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

Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt had the highest GDP per capita (euros) of 400 areas in 2012, at €126,700. Südwestpfalz had the lowest, at €14,200. The median was €29,000 and the figure for Germany was €34,840. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest126,700Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt
Lowest14,200Südwestpfalz
Median29,000400 areas
Germany34,840History

Top 40 areas, 2012

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Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie StadtWolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt: 126,700 EUR126,700Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie StadtIngolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt: 108,800 EUR108,800München, LandkreisMünchen, Landkreis: 96,600 EUR96,600Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Sta…Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt: 92,500 EUR92,500Schweinfurt, Kreisfreie StadtSchweinfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt: 92,000 EUR92,000Erlangen, Kreisfreie StadtErlangen, Kreisfreie Stadt: 86,400 EUR86,400Regensburg, Kreisfreie StadtRegensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt: 81,000 EUR81,000Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie…Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt: 79,600 EUR79,600Coburg, Kreisfreie StadtCoburg, Kreisfreie Stadt: 77,200 EUR77,200Stuttgart, StadtkreisStuttgart, Stadtkreis: 76,900 EUR76,900Darmstadt, Kreisfreie StadtDarmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt: 73,300 EUR73,300Aschaffenburg, Kreisfreie StadtAschaffenburg, Kreisfreie Stadt: 71,300 EUR71,300Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie StadtDüsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt: 70,500 EUR70,500Ulm, StadtkreisUlm, Stadtkreis: 70,100 EUR70,100Bonn, Kreisfreie StadtBonn, Kreisfreie Stadt: 68,900 EUR68,900München, Kreisfreie StadtMünchen, Kreisfreie Stadt: 68,000 EUR68,000Braunschweig, Kreisfreie StadtBraunschweig, Kreisfreie Stadt: 64,300 EUR64,300Passau, Kreisfreie StadtPassau, Kreisfreie Stadt: 61,600 EUR61,600Koblenz, Kreisfreie StadtKoblenz, Kreisfreie Stadt: 61,400 EUR61,400Karlsruhe, StadtkreisKarlsruhe, Stadtkreis: 59,700 EUR59,700HamburgHamburg: 58,800 EUR58,800Mannheim, StadtkreisMannheim, Stadtkreis: 58,600 EUR58,600Baden-Baden, StadtkreisBaden-Baden, Stadtkreis: 57,400 EUR57,400Bamberg, Kreisfreie StadtBamberg, Kreisfreie Stadt: 55,700 EUR55,700Würzburg, Kreisfreie StadtWürzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt: 55,500 EUR55,500Dingolfing-LandauDingolfing-Landau: 55,100 EUR55,100Bayreuth, Kreisfreie StadtBayreuth, Kreisfreie Stadt: 54,900 EUR54,900Mainz, Kreisfreie StadtMainz, Kreisfreie Stadt: 54,700 EUR54,700Memmingen, Kreisfreie StadtMemmingen, Kreisfreie Stadt: 54,500 EUR54,500Emden, Kreisfreie StadtEmden, Kreisfreie Stadt: 54,400 EUR54,400BöblingenBöblingen: 54,100 EUR54,100Landshut, Kreisfreie StadtLandshut, Kreisfreie Stadt: 54,000 EUR54,000Heidelberg, StadtkreisHeidelberg, Stadtkreis: 53,100 EUR53,100HochtaunuskreisHochtaunuskreis: 53,100 EUR53,100Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie StadtWiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt: 52,500 EUR52,500Ansbach, Kreisfreie StadtAnsbach, Kreisfreie Stadt: 52,000 EUR52,000Nürnberg, Kreisfreie StadtNürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt: 51,800 EUR51,800Kempten (Allgäu), Kreisfreie StadtKempten (Allgäu), Kreisfreie Stadt: 51,600 EUR51,600Münster, Kreisfreie StadtMünster, Kreisfreie Stadt: 51,500 EUR51,500Köln, Kreisfreie StadtKöln, Kreisfreie Stadt: 49,900 EUR49,900
EUR. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

