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

Name: NUTS 3 areas of Germany by GDP per capita (euros), 2018
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Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt had the highest GDP per capita (euros) of 400 areas in 2018, at €184,100. Südwestpfalz had the lowest, at €17,100. The median was €34,750 and the figure for Germany was €42,000. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest184,100Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt

Lowest17,100Südwestpfalz

Median34,750400 areas

Germany42,000History

Top 40 areas, 2018

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

Full ranking

Rank	Areas	2018 EUR	Change on 2017
1	Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	184,100	+10.4%
2	Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt	129,600	0%
3	Schweinfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt	108,400	+0.4%
4	München, Landkreis	107,100	+2.2%
5	Erlangen, Kreisfreie Stadt	102,900	+9.9%
6	Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt	102,000	+1.8%
7	Coburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	101,100	+2.6%
8	Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	92,300	-2.4%
9	Stuttgart, Stadtkreis	91,600	+5.3%
10	Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt	85,600	+3.5%
11	München, Kreisfreie Stadt	83,400	+1.3%
12	Darmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt	82,800	+1%
13	Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt	81,500	-5.9%
14	Ulm, Stadtkreis	81,100	+3.4%
15	Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt	79,700	+10.7%
16	Braunschweig, Kreisfreie Stadt	74,600	+6%
17	Emden, Kreisfreie Stadt	73,600	+5.6%
18	Aschaffenburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	72,300	-0.4%
19	Passau, Kreisfreie Stadt	71,200	+1.9%
20	Bamberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	71,100	+3.5%
21	Böblingen	69,800	+1.7%
22	Hamburg	69,300	+1.8%
23	Koblenz, Kreisfreie Stadt	69,200	+0.9%
24	Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis	69,100	+4.4%
24	Mannheim, Stadtkreis	69,100	+3%
26	Würzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	65,300	+1.2%
27	Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt	65,200	+3.7%
28	Memmingen, Kreisfreie Stadt	64,600	+2.4%
29	Amberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	63,800	+8%
30	Ansbach, Kreisfreie Stadt	63,700	+1.1%
30	Baden-Baden, Stadtkreis	63,700	+4.1%
32	Bayreuth, Kreisfreie Stadt	63,000	+5%
33	Landshut, Kreisfreie Stadt	62,900	-1.9%
34	Nürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	62,500	+2.6%
35	Heilbronn, Landkreis	60,800	+3.8%
36	Heilbronn, Stadtkreis	60,500	+10.4%
37	Dingolfing-Landau	60,300	-14%
38	Hochtaunuskreis	60,200	-3.7%
39	Main-Taunus-Kreis	59,500	+1.9%
40	Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt	59,400	0%
41	Heidelberg, Stadtkreis	59,300	+2.4%
42	Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt	58,900	+2.8%
43	Weiden i. d. Opf, Kreisfreie Stadt	58,200	+2.3%
44	Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt	56,500	+1.6%
44	Straubing, Kreisfreie Stadt	56,500	+2.2%
46	Salzgitter, Kreisfreie Stadt	56,300	+6.4%
47	Kempten (Allgäu), Kreisfreie Stadt	56,200	+0.7%
48	Speyer, Kreisfreie Stadt	55,800	+4.3%
49	Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis	55,100	+4.4%
50	Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt	55,000	+1.3%
51	Freising	54,700	+2.4%
52	Rosenheim, Kreisfreie Stadt	54,000	+3.3%
53	Zweibrücken, Kreisfreie Stadt	53,800	+11.2%
54	Hohenlohekreis	53,200	+3.9%
55	Bodenseekreis	51,600	+2.6%
56	Bremen, Kreisfreie Stadt	51,300	+1.8%
57	Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt	51,100	+5.6%
57	Osnabrück, Kreisfreie Stadt	51,100	+3%
59	Altötting	51,000	+2%
