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

Name: NUTS 3 areas of Germany by GDP per capita (euros), 2015
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Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt had the highest GDP per capita (euros) of 400 areas in 2015, at €132,900. Südwestpfalz had the lowest, at €15,600. The median was €31,600 and the figure for Germany was €38,040. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest132,900Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt

Lowest15,600Südwestpfalz

Median31,600400 areas

Germany38,040History

Top 40 areas, 2015

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EUR. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

Full ranking

Rank	Areas	2015 EUR	Change on 2014
1	Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt	132,900	+6.2%
2	Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	113,600	-16%
3	München, Landkreis	98,000	+2.2%
4	Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt	97,000	+0.9%
5	Schweinfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt	95,500	-0.2%
6	Erlangen, Kreisfreie Stadt	93,100	+4.7%
7	Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	87,300	+0.8%
8	Coburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	86,400	+6.7%
9	Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt	85,300	+8.4%
10	Stuttgart, Stadtkreis	82,800	+6.3%
11	Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt	79,200	+4.8%
12	Ulm, Stadtkreis	75,800	+3%
13	München, Kreisfreie Stadt	74,700	+3.6%
14	Darmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt	74,400	+1.9%
15	Aschaffenburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	70,900	+3.1%
16	Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt	67,500	-2.3%
16	Braunschweig, Kreisfreie Stadt	67,500	-1%
18	Dingolfing-Landau	66,000	+2%
19	Koblenz, Kreisfreie Stadt	65,200	+1.4%
20	Böblingen	64,700	+11%
21	Hamburg	64,400	+3.4%
22	Passau, Kreisfreie Stadt	64,100	+0.2%
23	Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis	62,900	+0.3%
24	Mannheim, Stadtkreis	62,600	+2.3%
25	Würzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	62,200	+3.8%
26	Bayreuth, Kreisfreie Stadt	61,600	+4.1%
27	Bamberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	61,400	+3.5%
28	Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt	60,700	+7.6%
29	Memmingen, Kreisfreie Stadt	60,400	+1.3%
30	Baden-Baden, Stadtkreis	59,000	-0.7%
31	Hochtaunuskreis	58,200	+2.6%
32	Ansbach, Kreisfreie Stadt	57,400	+4%
33	Landshut, Kreisfreie Stadt	56,800	-5.2%
34	Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt	56,700	+2.5%
35	Main-Taunus-Kreis	56,500	+3.7%
36	Kempten (Allgäu), Kreisfreie Stadt	55,600	+1.1%
37	Heidelberg, Stadtkreis	55,400	-0.2%
37	Nürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	55,400	+1.3%
39	Emden, Kreisfreie Stadt	54,700	-7.8%
40	Freising	54,600	+12.1%
41	Heilbronn, Stadtkreis	54,000	+4%
42	Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt	53,700	+2.7%
43	Amberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	53,500	+2.1%
43	Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt	53,500	-2%
45	Weiden i. d. Opf, Kreisfreie Stadt	53,200	+1.7%
46	Heilbronn, Landkreis	52,900	+2.7%
47	Straubing, Kreisfreie Stadt	51,800	+4.4%
48	Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt	51,600	+3.6%
49	Speyer, Kreisfreie Stadt	50,500	-0.4%
50	Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis	49,600	+0.6%
51	Rosenheim, Kreisfreie Stadt	49,200	+2.3%
52	Bremen, Kreisfreie Stadt	49,100	+1%
53	Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	48,800	+6.1%
54	Altötting	48,700	+3%
54	Osnabrück, Kreisfreie Stadt	48,700	+1.7%
56	Donau-Ries	47,600	+4.8%
57	Hohenlohekreis	47,100	+1.7%
58	Kaiserslautern, Kreisfreie Stadt	47,000	+1.1%
59	Biberach	46,200	+5%
60	Tuttlingen	45,700	+1.6%
61	Bodenseekreis	45,200	+1.3%