Full ranking

RankAreas2012
EUR		Change on 2011
1Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt126,700-1.1%
2Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt108,800+12.9%
3München, Landkreis96,600-1.7%
4Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt92,500+0.1%
5Schweinfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt92,000+2.3%
6Erlangen, Kreisfreie Stadt86,400+4.5%
7Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt81,000-1.1%
8Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt79,600+2.1%
9Coburg, Kreisfreie Stadt77,200+9.7%
10Stuttgart, Stadtkreis76,900+1.9%
11Darmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt73,3000%
12Aschaffenburg, Kreisfreie Stadt71,300+1.7%
13Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt70,500-1.5%
14Ulm, Stadtkreis70,100-1.5%
15Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt68,900-4.4%
16München, Kreisfreie Stadt68,000+2.7%
17Braunschweig, Kreisfreie Stadt64,300+0.3%
18Passau, Kreisfreie Stadt61,600-8.5%
19Koblenz, Kreisfreie Stadt61,400+1%
20Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis59,700+1.5%
21Hamburg58,800+1.9%
22Mannheim, Stadtkreis58,600-0.2%
23Baden-Baden, Stadtkreis57,400+9.5%
24Bamberg, Kreisfreie Stadt55,700-0.2%
25Würzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt55,500+3.7%
26Dingolfing-Landau55,100-4.7%
27Bayreuth, Kreisfreie Stadt54,900+5%
28Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt54,700+1.7%
29Memmingen, Kreisfreie Stadt54,500+6%
30Emden, Kreisfreie Stadt54,400+0.9%
31Böblingen54,100-0.9%
32Landshut, Kreisfreie Stadt54,000+3.4%
33Heidelberg, Stadtkreis53,100+5.8%
33Hochtaunuskreis53,100+0.4%
35Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt52,500-1.3%
36Ansbach, Kreisfreie Stadt52,000+2.4%
37Nürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt51,800+2.8%
38Kempten (Allgäu), Kreisfreie Stadt51,600+3.2%
39Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt51,500-0.2%
40Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt49,900+1%
40Weiden i. d. Opf, Kreisfreie Stadt49,900-1.6%
42Amberg, Kreisfreie Stadt49,800+6%
43Heilbronn, Stadtkreis49,700+1.2%
44Main-Taunus-Kreis49,200+1%
45Freising47,300-1.7%
46Altötting47,200-4.8%
47Straubing, Kreisfreie Stadt47,100-1.1%
48Bremen, Kreisfreie Stadt46,600+3.8%
49Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis46,300-0.2%
50Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt45,800+3.2%
51Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt45,7000%
52Heilbronn, Landkreis45,600+8.3%
53Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt45,400-1.7%
54Rosenheim, Kreisfreie Stadt45,200+2%
55Speyer, Kreisfreie Stadt45,000+2.3%
56Biberach44,900+6.7%
57Osnabrück, Kreisfreie Stadt43,900-0.2%
57Salzgitter, Kreisfreie Stadt43,900+3.5%
59Hohenlohekreis43,800+4%
60Donau-Ries42,600+6.5%
61Bodenseekreis42,500-1.2%
61Hof, Kreisfreie Stadt42,500+2.9%
61Tuttlingen42,500+3.9%
64Regionalverband Saarbrücken42,000-3%
65Pforzheim, Stadtkreis41,600+5.3%
66Kaiserslautern, Kreisfreie Stadt41,300-0.7%
66Oldenburg (Oldenburg), Kreisfreie Stadt41,300+1.5%
68Trier, Kreisfreie Stadt40,800-1%
69Vechta40,600+2.5%
70Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt40,400+0.2%
71Zweibrücken, Kreisfreie Stadt40,000+0.3%
72Gütersloh39,900+1.5%
73Ludwigsburg39,700+3.7%
74Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt39,600-5%
75Region Hannover39,100+0.8%
76Esslingen39,000+3.4%
76Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt39,000-3%
78Günzburg38,700+4.3%
79Starnberg37,900-4.5%
80Emsland37,800+5.3%
80Potsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt37,800+0.5%
82Lübeck, Kreisfreie Stadt37,700+3%
82Ostalbkreis37,700+3.3%
82Rastatt37,700-1.8%
85Flensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt37,600+1.3%
85Landau in der Pfalz, Kreisfreie Stadt37,600+3%
87Rottweil37,200+3.9%
88Saarpfalz-Kreis37,000+1.9%
89Mettmann36,900-0.3%
90Ravensburg36,700+0.8%
91Krefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt36,5000%
92Groß-Gerau36,400-7.6%
93Worms, Kreisfreie Stadt36,200+12.1%
94Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm36,100-6.5%
95Erfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt36,0000%
96Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt35,900+2.3%
97Siegen-Wittgenstein35,800+1.1%
98Ortenaukreis35,500-2.7%
99Jena, Kreisfreie Stadt35,4000%
99Rhein-Kreis Neuss35,400+4.4%
101Olpe35,200+7.6%
101Reutlingen35,200+1.1%
103Wilhelmshaven, Kreisfreie Stadt35,100+2.3%
104Frankfurt (Oder), Kreisfreie Stadt35,000-6.2%
104Schwäbisch Hall35,000+4.2%
106Main-Tauber-Kreis34,800+0.9%
107Schwerin, Kreisfreie Stadt34,700+2.1%
108Dortmund, Kreisfreie Stadt34,500+2.7%
108Kaufbeuren, Kreisfreie Stadt34,500+3.6%
108Pirmasens, Kreisfreie Stadt34,500+4.2%
111Minden-Lübbecke34,400+0.9%
111Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis34,400+2.1%
113Heidenheim34,200+0.9%
113Neumünster, Kreisfreie Stadt34,200+0.9%
113Traunstein34,200+0.6%
116Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt33,700+5.6%
116Deggendorf33,700+5.6%
116Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt33,700+0.3%
116Fulda33,700+0.9%
116Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt33,700+3.4%
116Mülheim an der Ruhr, Kreisfreie Stadt33,700+3.1%
122Berlin33,600+0.3%
122Duisburg, Kreisfreie Stadt33,600+0.6%
124Remscheid, Kreisfreie Stadt33,500+2.4%
125Hersfeld-Rotenburg33,400+0.6%
126Offenbach, Landkreis33,200-0.6%
127Frankenthal (Pfalz), Kreisfreie Stadt32,800+2.5%
127Freudenstadt32,800-1.2%
127Weilheim-Schongau32,800+0.9%
130Erlangen-Höchstadt32,700+6.5%
130Hagen, Kreisfreie Stadt32,700-0.3%
130Wuppertal, Kreisfreie Stadt32,700-0.3%
133Städteregion Aachen32,600+3.8%
134Neuburg-Schrobenhausen32,500+2.2%
135Lörrach32,300+3.2%
136Gießen, Landkreis32,200+1.3%
136Karlsruhe, Landkreis32,2000%
136Marburg-Biedenkopf32,200-0.3%
136Wesermarsch32,200+3.9%
140Borken32,100+3.2%
140Germersheim32,100-1.5%
140Mainz-Bingen32,100+9.9%
143Dahme-Spreewald32,000+6.7%
144Neu-Ulm31,900+1.6%
144Sigmaringen31,900+2.6%
146Lichtenfels31,800-3.3%
147Magdeburg, Kreisfreie Stadt31,700+2.3%
147Rhön-Grabfeld31,700+6.7%
147Schwabach, Kreisfreie Stadt31,700+1.9%
150Märkischer Kreis31,600+2.3%
150Paderborn31,600+3.6%
152Chemnitz, Kreisfreie Stadt31,500+2.3%
152Main-Spessart31,500+1%
154Rhein-Erft-Kreis31,400+4.7%
154Waldeck-Frankenberg31,400+3%
156Fürth, Kreisfreie Stadt31,300+1.6%
157Gelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie Stadt31,200+0.3%
157Lindau (Bodensee)31,200+3%
157Ostallgäu31,200+6.1%
160Bochum, Kreisfreie Stadt31,100+0.6%
160Schwandorf31,100+8%
162Cloppenburg31,000+6.2%
