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

Name: NUTS 3 areas of Germany by GDP per capita (euros), 2016
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Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt had the highest GDP per capita (euros) of 400 areas in 2016, at €179,200. Kusel had the lowest, at €17,200. The median was €32,500 and the figure for Germany was €39,150. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest179,200Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt

Lowest17,200Kusel

Median32,500400 areas

Germany39,150History

Top 40 areas, 2016

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

Full ranking

Rank	Areas	2016 EUR	Change on 2015
1	Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	179,200	+57.7%
2	Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt	130,000	-2.2%
3	München, Landkreis	103,200	+5.3%
4	Schweinfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt	100,300	+5%
5	Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt	98,600	+1.6%
6	Coburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	94,900	+9.8%
7	Erlangen, Kreisfreie Stadt	91,800	-1.4%
8	Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	87,800	+0.6%
9	Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt	85,800	+0.6%
10	Stuttgart, Stadtkreis	83,000	+0.2%
11	Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt	79,100	-0.1%
12	München, Kreisfreie Stadt	77,500	+3.7%
13	Darmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt	77,300	+3.9%
13	Ulm, Stadtkreis	77,300	+2%
15	Aschaffenburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	76,600	+8%
16	Braunschweig, Kreisfreie Stadt	73,200	+8.4%
17	Emden, Kreisfreie Stadt	71,000	+29.8%
18	Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt	69,400	+2.8%
19	Passau, Kreisfreie Stadt	67,100	+4.7%
20	Bamberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	66,900	+9%
21	Dingolfing-Landau	65,600	-0.6%
21	Koblenz, Kreisfreie Stadt	65,600	+0.6%
23	Böblingen	65,500	+1.2%
24	Hamburg	65,000	+0.9%
25	Mannheim, Stadtkreis	63,500	+1.4%
26	Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis	63,300	+0.6%
27	Würzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	62,600	+0.6%
28	Memmingen, Kreisfreie Stadt	61,800	+2.3%
29	Ansbach, Kreisfreie Stadt	61,600	+7.3%
30	Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt	60,500	-0.3%
31	Landshut, Kreisfreie Stadt	60,000	+5.6%
32	Baden-Baden, Stadtkreis	59,700	+1.2%
33	Hochtaunuskreis	59,500	+2.2%
34	Nürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	58,400	+5.4%
35	Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt	57,900	+2.1%
36	Bayreuth, Kreisfreie Stadt	57,600	-6.5%
36	Main-Taunus-Kreis	57,600	+1.9%
38	Kempten (Allgäu), Kreisfreie Stadt	56,500	+1.6%
39	Heidelberg, Stadtkreis	56,200	+1.4%
40	Weiden i. d. Opf, Kreisfreie Stadt	55,100	+3.6%
41	Amberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	54,700	+2.2%
42	Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt	54,500	+1.9%
43	Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt	54,400	+1.3%
44	Heilbronn, Landkreis	53,300	+0.8%
45	Straubing, Kreisfreie Stadt	53,200	+2.7%
46	Heilbronn, Stadtkreis	53,000	-1.9%
47	Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt	52,900	+2.5%
48	Rosenheim, Kreisfreie Stadt	52,600	+6.9%
49	Freising	52,100	-4.6%
50	Speyer, Kreisfreie Stadt	51,300	+1.6%
51	Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis	50,700	+2.2%
52	Salzgitter, Kreisfreie Stadt	50,100	+15.7%
53	Bremen, Kreisfreie Stadt	49,600	+1%
54	Bodenseekreis	49,400	+9.3%
54	Hohenlohekreis	49,400	+4.9%
56	Kaiserslautern, Kreisfreie Stadt	48,900	+4%
57	Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	48,800	0%
58	Donau-Ries	48,500	+1.9%
59	Altötting	48,100	-1.2%
60	Osnabrück, Kreisfreie Stadt	47,900	-1.6%