62	Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt	44,800	+1.4%
63	Zweibrücken, Kreisfreie Stadt	44,300	+4.5%
64	Trier, Kreisfreie Stadt	44,100	-0.2%
65	Regionalverband Saarbrücken	43,400	-0.2%
66	Oldenburg (Oldenburg), Kreisfreie Stadt	43,300	+0.7%
66	Salzgitter, Kreisfreie Stadt	43,300	-10.4%
68	Gütersloh	43,200	-0.5%
69	Ludwigsburg	43,100	+3.6%
70	Hof, Kreisfreie Stadt	42,900	+0.9%
70	Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt	42,900	0%
70	Vechta	42,900	+2.6%
73	Region Hannover	42,500	+1.2%
74	Esslingen	41,800	+2%
74	Rottweil	41,800	+3%
76	Rastatt	41,400	+3.2%
77	Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt	41,200	+1.2%
78	Mettmann	41,100	+4.8%
79	Ostalbkreis	40,900	-0.5%
80	Groß-Gerau	40,800	-1.2%
81	Landau in der Pfalz, Kreisfreie Stadt	40,700	+1.8%
82	Jena, Kreisfreie Stadt	40,600	+2.3%
83	Pforzheim, Stadtkreis	40,200	-2.4%
84	Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	40,100	+2%
84	Potsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt	40,100	+1.5%
86	Günzburg	40,000	+0.8%
87	Ravensburg	39,700	+4.2%
88	Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm	39,600	+7.6%
89	Reutlingen	39,500	+1%
90	Erfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt	39,400	-1.3%
91	Neumünster, Kreisfreie Stadt	39,200	+3.2%
91	Starnberg	39,200	+1.6%
93	Flensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	39,100	+4.5%
93	Lübeck, Kreisfreie Stadt	39,100	+4.8%
95	Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt	38,800	+7.2%
96	Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt	38,500	-0.5%
96	Saarpfalz-Kreis	38,500	+1.6%
96	Schwäbisch Hall	38,500	+3.2%
96	Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis	38,500	+1.6%
100	Ortenaukreis	38,400	+2.1%
100	Siegen-Wittgenstein	38,400	+2.9%
102	Schwerin, Kreisfreie Stadt	38,300	+0.3%
103	Deggendorf	38,200	+3.5%
103	Wilhelmshaven, Kreisfreie Stadt	38,200	+3%
105	Traunstein	38,100	+1.3%
106	Emsland	37,800	+0.5%
107	Germersheim	37,600	+11.9%
108	Berlin	37,500	+4.7%
109	Minden-Lübbecke	37,400	+2.2%
110	Krefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	37,200	+1.9%
110	Pirmasens, Kreisfreie Stadt	37,200	+0.3%
112	Main-Tauber-Kreis	37,100	+5.4%
113	Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt	37,000	+1.4%
114	Erlangen-Höchstadt	36,900	+4.5%
115	Neumarkt i. d. OPf.	36,700	+3.7%
115	Olpe	36,700	-0.8%
117	Frankfurt (Oder), Kreisfreie Stadt	36,600	+5.2%
117	Rhein-Kreis Neuss	36,600	+2.8%
119	Rhön-Grabfeld	36,500	+5.8%
119	Weilheim-Schongau	36,500	+2.2%
121	Dortmund, Kreisfreie Stadt	36,400	+2.5%
121	Fulda	36,400	+1.7%
121	Offenbach, Landkreis	36,400	+1.4%
121	Worms, Kreisfreie Stadt	36,400	-0.3%
125	Hersfeld-Rotenburg	36,100	+0.8%
125	Lindau (Bodensee)	36,100	+3.7%
127	Fürth, Kreisfreie Stadt	35,900	+7.8%
128	Freudenstadt	35,800	+2.6%
129	Wuppertal, Kreisfreie Stadt	35,600	+1.4%
130	Kaufbeuren, Kreisfreie Stadt	35,500	+0.9%
130	Märkischer Kreis	35,500	+5.7%
132	Borken	35,300	+3.2%
132	Marburg-Biedenkopf	35,300	0%
134	Gießen, Landkreis	35,200	+2.3%
135	Remscheid, Kreisfreie Stadt	35,100	-0.6%
135	Sigmaringen	35,100	+2.9%
137	Rhein-Neckar-Kreis	35,000	+11.5%
137	Rostock, Kreisfreie Stadt	35,000	+1.4%
137	Städteregion Aachen	35,000	+1.7%
137	Unterallgäu	35,000	+1.2%
137	Waldeck-Frankenberg	35,000	+5.4%
142	Heidenheim	34,900	+5.8%
142	Mainz-Bingen	34,900	+2.9%
142	Neu-Ulm	34,900	+2.6%
145	Miesbach	34,800	+4.8%
146	Duisburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	34,500	+0.3%
146	Oberbergischer Kreis	34,500	+4.2%
146	Saarlouis	34,500	+6.5%
149	Cottbus, Kreisfreie Stadt	34,400	+4.9%
149	Lichtenfels	34,400	+4.9%
151	Bochum, Kreisfreie Stadt	34,300	-2.6%
151	Hochsauerlandkreis	34,300	+3.3%
151	Paderborn	34,300	-0.9%
154	Hagen, Kreisfreie Stadt	34,100	0%
154	Karlsruhe, Landkreis	34,100	+2.7%
154	Schwandorf	34,100	+0.6%
157	Cham	34,000	+3.7%
158	Kitzingen	33,900	+6.9%
