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NUTS 3 areas of Germany by GDP per capita (euros), 2023

Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt had the highest GDP per capita (euros) of 400 areas in 2023, at €185,100. Südwestpfalz had the lowest, at €20,800. The median was €42,000 and the figure for Germany was €51,090. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest185,100Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt
Lowest20,800Südwestpfalz
Median42,000400 areas
Germany51,090History

Top 40 areas, 2023

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Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie StadtWolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt: 185,100 EUR185,100Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie StadtIngolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt: 164,200 EUR164,200München, LandkreisMünchen, Landkreis: 149,200 EUR149,200Coburg, Kreisfreie StadtCoburg, Kreisfreie Stadt: 122,400 EUR122,400Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Sta…Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt: 120,900 EUR120,900Erlangen, Kreisfreie StadtErlangen, Kreisfreie Stadt: 118,700 EUR118,700Stuttgart, StadtkreisStuttgart, Stadtkreis: 118,100 EUR118,100Schweinfurt, Kreisfreie StadtSchweinfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt: 115,000 EUR115,000Regensburg, Kreisfreie StadtRegensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt: 109,700 EUR109,700Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie StadtDüsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt: 104,100 EUR104,100München, Kreisfreie StadtMünchen, Kreisfreie Stadt: 100,900 EUR100,900Ulm, StadtkreisUlm, Stadtkreis: 100,800 EUR100,800Darmstadt, Kreisfreie StadtDarmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt: 94,200 EUR94,200Koblenz, Kreisfreie StadtKoblenz, Kreisfreie Stadt: 90,400 EUR90,400Bonn, Kreisfreie StadtBonn, Kreisfreie Stadt: 88,500 EUR88,500Mainz, Kreisfreie StadtMainz, Kreisfreie Stadt: 88,400 EUR88,400BöblingenBöblingen: 86,900 EUR86,900Braunschweig, Kreisfreie StadtBraunschweig, Kreisfreie Stadt: 85,500 EUR85,500Aschaffenburg, Kreisfreie StadtAschaffenburg, Kreisfreie Stadt: 85,200 EUR85,200HamburgHamburg: 84,200 EUR84,200Karlsruhe, StadtkreisKarlsruhe, Stadtkreis: 83,300 EUR83,300Emden, Kreisfreie StadtEmden, Kreisfreie Stadt: 82,700 EUR82,700Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie…Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt: 80,500 EUR80,500Passau, Kreisfreie StadtPassau, Kreisfreie Stadt: 80,400 EUR80,400Mannheim, StadtkreisMannheim, Stadtkreis: 80,200 EUR80,200Bayreuth, Kreisfreie StadtBayreuth, Kreisfreie Stadt: 79,200 EUR79,200Amberg, Kreisfreie StadtAmberg, Kreisfreie Stadt: 78,800 EUR78,800Köln, Kreisfreie StadtKöln, Kreisfreie Stadt: 78,500 EUR78,500Bamberg, Kreisfreie StadtBamberg, Kreisfreie Stadt: 78,300 EUR78,300Ansbach, Kreisfreie StadtAnsbach, Kreisfreie Stadt: 77,900 EUR77,900Heilbronn, LandkreisHeilbronn, Landkreis: 77,400 EUR77,400Würzburg, Kreisfreie StadtWürzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt: 76,600 EUR76,600Dingolfing-LandauDingolfing-Landau: 75,300 EUR75,300Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie StadtWiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt: 73,700 EUR73,700Nürnberg, Kreisfreie StadtNürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt: 73,600 EUR73,600HochtaunuskreisHochtaunuskreis: 72,800 EUR72,800Landshut, Kreisfreie StadtLandshut, Kreisfreie Stadt: 72,800 EUR72,800Main-Taunus-KreisMain-Taunus-Kreis: 72,800 EUR72,800Memmingen, Kreisfreie StadtMemmingen, Kreisfreie Stadt: 72,500 EUR72,500Münster, Kreisfreie StadtMünster, Kreisfreie Stadt: 71,200 EUR71,200
EUR. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

