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

Name: NUTS 3 areas of Germany by GDP per capita (euros), 2017
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Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt had the highest GDP per capita (euros) of 400 areas in 2017, at €166,800. Südwestpfalz had the lowest, at €16,600. The median was €33,850 and the figure for Germany was €40,780. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest166,800Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt

Lowest16,600Südwestpfalz

Median33,850400 areas

Germany40,780History

Top 40 areas, 2017

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

Full ranking

Rank	Areas	2017 EUR	Change on 2016
1	Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	166,800	-6.9%
2	Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt	129,600	-0.3%
3	Schweinfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt	108,000	+7.7%
4	München, Landkreis	104,800	+1.6%
5	Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt	100,200	+1.6%
6	Coburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	98,500	+3.8%
7	Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	94,600	+7.7%
8	Erlangen, Kreisfreie Stadt	93,600	+2%
9	Stuttgart, Stadtkreis	87,000	+4.8%
10	Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt	86,600	+0.9%
11	Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt	82,700	+4.6%
12	München, Kreisfreie Stadt	82,300	+6.2%
13	Darmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt	82,000	+6.1%
14	Ulm, Stadtkreis	78,400	+1.4%
15	Aschaffenburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	72,600	-5.2%
16	Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt	72,000	+3.7%
17	Braunschweig, Kreisfreie Stadt	70,400	-3.8%
18	Dingolfing-Landau	70,100	+6.9%
19	Passau, Kreisfreie Stadt	69,900	+4.2%
20	Emden, Kreisfreie Stadt	69,700	-1.8%
21	Bamberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	68,700	+2.7%
22	Böblingen	68,600	+4.7%
22	Koblenz, Kreisfreie Stadt	68,600	+4.6%
24	Hamburg	68,100	+4.8%
25	Mannheim, Stadtkreis	67,100	+5.7%
26	Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis	66,200	+4.6%
27	Würzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	64,500	+3%
28	Landshut, Kreisfreie Stadt	64,100	+6.8%
29	Memmingen, Kreisfreie Stadt	63,100	+2.1%
30	Ansbach, Kreisfreie Stadt	63,000	+2.3%
31	Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt	62,900	+4%
32	Hochtaunuskreis	62,500	+5%
33	Baden-Baden, Stadtkreis	61,200	+2.5%
34	Nürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	60,900	+4.3%
35	Bayreuth, Kreisfreie Stadt	60,000	+4.2%
36	Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt	59,400	+2.6%
37	Amberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	59,100	+8%
38	Heilbronn, Landkreis	58,600	+9.9%
39	Main-Taunus-Kreis	58,400	+1.4%
40	Heidelberg, Stadtkreis	57,900	+3%
41	Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt	57,300	+5.3%
42	Weiden i. d. Opf, Kreisfreie Stadt	56,900	+3.3%
43	Kempten (Allgäu), Kreisfreie Stadt	55,800	-1.2%
44	Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt	55,600	+2%
45	Straubing, Kreisfreie Stadt	55,300	+3.9%
46	Heilbronn, Stadtkreis	54,800	+3.4%
47	Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt	54,300	+2.6%
48	Speyer, Kreisfreie Stadt	53,500	+4.3%
49	Freising	53,400	+2.5%
50	Salzgitter, Kreisfreie Stadt	52,900	+5.6%
51	Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis	52,800	+4.1%
52	Rosenheim, Kreisfreie Stadt	52,300	-0.6%
53	Hohenlohekreis	51,200	+3.6%
54	Bremen, Kreisfreie Stadt	50,400	+1.6%
55	Bodenseekreis	50,300	+1.8%
56	Donau-Ries	50,200	+3.5%
57	Altötting	50,000	+4%
57	Biberach	50,000	+5.3%
59	Osnabrück, Kreisfreie Stadt	49,600	+3.5%
60	Tuttlingen	49,300	+5.1%
61	Kaiserslautern, Kreisfreie Stadt	49,000	+0.2%