61	Biberach	47,500	+2.8%
61	Zweibrücken, Kreisfreie Stadt	47,500	+7.2%
63	Tuttlingen	46,900	+2.6%
64	Groß-Gerau	45,700	+12%
65	Gütersloh	45,300	+4.9%
66	Ludwigsburg	45,100	+4.6%
67	Oldenburg (Oldenburg), Kreisfreie Stadt	45,000	+3.9%
68	Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt	44,900	+0.2%
69	Region Hannover	44,800	+5.4%
70	Trier, Kreisfreie Stadt	44,600	+1.1%
71	Vechta	44,300	+3.3%
72	Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt	44,100	+2.8%
73	Mettmann	43,300	+5.4%
73	Regionalverband Saarbrücken	43,300	-0.2%
75	Rastatt	43,200	+4.3%
76	Hof, Kreisfreie Stadt	43,000	+0.2%
77	Jena, Kreisfreie Stadt	42,700	+5.2%
78	Landau in der Pfalz, Kreisfreie Stadt	42,500	+4.4%
79	Esslingen	42,200	+1%
79	Rottweil	42,200	+1%
81	Ostalbkreis	41,900	+2.4%
82	Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt	41,700	+1.2%
82	Starnberg	41,700	+6.4%
84	Potsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt	41,600	+3.7%
85	Günzburg	41,300	+3.3%
86	Ravensburg	41,200	+3.8%
86	Reutlingen	41,200	+4.3%
88	Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	41,000	+2.2%
89	Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt	40,800	+6%
90	Traunstein	40,300	+5.8%
91	Pforzheim, Stadtkreis	40,200	0%
91	Saarpfalz-Kreis	40,200	+4.4%
93	Neumünster, Kreisfreie Stadt	40,100	+2.3%
94	Ortenaukreis	39,900	+3.9%
94	Schwäbisch Hall	39,900	+3.6%
96	Erfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt	39,800	+1%
97	Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt	39,700	+2.3%
97	Emsland	39,700	+5%
99	Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm	39,500	-0.3%
100	Flensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	39,300	+0.5%
101	Olpe	39,100	+6.5%
101	Siegen-Wittgenstein	39,100	+1.8%
101	Weilheim-Schongau	39,100	+7.1%
104	Berlin	39,000	+4%
104	Erlangen-Höchstadt	39,000	+5.7%
106	Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis	38,900	+1%
106	Schwerin, Kreisfreie Stadt	38,900	+1.6%
108	Deggendorf	38,700	+1.3%
108	Minden-Lübbecke	38,700	+3.5%
108	Pirmasens, Kreisfreie Stadt	38,700	+4%
111	Lübeck, Kreisfreie Stadt	38,100	-2.6%
112	Wilhelmshaven, Kreisfreie Stadt	38,000	-0.5%
113	Krefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	37,900	+1.9%
114	Offenbach, Landkreis	37,800	+3.8%
115	Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt	37,700	+1.9%
115	Neumarkt i. d. OPf.	37,700	+2.7%
117	Germersheim	37,600	0%
117	Neu-Ulm	37,600	+7.7%
119	Fulda	37,500	+3%
120	Lindau (Bodensee)	37,400	+3.6%
120	Unterallgäu	37,400	+6.9%
122	Rhön-Grabfeld	37,200	+1.9%
123	Freudenstadt	37,100	+3.6%
124	Dortmund, Kreisfreie Stadt	37,000	+1.6%
124	Kaufbeuren, Kreisfreie Stadt	37,000	+4.2%
126	Wuppertal, Kreisfreie Stadt	36,900	+3.7%
127	Rhein-Kreis Neuss	36,800	+0.5%
128	Main-Tauber-Kreis	36,700	-1.1%
129	Heidenheim	36,600	+4.9%
130	Frankfurt (Oder), Kreisfreie Stadt	36,300	-0.8%
131	Borken	36,200	+2.5%
131	Miesbach	36,200	+4%
133	Mainz-Bingen	36,100	+3.4%
134	Gießen, Landkreis	36,000	+2.3%
135	Märkischer Kreis	35,900	+1.1%
136	Waldeck-Frankenberg	35,800	+2.3%
137	Marburg-Biedenkopf	35,700	+1.1%
137	Städteregion Aachen	35,700	+2%
137	Worms, Kreisfreie Stadt	35,700	-1.9%
140	Kitzingen	35,600	+5%
141	Fürth, Kreisfreie Stadt	35,500	-1.1%
141	Paderborn	35,500	+3.5%
141	Remscheid, Kreisfreie Stadt	35,500	+1.1%
141	Sigmaringen	35,500	+1.1%
145	Schwandorf	35,400	+3.8%
146	Rhein-Neckar-Kreis	35,300	+0.9%
146	Rostock, Kreisfreie Stadt	35,300	+0.9%
148	Hochsauerlandkreis	35,200	+2.6%
149	Cham	35,100	+3.2%
150	Dahme-Spreewald	35,000	+10.1%
150	Oberbergischer Kreis	35,000	+1.4%
150	Ostallgäu	35,000	+3.2%
153	Main-Spessart	34,900	+5.4%
153	Neuburg-Schrobenhausen	34,900	+3.9%
155	Bochum, Kreisfreie Stadt	34,700	+1.2%
155	Karlsruhe, Landkreis	34,700	+1.8%
157	Lichtenfels	34,600	+0.6%
158	Chemnitz, Kreisfreie Stadt	34,400	+2.7%