158	Ostallgäu	33,900	+4%
158	Soest	33,900	+2.1%
161	Lörrach	33,700	-0.3%
162	Mülheim an der Ruhr, Kreisfreie Stadt	33,600	-2.9%
162	Neuburg-Schrobenhausen	33,600	+4.3%
162	Schwabach, Kreisfreie Stadt	33,600	+2.4%
165	Chemnitz, Kreisfreie Stadt	33,500	+0.3%
165	Göppingen	33,500	+6.3%
167	Frankenthal (Pfalz), Kreisfreie Stadt	33,400	-1.2%
168	Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt	33,300	+0.6%
169	Dillingen a.d. Donau	33,100	+3.8%
169	Main-Spessart	33,100	0%
171	Göttingen	33,000	+0.9%
171	Lahn-Dill-Kreis	33,000	+2.2%
173	Rems-Murr-Kreis	32,900	+2.2%
174	Konstanz	32,800	-0.3%
174	Magdeburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	32,800	-1.2%
176	Zollernalbkreis	32,700	+0.6%
177	Eichstätt	32,600	+4.8%
177	Mönchengladbach, Kreisfreie Stadt	32,600	+2.5%
177	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	32,600	+1.9%
177	Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis	32,600	+1.6%
181	Kulmbach	32,500	+3.5%
181	Nordfriesland	32,500	+1.6%
183	Teltow-Fläming	32,400	+3.2%
183	Wunsiedel i. Fichtelgebirge	32,400	+2.9%
185	Miltenberg	32,300	+3.9%
186	Hameln-Pyrmont	32,200	+1.6%
186	Herford	32,200	+3.5%
186	Kelheim	32,200	0%
186	Kronach	32,200	+2.9%
190	Cloppenburg	32,100	+2.2%
191	Hof, Landkreis	32,000	+6.3%
191	Landshut, Landkreis	32,000	-2.4%
191	Westerwaldkreis	32,000	+3.6%
194	Berchtesgadener Land	31,900	+4.9%
194	Landsberg am Lech	31,900	+4.2%
196	Dahme-Spreewald	31,800	-10.2%
196	Heidekreis	31,800	+1.9%
196	Tirschenreuth	31,800	+7.4%
196	Tübingen, Landkreis	31,800	+1.3%
200	Bad Kissingen	31,600	+7.8%
200	Stormarn	31,600	+2.3%
202	Mühldorf a. Inn	31,500	-0.3%
203	Nürnberger Land	31,400	+3.6%
203	Rosenheim, Landkreis	31,400	+3%
203	Rottal-Inn	31,400	+3.3%
206	Saalekreis	31,200	+1.6%
207	Ebersberg	31,100	+4%
207	Grafschaft Bentheim	31,100	+2.3%
207	Vulkaneifel	31,100	+3.7%
207	Wartburgkreis	31,100	+4.4%
211	Main-Kinzig-Kreis	31,000	+1%
212	Oberspreewald-Lausitz	30,800	+6.9%
213	Emmendingen	30,700	+5.5%
214	Aschaffenburg, Landkreis	30,600	0%
214	Bernkastel-Wittlich	30,600	+3%
214	Brandenburg an der Havel, Kreisfreie Stadt	30,600	+0.3%
214	Rotenburg (Wümme)	30,600	+1%
218	Dithmarschen	30,500	+2.7%
218	Regen	30,500	+5.2%
218	Steinfurt	30,500	+4.1%
218	Wesermarsch	30,500	+6.6%
222	Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen	30,400	+2%
223	Gelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie Stadt	30,300	-0.3%
224	Mayen-Koblenz	30,200	+3.1%
224	Nienburg (Weser)	30,200	+2.4%
226	Neustadt a. d. Waldnaab	30,000	+4.9%
226	Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Kreisfreie Stadt	30,000	+2.7%
228	Halle (Saale), Kreisfreie Stadt	29,900	+4.5%
228	Oberallgäu	29,900	+2%
228	Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt	29,900	0%
231	Stade	29,800	+6%
231	Warendorf	29,800	+1%
231	Weimar, Kreisfreie Stadt	29,800	+4.6%
234	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis	29,700	+0.3%
234	Erding	29,700	+3.5%
234	Schwalm-Eder-Kreis	29,700	+6.1%
234	Verden	29,700	-0.3%
238	Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis	29,600	+1.4%
238	Waldshut	29,600	+2.8%
240	Enzkreis	29,400	+3.9%
240	Neuwied	29,400	+0.3%
240	Segeberg	29,400	+3.9%
243	Haßberge	29,300	+3.5%
244	Solingen, Kreisfreie Stadt	29,200	+3.9%
245	Alb-Donau-Kreis	29,100	+1%
245	Holzminden	29,100	+3.9%
245	Oberhausen, Kreisfreie Stadt	29,100	+2.8%
248	Ansbach, Landkreis	29,000	+1%
249	Celle	28,900	+0.3%
249	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	28,900	+6.3%

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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)?

Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt, with €132,900 in 2015, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Südwestpfalz, with €15,600 in 2015.

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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.