59	Biberach	51,000	+2%
61	Tuttlingen	50,700	+2.8%
62	Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	50,600	+3.7%
63	Kaiserslautern, Kreisfreie Stadt	49,400	+0.8%
64	Gütersloh	48,400	+4.3%
64	Ludwigsburg	48,400	+2.1%
66	Groß-Gerau	48,300	+5.7%
67	Trier, Kreisfreie Stadt	47,900	+3.5%
68	Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt	47,800	+4.1%
68	Region Hannover	47,800	+3.9%
70	Oldenburg (Oldenburg), Kreisfreie Stadt	47,100	+2.6%
71	Vechta	46,800	+2.4%
72	Rastatt	46,500	+3.8%
72	Schwäbisch Hall	46,500	+12%
74	Ostalbkreis	46,400	+3.6%
75	Starnberg	45,900	+1.5%
76	Mettmann	45,800	+1.8%
77	Rottweil	45,600	+4.1%
78	Jena, Kreisfreie Stadt	45,500	+3.9%
79	Regionalverband Saarbrücken	45,300	+1.6%
80	Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	45,200	+4.9%
81	Esslingen	44,900	+1.6%
82	Günzburg	44,800	+1.1%
83	Ravensburg	44,700	+4.4%
84	Landau in der Pfalz, Kreisfreie Stadt	44,600	+3.7%
84	Lübeck, Kreisfreie Stadt	44,600	+3.2%
86	Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt	44,400	+2.8%
87	Hof, Kreisfreie Stadt	44,300	+2.5%
88	Neumünster, Kreisfreie Stadt	43,700	+3.3%
89	Potsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt	43,600	+2.6%
90	Traunstein	43,500	+3.3%
91	Emsland	43,300	+2.4%
92	Reutlingen	43,100	+1.2%
93	Berlin	42,900	+4.9%
94	Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt	42,800	+4.4%
94	Ortenaukreis	42,800	+3.9%
96	Krefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	42,700	+4.1%
97	Olpe	42,600	+3.4%
98	Weilheim-Schongau	42,400	+4.2%
99	Donau-Ries	42,300	-15.7%
100	Rhön-Grabfeld	42,100	+6.9%
100	Siegen-Wittgenstein	42,100	+2.4%
102	Saarpfalz-Kreis	42,000	+0.5%
103	Deggendorf	41,700	+4.5%
103	Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis	41,700	+2.5%
105	Minden-Lübbecke	41,500	+3.8%
106	Dortmund, Kreisfreie Stadt	41,300	+5.6%
106	Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt	41,300	+2.2%
108	Flensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	41,200	+0.7%
108	Schwerin, Kreisfreie Stadt	41,200	+1%
110	Wilhelmshaven, Kreisfreie Stadt	40,900	+4.3%
111	Erlangen-Höchstadt	40,700	+3%
111	Pforzheim, Stadtkreis	40,700	+1%
113	Main-Tauber-Kreis	40,600	+2.8%
114	Marburg-Biedenkopf	40,500	+2.5%
115	Freudenstadt	40,400	+3.3%
115	Rhein-Kreis Neuss	40,400	+4.9%
115	Unterallgäu	40,400	+3.9%
118	Erfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt	40,300	+1.8%
119	Neu-Ulm	40,200	+3.1%
120	Neumarkt i. d. OPf.	40,100	+1%
121	Offenbach, Landkreis	40,000	+1.3%
122	Fulda	39,800	+2.3%
122	Pirmasens, Kreisfreie Stadt	39,800	+2.1%
124	Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt	39,500	+1%
124	Lindau (Bodensee)	39,500	+3.7%
126	Kaufbeuren, Kreisfreie Stadt	39,400	+5.9%
127	Fürth, Kreisfreie Stadt	39,100	+4.3%
128	Cham	39,000	+4.8%
129	Waldeck-Frankenberg	38,900	+4.3%
130	Miesbach	38,800	+3.7%
131	Worms, Kreisfreie Stadt	38,700	+3.5%
132	Rhein-Neckar-Kreis	38,600	+5.2%
132	Sigmaringen	38,600	+4.3%
134	Gießen, Landkreis	38,500	+3.5%
134	Heidenheim	38,500	+0.3%
136	Neuburg-Schrobenhausen	38,400	+2.9%
136	Schwabach, Kreisfreie Stadt	38,400	0%
138	Frankfurt (Oder), Kreisfreie Stadt	38,300	+3.5%
139	Borken	38,200	+1.6%
139	Dahme-Spreewald	38,200	+1.6%
139	Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm	38,200	-12%
142	Hochsauerlandkreis	38,100	+2.1%
142	Städteregion Aachen	38,100	+3%
144	Märkischer Kreis	38,000	+1.3%
144	Ostallgäu	38,000	+4.4%
144	Rostock, Kreisfreie Stadt	38,000	-1.3%
147	Main-Spessart	37,900	+3.6%
147	Schwandorf	37,900	+4.4%
149	Eichstätt	37,700	+7.1%
149	Germersheim	37,700	+1.1%
149	Mainz-Bingen	37,700	+2.4%
152	Mülheim an der Ruhr, Kreisfreie Stadt	37,600	+7.1%
153	Lichtenfels	37,500	+2.7%
154	Oberbergischer Kreis	37,400	+3.3%
154	Remscheid, Kreisfreie Stadt	37,400	+2.2%
156	Chemnitz, Kreisfreie Stadt	37,300	+3.6%