62	Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	48,800	0%
63	Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt	48,400	+7.8%
63	Zweibrücken, Kreisfreie Stadt	48,400	+1.9%
65	Ludwigsburg	47,400	+5.1%
66	Gütersloh	46,400	+2.4%
67	Trier, Kreisfreie Stadt	46,300	+3.8%
68	Region Hannover	46,000	+2.7%
69	Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt	45,900	+4.1%
69	Oldenburg (Oldenburg), Kreisfreie Stadt	45,900	+2%
71	Groß-Gerau	45,700	0%
71	Vechta	45,700	+3.2%
73	Starnberg	45,200	+8.4%
74	Mettmann	45,000	+3.9%
75	Ostalbkreis	44,800	+6.9%
75	Rastatt	44,800	+3.7%
77	Regionalverband Saarbrücken	44,600	+3%
78	Günzburg	44,300	+7.3%
79	Esslingen	44,200	+4.7%
80	Jena, Kreisfreie Stadt	43,800	+2.6%
80	Rottweil	43,800	+3.8%
82	Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm	43,400	+9.9%
83	Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt	43,200	+3.6%
83	Hof, Kreisfreie Stadt	43,200	+0.5%
83	Lübeck, Kreisfreie Stadt	43,200	+13.4%
86	Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	43,100	+5.1%
87	Landau in der Pfalz, Kreisfreie Stadt	43,000	+1.2%
88	Ravensburg	42,800	+3.9%
89	Reutlingen	42,600	+3.4%
90	Potsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt	42,500	+2.2%
91	Emsland	42,300	+6.5%
91	Neumünster, Kreisfreie Stadt	42,300	+5.5%
93	Traunstein	42,100	+4.5%
94	Saarpfalz-Kreis	41,800	+4%
95	Schwäbisch Hall	41,500	+4%
96	Olpe	41,200	+5.4%
96	Ortenaukreis	41,200	+3.3%
98	Siegen-Wittgenstein	41,100	+5.1%
99	Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt	41,000	+3.3%
99	Krefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	41,000	+8.2%
101	Berlin	40,900	+4.9%
101	Flensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	40,900	+4.1%
103	Schwerin, Kreisfreie Stadt	40,800	+4.9%
104	Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis	40,700	+4.6%
104	Weilheim-Schongau	40,700	+4.1%
106	Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt	40,400	-1%
107	Pforzheim, Stadtkreis	40,300	+0.2%
108	Minden-Lübbecke	40,000	+3.4%
109	Deggendorf	39,900	+3.1%
110	Neumarkt i. d. OPf.	39,700	+5.3%
111	Erfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt	39,600	-0.5%
112	Erlangen-Höchstadt	39,500	+1.3%
112	Main-Tauber-Kreis	39,500	+7.6%
112	Marburg-Biedenkopf	39,500	+10.6%
112	Offenbach, Landkreis	39,500	+4.5%
116	Rhön-Grabfeld	39,400	+5.9%
117	Wilhelmshaven, Kreisfreie Stadt	39,200	+3.2%
118	Dortmund, Kreisfreie Stadt	39,100	+5.7%
118	Freudenstadt	39,100	+5.4%
118	Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt	39,100	+3.7%
121	Neu-Ulm	39,000	+3.7%
121	Pirmasens, Kreisfreie Stadt	39,000	+0.8%
123	Fulda	38,900	+3.7%
123	Unterallgäu	38,900	+4%
125	Rhein-Kreis Neuss	38,500	+4.6%
125	Rostock, Kreisfreie Stadt	38,500	+9.1%
127	Heidenheim	38,400	+4.9%
127	Kitzingen	38,400	+7.9%
127	Schwabach, Kreisfreie Stadt	38,400	+15%
130	Lindau (Bodensee)	38,100	+1.9%
131	Borken	37,600	+3.9%
131	Dahme-Spreewald	37,600	+7.4%
133	Fürth, Kreisfreie Stadt	37,500	+5.6%
133	Märkischer Kreis	37,500	+4.5%
135	Miesbach	37,400	+3.3%
135	Worms, Kreisfreie Stadt	37,400	+4.8%
137	Germersheim	37,300	-0.8%
137	Hochsauerlandkreis	37,300	+6%
137	Neuburg-Schrobenhausen	37,300	+6.9%
137	Waldeck-Frankenberg	37,300	+4.2%
141	Cham	37,200	+6%
141	Gießen, Landkreis	37,200	+3.3%
141	Kaufbeuren, Kreisfreie Stadt	37,200	+0.5%
144	Frankfurt (Oder), Kreisfreie Stadt	37,000	+1.9%
144	Sigmaringen	37,000	+4.2%
144	Städteregion Aachen	37,000	+3.6%
147	Mainz-Bingen	36,800	+1.9%
148	Rhein-Neckar-Kreis	36,700	+4%
149	Main-Spessart	36,600	+4.9%
149	Remscheid, Kreisfreie Stadt	36,600	+3.1%
149	Wuppertal, Kreisfreie Stadt	36,600	-0.8%
152	Lichtenfels	36,500	+5.5%
153	Ostallgäu	36,400	+4%
153	Paderborn	36,400	+2.5%
155	Cottbus, Kreisfreie Stadt	36,300	+5.5%
155	Hersfeld-Rotenburg	36,300	+5.5%
155	Schwandorf	36,300	+2.5%