Full ranking

RankAreas2023
EUR		Change on 2022
1Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional185,100+28.6%
2Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional164,200+17.6%
3München, Landkreis Provisional149,200+11.2%
4Coburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional122,400+7.7%
5Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional120,900+8.4%
6Erlangen, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional118,700+5.1%
7Stuttgart, Stadtkreis Provisional118,100+8.2%
8Schweinfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional115,000+6.2%
9Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional109,700+6.2%
10Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional104,100+7.1%
11München, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional100,900+5.1%
12Ulm, Stadtkreis Provisional100,800+6.4%
13Darmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional94,200+3.1%
14Koblenz, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional90,400+9%
15Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional88,500+4.7%
16Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional88,400-26.3%
17Böblingen Provisional86,900+5.5%
18Braunschweig, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional85,500+8.5%
19Aschaffenburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional85,200+6.8%
20Hamburg Provisional84,200-3.2%
21Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis Provisional83,300+3%
22Emden, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional82,700+13%
23Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional80,500+17.3%
24Passau, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional80,400+1.4%
25Mannheim, Stadtkreis Provisional80,200+6.1%
26Bayreuth, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional79,200+7.8%
27Amberg, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional78,800+10.7%
28Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional78,500+4.8%
29Bamberg, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional78,300+3%
30Ansbach, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional77,900+10%
31Heilbronn, Landkreis Provisional77,400+4.9%
32Würzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional76,600+1.1%
33Dingolfing-Landau Provisional75,300+10.2%
34Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional73,700+1.5%
35Nürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional73,600+7%
36Hochtaunuskreis Provisional72,800+3.6%
36Landshut, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional72,800+2.8%
36Main-Taunus-Kreis Provisional72,800+9.8%
39Memmingen, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional72,500+4.9%
40Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional71,200+4.7%
41Heidelberg, Stadtkreis Provisional70,800+6.3%
42Baden-Baden, Stadtkreis Provisional70,600-5.6%
43Weiden i. d. Opf, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional69,000+3.9%
44Straubing, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional68,400+7%
45Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional67,400+5%
45Kempten (Allgäu), Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional67,400+3.1%
47Heilbronn, Stadtkreis Provisional67,200+3.1%
48Speyer, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional66,300+1.4%
49Hohenlohekreis Provisional65,500+9.3%
50Zweibrücken, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional65,200+4.5%
51Biberach Provisional63,100+5.5%
52Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis Provisional63,000+4.3%
53Osnabrück, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional61,800+3.7%
54Rosenheim, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional61,600+1.7%
55Altötting Provisional61,300-9.3%
56Bodenseekreis Provisional61,100+7.8%
56Bremen, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional61,100+1%
58Freising Provisional61,000+6.3%
59Kaiserslautern, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional60,200+6.5%
60Ludwigsburg Provisional59,600+7.8%
61Donau-Ries Provisional59,500+4.9%
62Gütersloh Provisional59,200+8.8%
63Tuttlingen Provisional59,100+10.1%
64Vechta Provisional59,000+5%
65Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional58,400+7%
66Jena, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional58,200+9.2%
67Lübeck, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional57,900-12.9%
68Region Hannover Provisional57,800+7.4%
69Trier, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional57,000+7.1%
70Schwäbisch Hall Provisional56,900+7.4%
71Oldenburg (Oldenburg), Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional56,700+7.4%
72Neumünster, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional56,400+5.6%
72Ostalbkreis Provisional56,400+7%
74Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional56,100+3.5%