156	Soest	37,300	+3%
156	Tirschenreuth	37,300	+6.9%
159	Cottbus, Kreisfreie Stadt	37,200	+2.5%
160	Dillingen a.d. Donau	37,100	+3.9%
160	Landshut, Landkreis	37,100	+6%
162	Hersfeld-Rotenburg	37,000	+1.9%
163	Duisburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	36,900	+4.5%
163	Hagen, Kreisfreie Stadt	36,900	+3.4%
165	Paderborn	36,800	+1.1%
166	Karlsruhe, Landkreis	36,700	+2.2%
166	Kitzingen	36,700	-4.4%
168	Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis	36,600	+4%
168	Wuppertal, Kreisfreie Stadt	36,600	0%
170	Göttingen	36,500	+2.5%
170	Hof, Landkreis	36,500	+3.4%
172	Teltow-Fläming	36,400	+2%
172	Zollernalbkreis	36,400	+3.1%
174	Bochum, Kreisfreie Stadt	36,300	+7.1%
174	Rems-Murr-Kreis	36,300	+3.7%
174	Wunsiedel i. Fichtelgebirge	36,300	+3.7%
177	Dithmarschen	36,200	+4.3%
177	Heidekreis	36,200	+7.7%
177	Landsberg am Lech	36,200	+4.3%
180	Kulmbach	36,100	+3.4%
180	Lahn-Dill-Kreis	36,100	+3.4%
182	Konstanz	36,000	+2.9%
183	Main-Kinzig-Kreis	35,800	+2.9%
183	Miltenberg	35,800	+2.3%
183	Saalekreis	35,800	+4.7%
186	Aschaffenburg, Landkreis	35,700	+2.6%
187	Tübingen, Landkreis	35,400	+2.3%
188	Berchtesgadener Land	35,300	+1.4%
188	Mühldorf a. Inn	35,300	+2.3%
190	Cloppenburg	35,200	+1.1%
190	Oberallgäu	35,200	+5.1%
190	Vulkaneifel	35,200	+5.1%
193	Frankenthal (Pfalz), Kreisfreie Stadt	35,100	+7.3%
194	Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt	35,000	-0.6%
194	Lörrach	35,000	+1.7%
196	Magdeburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	34,900	+2.3%
196	Mönchengladbach, Kreisfreie Stadt	34,900	+1.2%
196	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	34,900	-0.9%
199	Göppingen	34,800	+1.2%
199	Westerwaldkreis	34,800	+3.9%
201	Stormarn	34,700	+1.5%
202	Kronach	34,600	+4.5%
202	Rosenheim, Landkreis	34,600	+4.5%
202	Rottal-Inn	34,600	+5.2%
205	Ebersberg	34,500	+1.8%
206	Herford	34,400	+1.8%
207	Nordfriesland	34,300	-1.7%
208	Regen	34,100	+5.9%
208	Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt	34,100	+5.6%
210	Bad Kissingen	34,000	+4%
210	Hameln-Pyrmont	34,000	+1.8%
210	Kelheim	34,000	+0.3%
213	Neuwied	33,900	+4.3%
213	Steinfurt	33,900	+2.1%
215	Rotenburg (Wümme)	33,800	+1.2%
216	Emmendingen	33,700	+3.7%
216	Holzminden	33,700	+3.1%
218	Haßberge	33,300	+4.1%
219	Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen	33,200	+0.6%
220	Neustadt a. d. Waldnaab	33,100	+5.1%
220	Saarlouis	33,100	+0.9%
222	Alb-Donau-Kreis	33,000	+5.8%
222	Nürnberger Land	33,000	+1.5%
224	Stade	32,900	+7.5%
225	Halle (Saale), Kreisfreie Stadt	32,700	+3.8%
226	Brandenburg an der Havel, Kreisfreie Stadt	32,600	+6.9%
226	Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Kreisfreie Stadt	32,600	+2.2%
228	Enzkreis	32,500	+4.2%
228	Grafschaft Bentheim	32,500	+3.8%
228	Verden	32,500	+3.5%
228	Wesermarsch	32,500	-8.2%
232	Ammerland	32,400	+3.5%
232	Cochem-Zell	32,400	+4.2%
232	Segeberg	32,400	+2.9%
235	Bernkastel-Wittlich	32,300	+1.6%
236	Forchheim	32,200	+4.9%
237	Gelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie Stadt	32,100	+1.9%
238	Ansbach, Landkreis	32,000	+3.2%
238	Mayen-Koblenz	32,000	+0.9%
240	Osnabrück, Landkreis	31,900	+3.2%
240	Passau, Landkreis	31,900	+3.6%
240	Warendorf	31,900	0%
243	Augsburg, Landkreis	31,800	+4.3%
243	Celle	31,800	+5.3%
243	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis	31,800	+1.9%
243	St. Wendel	31,800	+1.6%
243	Wartburgkreis	31,800	+1.6%
248	Erding	31,700	+0.6%
248	Waldshut	31,700	+1.6%
250	Goslar	31,600	+2.6%

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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 €184,100 in 2018, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Südwestpfalz, with €17,100 in 2018.

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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.