158	Oberbergischer Kreis	36,200	+3.4%
158	Soest	36,200	+5.8%
160	Chemnitz, Kreisfreie Stadt	36,000	+4.7%
161	Karlsruhe, Landkreis	35,900	+3.5%
162	Dillingen a.d. Donau	35,700	+5.3%
162	Hagen, Kreisfreie Stadt	35,700	+5.3%
162	Teltow-Fläming	35,700	+6.9%
165	Göttingen	35,600	+4.4%
166	Wesermarsch	35,400	+3.8%
167	Duisburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	35,300	+4.4%
167	Hof, Landkreis	35,300	+2.9%
167	Zollernalbkreis	35,300	+4.4%
170	Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt	35,200	+2.6%
170	Eichstätt	35,200	+6%
170	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	35,200	+6%
170	Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis	35,200	+7.3%
174	Mülheim an der Ruhr, Kreisfreie Stadt	35,100	+5.7%
175	Konstanz	35,000	+4.2%
175	Landshut, Landkreis	35,000	+2.9%
175	Miltenberg	35,000	+3.6%
175	Rems-Murr-Kreis	35,000	+4.2%
175	Wunsiedel i. Fichtelgebirge	35,000	+5.1%
180	Kulmbach	34,900	+2.9%
180	Lahn-Dill-Kreis	34,900	+2.9%
180	Nordfriesland	34,900	+4.5%
180	Tirschenreuth	34,900	+3.6%
184	Aschaffenburg, Landkreis	34,800	+8.8%
184	Berchtesgadener Land	34,800	+3.9%
184	Cloppenburg	34,800	+4.5%
184	Main-Kinzig-Kreis	34,800	+2.7%
188	Dithmarschen	34,700	+12.7%
188	Landsberg am Lech	34,700	+3.9%
190	Tübingen, Landkreis	34,600	+2.7%
191	Mönchengladbach, Kreisfreie Stadt	34,500	+4.2%
191	Mühldorf a. Inn	34,500	+5.8%
193	Göppingen	34,400	+3%
193	Lörrach	34,400	+4.6%
195	Saalekreis	34,200	+6.2%
195	Stormarn	34,200	+4.3%
197	Magdeburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	34,100	+3%
198	Bochum, Kreisfreie Stadt	33,900	-2.3%
198	Ebersberg	33,900	+5.9%
198	Kelheim	33,900	+4.6%
201	Herford	33,800	+3%
202	Heidekreis	33,600	+5.3%
203	Oberallgäu	33,500	+4.7%
203	Vulkaneifel	33,500	+4.4%
203	Westerwaldkreis	33,500	+4.7%
206	Hameln-Pyrmont	33,400	+1.5%
206	Rotenburg (Wümme)	33,400	+6.4%
208	Steinfurt	33,200	+4.4%
209	Kronach	33,100	+2.2%
209	Rosenheim, Landkreis	33,100	+4.1%
211	Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen	33,000	+4.4%
212	Rottal-Inn	32,900	+4.4%
213	Saarlouis	32,800	+0.6%
214	Bad Kissingen	32,700	+1.2%
214	Frankenthal (Pfalz), Kreisfreie Stadt	32,700	-1.5%
214	Holzminden	32,700	+3.2%
217	Emmendingen	32,500	+5.9%
217	Neuwied	32,500	+8.3%
217	Nürnberger Land	32,500	+2.5%
220	Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt	32,300	+5.9%
221	Regen	32,200	+3.2%
222	Haßberge	32,000	+3.6%
223	Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Kreisfreie Stadt	31,900	+3.9%
223	Warendorf	31,900	+4.2%
225	Bernkastel-Wittlich	31,800	-1.5%
226	Mayen-Koblenz	31,700	+2.3%
227	Diepholz	31,500	+5%
227	Erding	31,500	+4%
227	Gelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie Stadt	31,500	+5%
227	Halle (Saale), Kreisfreie Stadt	31,500	+3.3%
227	Neustadt a. d. Waldnaab	31,500	+3.6%
227	Segeberg	31,500	+4%
233	Verden	31,400	+3.6%
234	Ammerland	31,300	+6.8%
234	Grafschaft Bentheim	31,300	+3%
234	St. Wendel	31,300	+14.2%
234	Wartburgkreis	31,300	+1.3%
238	Alb-Donau-Kreis	31,200	+2.6%
238	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis	31,200	+3%
238	Enzkreis	31,200	+3.3%
238	Nienburg (Weser)	31,200	+4.7%
238	Waldshut	31,200	+2.3%
243	Cochem-Zell	31,100	+5.8%
243	Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis	31,100	+4%
245	Ansbach, Landkreis	31,000	+3%
246	Neustadt a. d. Aisch-Bad Windsheim	30,900	+8.8%
246	Osnabrück, Landkreis	30,900	+4%
248	Dessau-Roßlau, Kreisfreie Stadt	30,800	+6.6%
248	Goslar	30,800	+3.4%
248	Passau, Landkreis	30,800	+6.2%

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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 €166,800 in 2017, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Südwestpfalz, with €16,600 in 2017.

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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.