure": "average",
    "reference_period": "2026-10-19",
    "note": "A national daily average for 19 October 2026, not the price at a station: CBS publishes days up to the Monday of the previous week, so the figure is a few days behind."
  },
  "as_of": "2026-10-23T12:10:59.373Z",
  "source": {
    "id": "nl-cbs-fuel",
    "name": "Pompprijzen motorbrandstoffen; brandstofsoort, per dag (CBS StatLine table 80416NED)",
    "publisher": "Statistics Netherlands (Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, CBS)",
    "licence": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). CBS states: \"Unless otherwise stated, the content of this website is subject to Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) ... re-use ... is permitted, provided Statistics Netherlands is cited as the source.\" Re-use must not suggest that CBS endorses ProofPrice.",
    "licence_url": "https://www.cbs.nl/en-gb/about-us/website/copyright",
    "attribution": "Source: Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Pompprijzen motorbrandstoffen 80416ned (https://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/cijfers/detail/80416ned), licensed CC BY 4.0. Changes made by ProofPrice: the newest daily averages are passed on with the change on the previous week and on a year earlier calculated from the same table. CBS does not endorse ProofPrice.",
    "url": "https://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/cijfers/detail/80416ned"
  },
  "method": "Netherlands (fuel): Statistics Netherlands (CBS) publishes, for every day, the national average pump price per litre of Euro95 petrol, diesel and LPG, weighted over almost all filling stations, with VAT and excise included (table 80416NED). We read the newest days from the CBS StatLine OData API and pass on the published average for the newest day, with the change on the previous week and on the same weekday a year earlier. It is a national average with no count of stations, not a station price and not a live price.",
  "method_url": "https://proofprice.com/method",
  "summary": "The national average pump price of diesel in the Netherlands was €2.456 per litre on 19 October 2026. That is 45.7% higher than a year earlier (€1.686). This is a national daily average published a few days late, not a live pump price. Official average published by Statistics Netherlands (Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, CBS) for 2026-10-19.",
  "notice": "Information, not a valuation or offer. Ranges describe past recorded prices.",
  "extra": {
    "country_name": "Netherlands",
    "fuel": {
      "requested": "diesel",
      "label": "diesel",
      "cbs_column": "Diesel_2"
    },
    "reference_date": "2026-10-19",
    "change_on_previous_week": {
      "reference_date": "2026-10-12",
      "value": 2.482,
      "change_percent": -1
    },
    "change_on_year_earlier": {
      "reference_date": "2025-10-20",
      "value": 1.686,
      "change_percent": 45.7
    },
    "other_fuels_same_day": [
      {
        "fuel": "petrol95",
        "label": "Euro95 petrol",
        "value": 2.391
      },
      {
        "fuel": "lpg",
        "label": "LPG",
        "value": 0.984
      }
    ],
    "what_this_is": "Weighted national average pump price per litre for the day, published by Statistics Netherlands. Not a station price and not a live price.",
    "dataset": {
      "name": "Pompprijzen motorbrandstoffen; brandstofsoort, per dag (CBS StatLine table 80416NED)",
      "table": "80416NED",
      "url": "https://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/cijfers/detail/80416ned"
    },
    "attribution_notice": "Source: Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Pompprijzen motorbrandstoffen 80416ned"
  },
  "answer_id": "ans_74aeb80aa062c98e960c",
  "method_version": "1",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-10-23T12:10:59.373Z",
  "evidence": {
    "type": "official_statistic",
    "label": "Official published average",
    "meaning": "One average or median that a statistics office or regulator publishes for a reference period: it describes a group, not a distribution, and says nothing about any single price."
  },
  "reliability": "official_median_no_count",
  "data_as_of": "2026-10-19",
  "data_age_days": 4,
  "suggestions": [
    "This is one published figure (an average, median, index or listed price) with no record count: use it as a reference point, not as a range of what individuals paid.",
    "For a decision on a specific job or purchase, ask for an itemised quote."
  ]
}