75Salzgitter, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional56,000+3.1%
76Groß-Gerau Provisional55,800+9%
76Olpe Provisional55,800+14.6%
78Mettmann Provisional55,600+3.3%
79Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional55,000+6.2%
80Berlin Provisional54,700+5.8%
80Landau in der Pfalz, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional54,700+3.8%
80Traunstein Provisional54,700+6.6%
83Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional54,600+4.8%
84Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional54,500+4.2%
85Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm Provisional54,400+1.3%
86Emsland Provisional54,300-6.9%
87Starnberg Provisional54,200+2.1%
88Esslingen Provisional53,000+4.1%
89Deggendorf Provisional52,900+4.3%
90Hof, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional52,700+3.9%
91Ravensburg Provisional52,600+2.3%
92Rottweil Provisional52,300+7.6%
93Tirschenreuth Provisional52,200+5%
94Potsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional52,000+4.6%
95Regionalverband Saarbrücken Provisional51,600+6.4%
96Flensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional51,400+8%
96Günzburg Provisional51,400+6.6%
98Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional51,300+5.6%
98Rhön-Grabfeld Provisional51,300+7.1%
98Spree-Neiße Provisional51,300+16.3%
101Rastatt Provisional50,800+3.5%
102Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional50,600+7.2%
102Rostock, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional50,600+4.5%
102Unterallgäu Provisional50,600+8.6%
105Schwerin, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional50,500+5.9%
106Miesbach Provisional50,300+9.6%
107Reutlingen Provisional50,100+5.7%
108Mainz-Bingen Provisional49,900+3.3%
109Cham Provisional49,800+1%
110Main-Tauber-Kreis Provisional49,600+6%
111Erfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional49,500+7.1%
112Dortmund, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional49,300+6%
112Weilheim-Schongau Provisional49,300+6.5%
114Marburg-Biedenkopf Provisional49,100+11.1%
115Wilhelmshaven, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional48,800+2.1%
116Kitzingen Provisional48,500+13.3%
117Offenbach, Landkreis Provisional48,400+5.7%
117Pforzheim, Stadtkreis Provisional48,400-1.6%
119Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional48,200+6.6%
120Krefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional48,100+5.5%
121Dahme-Spreewald Provisional47,800+13.5%
121Ortenaukreis Provisional47,800+2.4%
123Neumarkt i. d. OPf. Provisional47,700+4.1%
124Fulda Provisional47,600+3%
124Landshut, Landkreis Provisional47,600+3.5%
124Ostallgäu Provisional47,600+8.2%
124Waldeck-Frankenberg Provisional47,600+1.1%
128Lindau (Bodensee) Provisional47,400+8.5%
128Pirmasens, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional47,400+7.5%
128Saarpfalz-Kreis Provisional47,400+0.6%
131Fürth, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional47,300+9.2%
132Borken Provisional47,200+8.3%
133Cloppenburg Provisional47,100+12.1%
134Rhein-Kreis Neuss Provisional47,000+3.3%
135Cottbus, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional46,900+6.8%
135Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis Provisional46,900+4.5%
137Schwandorf Provisional46,700+9.9%
138Main-Spessart Provisional46,500+7.9%
139Freudenstadt Provisional46,400+4.5%
139Mülheim an der Ruhr, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional46,400+10.7%
139Wunsiedel i. Fichtelgebirge Provisional46,400+8.2%
142Frankfurt (Oder), Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional46,300+5.5%
142Minden-Lübbecke Provisional46,300+0.7%
144Rhein-Neckar-Kreis Provisional46,200+4.3%
145Nordfriesland Provisional46,100+3.6%
146Kulmbach Provisional46,000+10.8%
146Siegen-Wittgenstein Provisional46,000+2.9%
148Frankenthal (Pfalz), Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional45,800+7.5%
149Dithmarschen Provisional45,700-0.7%
150Gießen, Landkreis Provisional45,600+6.3%
150Hof, Landkreis Provisional45,600+4.6%
152Sigmaringen Provisional45,300+5.1%
153Landsberg am Lech Provisional45,200+4.6%
153Schwabach, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional45,200+8.4%
155Aschaffenburg, Landkreis Provisional45,100+9.2%
156Kaufbeuren, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional45,000+5.1%
157Hochsauerlandkreis Provisional44,900+3%
157Miltenberg Provisional44,900+11.1%
157Paderborn Provisional44,900+6.9%
157Städteregion Aachen Provisional44,900+6.1%
161Bochum, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional44,800-0.4%
161Soest Provisional44,800+5.4%
163Rottal-Inn Provisional44,700+5.9%
164Erlangen-Höchstadt Provisional44,500+1.4%
165Eichstätt Provisional44,400-0.4%
166Chemnitz, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional44,200+5.2%
166Hersfeld-Rotenburg Provisional44,200+3.3%
166Worms, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional44,200-0.9%
169Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis Provisional44,100+6.5%
170Germersheim Provisional44,000-5.4%
170Heidenheim Provisional44,000+7.1%
172Saalekreis Provisional43,800+0.7%
173Ebersberg Provisional43,700+5%
173Neuburg-Schrobenhausen Provisional43,700+3.3%
175Dillingen a.d. Donau Provisional43,600+5.6%
176Berchtesgadener Land Provisional43,500+3.8%
176Westerwaldkreis Provisional43,500+6.4%
178Göttingen Provisional43,400+5.3%
179Teltow-Fläming Provisional43,300+2.1%
180Lahn-Dill-Kreis Provisional43,100+6.9%
180Tübingen, Landkreis Provisional43,100+3.9%
180Wesermarsch Provisional43,100+6.2%
183Remscheid, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional43,000+7.8%
184Karlsruhe, Landkreis Provisional42,900+6.5%
184Neu-Ulm Provisional42,900+6.2%
184Oberallgäu Provisional42,900+7.2%
184Rotenburg (Wümme) Provisional42,900+4.4%
188Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional42,800+12.3%
188Konstanz Provisional42,800+7%
188Oberbergischer Kreis Provisional42,800+3.4%
191Magdeburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional42,700+8.9%
192Rhein-Erft-Kreis Provisional42,500+1.7%
192Stormarn Provisional42,500+1.7%
194Heidekreis Provisional42,400+0.5%
194Mühldorf a. Inn Provisional42,400+6.5%
194Zollernalbkreis Provisional42,400+3.7%
197Holzminden Provisional42,300+6%
197Rosenheim, Landkreis Provisional42,300+3.7%
199Kronach Provisional42,000+9.4%
199Märkischer Kreis Provisional42,000+5.5%
199Regen Provisional42,000+4.5%
202Grafschaft Bentheim Provisional41,700+5.3%
202Neustadt a. d. Waldnaab Provisional41,700+8.6%
202Vulkaneifel Provisional41,700+7.8%
205Kelheim Provisional41,600+2.7%
206Ammerland Provisional41,500+5.6%
206Oder-Spree Provisional41,500+4.8%
208Bad Kissingen Provisional41,200+7.3%
209Lichtenfels Provisional41,100+2.8%
209Steinfurt Provisional41,100+4.8%
211Mönchengladbach, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional41,000+5.4%
212Wuppertal, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional40,600+1.8%
213Freyung-Grafenau Provisional40,500+8.6%
213Neuwied Provisional40,500+6%
213Rems-Murr-Kreis Provisional40,500+3.1%
216Emmendingen Provisional40,400+6%
217Cochem-Zell Provisional40,300+2.5%
217Duisburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional40,300-4.3%
217Halle (Saale), Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional40,300+5.8%
217Main-Kinzig-Kreis Provisional40,300-2.9%
221Forchheim Provisional40,100+4.7%
221Osnabrück, Landkreis Provisional40,100+5.5%
223Bernkastel-Wittlich Provisional40,000+7.5%
223Brandenburg an der Havel, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional40,000+9.3%
223Celle Provisional40,000+2.3%
223Garmisch-Partenkirchen Provisional40,000+9%
227Herford Provisional39,900+3.4%
228Segeberg Provisional39,700+3.4%
229Haßberge Provisional39,600+9.4%
229Nürnberger Land Provisional39,600+2.9%
229Warendorf Provisional39,600+8.5%
229Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen Provisional39,600+7.6%
233Hagen, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional39,500-1.3%
233Schwalm-Eder-Kreis Provisional39,500+0.3%
235Erding Provisional39,400+5.6%
236Kassel, Landkreis Provisional39,300+11%
236Zwickau Provisional39,300+11.6%
238Diepholz Provisional39,200+7.1%
238Hameln-Pyrmont Provisional39,200+6.2%
240Alb-Donau-Kreis Provisional39,100+6.8%
240Roth Provisional39,100+6.8%
242Passau, Landkreis Provisional38,800+5.1%
242Uckermark Provisional38,800-8.7%
244Anhalt-Bitterfeld Provisional38,700-4%
244Dessau-Roßlau, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional38,700+5.4%
244Lörrach Provisional38,700+2.9%
244Neustadt a. d. Aisch-Bad Windsheim Provisional38,700+5.7%
244Verden Provisional38,700+1.8%
249Gelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional38,600+0.8%
249Stade Provisional38,6000%

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GDP at current market prices divided by population, EUR per inhabitant.

In euros, for Spain and the EU. For the United States, its states and counties, and for other countries and the World, in US dollars use gdp_per_capita_usd.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the areas are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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Eurostat. GDP at current market prices by NUTS 3 region, EUR per inhabitant (nama_10r_3gdp). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/nama_10r_3gdp/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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Which area has the highest GDP per capita (euros)?

Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt, with €185,100 in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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Südwestpfalz, with €20,800 in 2023.

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