162Landshut, Landkreis31,000-2.8%
162Neumarkt i. d. OPf.31,000-0.3%
165Lahn-Dill-Kreis30,900-1%
165Oberbergischer Kreis30,900+2%
165Saalekreis30,900+1.6%
168Hameln-Pyrmont30,800+0.7%
168Konstanz30,800+3%
168Spree-Neiße30,800+5.5%
168Zollernalbkreis30,800+2%
172Hochsauerlandkreis30,700-0.3%
172Mönchengladbach, Kreisfreie Stadt30,700+4.1%
172Unterallgäu30,700+4.8%
175Miesbach30,600+4.8%
175Nordfriesland30,600+7%
175Rems-Murr-Kreis30,600+0.3%
175Soest30,600-1.3%
179Main-Kinzig-Kreis30,500-1.3%
180Göttingen30,400+1%
181Kulmbach30,300+6.7%
182Saarlouis30,200+6.7%
183Cham30,100-0.3%
183Kitzingen30,100-4.1%
185Cottbus, Kreisfreie Stadt30,000+1.7%
185Rhein-Neckar-Kreis30,000-3.8%
187Heidekreis29,900+4.2%
187Kelheim29,900-2%
187Mühldorf a. Inn29,900-0.3%
187Stormarn29,900+3.8%
191Rostock, Kreisfreie Stadt29,700+4.2%
192Tübingen, Landkreis29,500+4.2%
193Rotenburg (Wümme)29,300+5.8%
194Dithmarschen29,200+5%
194Wunsiedel i. Fichtelgebirge29,200+0.7%
196Kronach29,100-1%
197Aschaffenburg, Landkreis29,000-3%
197Göppingen29,000+2.5%
197Herford29,000+2.8%
197Miltenberg29,000+1.8%
197Tirschenreuth29,000+9%
202Brandenburg an der Havel, Kreisfreie Stadt28,700+2.1%
202Rottal-Inn28,700-0.3%
204Grafschaft Bentheim28,600+3.6%
204Landsberg am Lech28,600+2.1%
206Rosenheim, Landkreis28,400+3.3%
207Nürnberger Land28,300+2.5%
207Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis28,300+1.1%
209Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt28,200+1.4%
209Verden28,200+2.5%
209Warendorf28,200+2.9%
212Berchtesgadener Land28,000+1.1%
212Dillingen a.d. Donau28,000-0.7%
212Erding28,000+5.7%
212Hof, Landkreis28,000+2.6%
212Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis28,000+3.3%
217Eichstätt27,900-0.4%
217Teltow-Fläming27,900+4.9%
219Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Kreisfreie Stadt27,800+1.1%
220Neuwied27,700+1.8%
221Bad Kissingen27,600+1.5%
221Celle27,600+7%
221Diepholz27,600+1.5%
221Nienburg (Weser)27,600+7%
225Halle (Saale), Kreisfreie Stadt27,500+2.6%
225Steinburg27,500+4.2%
225Uckermark27,500+3%
228Ansbach, Landkreis27,400+2.2%
228Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis27,400+1.1%
228Regen27,400+5%
228Weimar, Kreisfreie Stadt27,400+3%
232Bernkastel-Wittlich27,300+0.7%
232Holzminden27,300+2.6%
232Steinfurt27,300+1.9%
232Westerwaldkreis27,300+5%
236Ebersberg27,100-3.6%
237Bergstraße26,900-0.7%
237Calw26,900+4.3%
237Vulkaneifel26,900+0.7%
237Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen26,9000%
241Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm26,800+4.7%
241Mayen-Koblenz26,800+1.9%
243Bad Kreuznach26,700+1.5%
243Oberallgäu26,7000%
243Solingen, Kreisfreie Stadt26,700+3.9%
243Waldshut26,700+1.1%
247Dessau-Roßlau, Kreisfreie Stadt26,600+3.1%
247Lippe26,600+2.7%
247Pinneberg26,600+1.5%
250Düren26,500+3.5%

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

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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 €126,700 in 2012, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Südwestpfalz, with €14,200 in 2012.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, GDP at current market prices by NUTS 3 region, EUR per inhabitant (nama_10r_3gdp). Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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