158	Cottbus, Kreisfreie Stadt	34,400	0%
158	Hersfeld-Rotenburg	34,400	-4.7%
161	Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt	34,300	+3%
161	Hof, Landkreis	34,300	+7.2%
163	Soest	34,200	+0.9%
164	Göttingen	34,100	+3.3%
164	Wesermarsch	34,100	+11.8%
166	Landshut, Landkreis	34,000	+6.3%
167	Dillingen a.d. Donau	33,900	+2.4%
167	Hagen, Kreisfreie Stadt	33,900	-0.6%
167	Kulmbach	33,900	+4.3%
167	Lahn-Dill-Kreis	33,900	+2.7%
167	Main-Kinzig-Kreis	33,900	+9.4%
172	Duisburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	33,800	-2%
172	Miltenberg	33,800	+4.6%
172	Zollernalbkreis	33,800	+3.4%
175	Tirschenreuth	33,700	+6%
175	Tübingen, Landkreis	33,700	+6%
177	Konstanz	33,600	+2.4%
177	Rems-Murr-Kreis	33,600	+2.1%
179	Berchtesgadener Land	33,500	+5%
180	Göppingen	33,400	-0.3%
180	Landsberg am Lech	33,400	+4.7%
180	Nordfriesland	33,400	+2.8%
180	Schwabach, Kreisfreie Stadt	33,400	-0.6%
180	Teltow-Fläming	33,400	+3.1%
185	Cloppenburg	33,300	+3.7%
185	Kassel, Landkreis	33,300	+22.4%
185	Wunsiedel i. Fichtelgebirge	33,300	+2.8%
188	Eichstätt	33,200	+1.8%
188	Frankenthal (Pfalz), Kreisfreie Stadt	33,200	-0.6%
188	Mülheim an der Ruhr, Kreisfreie Stadt	33,200	-1.2%
188	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	33,200	+1.8%
192	Magdeburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	33,100	+0.9%
192	Mönchengladbach, Kreisfreie Stadt	33,100	+1.5%
194	Hameln-Pyrmont	32,900	+2.2%
194	Lörrach	32,900	-2.4%
196	Herford	32,800	+1.9%
196	Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis	32,800	+0.6%
196	Stormarn	32,800	+3.8%
199	Mühldorf a. Inn	32,600	+3.5%
199	Saarlouis	32,600	-5.5%
201	Kelheim	32,400	+0.6%
201	Kronach	32,400	+0.6%
203	Bad Kissingen	32,300	+2.2%
203	Bernkastel-Wittlich	32,300	+5.6%
205	Saalekreis	32,200	+3.2%
206	Vulkaneifel	32,100	+3.2%
207	Aschaffenburg, Landkreis	32,000	+4.6%
207	Ebersberg	32,000	+2.9%
207	Oberallgäu	32,000	+7%
207	Westerwaldkreis	32,000	0%
211	Heidekreis	31,900	+0.3%
212	Rosenheim, Landkreis	31,800	+1.3%
212	Steinfurt	31,800	+4.3%
214	Holzminden	31,700	+8.9%
214	Nürnberger Land	31,700	+1%
216	Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen	31,600	+3.9%
217	Rottal-Inn	31,500	+0.3%
218	Rotenburg (Wümme)	31,400	+2.6%
219	Regen	31,200	+2.3%
220	Mayen-Koblenz	31,000	+2.6%
221	Haßberge	30,900	+5.5%
221	Wartburgkreis	30,900	-0.6%
223	Dithmarschen	30,800	+1%
224	Emmendingen	30,700	0%
224	Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Kreisfreie Stadt	30,700	+2.3%
226	Brandenburg an der Havel, Kreisfreie Stadt	30,600	0%
226	Warendorf	30,600	+2.7%
228	Halle (Saale), Kreisfreie Stadt	30,500	+2%
228	Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt	30,500	+2%
228	Waldshut	30,500	+3%
231	Alb-Donau-Kreis	30,400	+4.5%
231	Grafschaft Bentheim	30,400	-2.3%
231	Neustadt a. d. Waldnaab	30,400	+1.3%
234	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis	30,300	+2%
234	Erding	30,300	+2%
234	Segeberg	30,300	+3.1%
234	Verden	30,300	+2%
238	Enzkreis	30,200	+2.7%
239	Ansbach, Landkreis	30,100	+3.8%
240	Diepholz	30,000	+4.9%
240	Gelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie Stadt	30,000	-1%
240	Neuwied	30,000	+2%
240	Stade	30,000	+0.7%
244	Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis	29,900	+1%
245	Goslar	29,800	+8.8%
245	Nienburg (Weser)	29,800	-1.3%
245	Schwalm-Eder-Kreis	29,800	+0.3%
245	Weimar, Kreisfreie Stadt	29,800	0%
249	Osnabrück, Landkreis	29,700	+3.8%
250	Steinburg	29,500	+2.8%

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

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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 €179,200 in 2016, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Kusel, with €17,200 in 2016.

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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.