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

Name: NUTS 3 areas of Germany by GDP per capita (euros), 2020
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Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt had the highest GDP per capita (euros) of 400 areas in 2020, at €160,200. Südwestpfalz had the lowest, at €18,000. The median was €35,150 and the figure for Germany was €42,350. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest160,200Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt

Lowest18,000Südwestpfalz

Median35,150400 areas

Germany42,350History

Top 40 areas, 2020

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

Full ranking

Rank	Areas	2020 EUR	Change on 2019
1	Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	160,200	-17.2%
2	Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt	126,200	-9.1%
3	Erlangen, Kreisfreie Stadt	108,400	+3.2%
4	München, Landkreis	105,800	-4.5%
5	Coburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	100,000	-4.1%
6	Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt	97,800	-4.8%
7	Schweinfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt	97,100	-7%
8	Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	89,900	-4%
9	Darmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt	88,100	+2%
10	Stuttgart, Stadtkreis	87,300	-4.5%
11	Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt	84,200	-1.9%
12	München, Kreisfreie Stadt	83,500	-3.5%
13	Ulm, Stadtkreis	81,200	-2.2%
14	Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt	79,400	+3.5%
15	Braunschweig, Kreisfreie Stadt	76,100	+2%
16	Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt	74,500	-8.5%
17	Bamberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	72,300	+0.7%
17	Koblenz, Kreisfreie Stadt	72,300	-0.3%
19	Aschaffenburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	70,900	-6.1%
20	Passau, Kreisfreie Stadt	70,700	-1.7%
21	Baden-Baden, Stadtkreis	69,700	+0.9%
22	Hamburg	69,200	-4.4%
23	Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis	68,500	-2.6%
24	Amberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	66,600	+3.9%
25	Würzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	66,300	-2.6%
26	Emden, Kreisfreie Stadt	66,200	-12.9%
27	Mannheim, Stadtkreis	65,400	-4.8%
28	Ansbach, Kreisfreie Stadt	65,300	-0.9%
28	Memmingen, Kreisfreie Stadt	65,300	-3%
30	Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt	64,500	-3.7%
31	Landshut, Kreisfreie Stadt	62,800	-4.3%
32	Bayreuth, Kreisfreie Stadt	62,500	-3.1%
33	Böblingen	62,300	-4.2%
34	Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt	61,700	-1.9%
35	Heilbronn, Landkreis	61,100	-3.3%
36	Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt	60,900	-0.5%
36	Nürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	60,900	-4.8%
38	Straubing, Kreisfreie Stadt	60,600	-0.5%
39	Heidelberg, Stadtkreis	60,000	-2.4%
39	Main-Taunus-Kreis	60,000	-0.7%
41	Weiden i. d. Opf, Kreisfreie Stadt	59,800	-1.8%
42	Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt	57,600	+0.5%
43	Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis	57,500	-1.7%
44	Dingolfing-Landau	57,400	-11.4%
45	Hochtaunuskreis	57,000	-1.7%
46	Kempten (Allgäu), Kreisfreie Stadt	56,500	-5%
47	Heilbronn, Stadtkreis	56,300	-5.9%
48	Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt	54,500	-3.7%
49	Rosenheim, Kreisfreie Stadt	54,200	-4.1%
50	Hohenlohekreis	54,100	-2%
51	Speyer, Kreisfreie Stadt	53,400	-8.6%
52	Donau-Ries	53,000	+0.8%
52	Osnabrück, Kreisfreie Stadt	53,000	-0.9%
54	Biberach	51,200	-4.1%
54	Gütersloh	51,200	+2.6%
56	Kaiserslautern, Kreisfreie Stadt	49,900	-2.3%
57	Bodenseekreis	49,800	-2.2%
58	Ludwigsburg	49,700	+1%
59	Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	49,600	-5.3%
60	Bremen, Kreisfreie Stadt	49,500	-3.5%
61	Salzgitter, Kreisfreie Stadt	49,200	-11.4%
62	Oldenburg (Oldenburg), Kreisfreie Stadt	49,100	-0.2%
62	Zweibrücken, Kreisfreie Stadt	49,100	-7.7%
64	Altötting	48,700	-2.2%
64	Trier, Kreisfreie Stadt	48,700	-0.2%
64	Vechta	48,700	+1.2%
67	Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt	48,500	-1.2%
68	Region Hannover	48,100	-2.6%
69	Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	47,400	+1.1%
70	Tuttlingen	47,100	-9.8%
71	Schwäbisch Hall	46,900	-0.6%
72	Jena, Kreisfreie Stadt	46,300	-1.1%
73	Freising	46,100	-11.3%
73	Günzburg	46,100	-1.7%
75	Ravensburg	46,000	-1.1%
76	Neumünster, Kreisfreie Stadt	45,900	+2.9%
76	Ostalbkreis	45,900	-2.3%
78	Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt	45,700	-0.2%
78	Landau in der Pfalz, Kreisfreie Stadt	45,700	-0.4%
78	Mettmann	45,700	-2.4%
81	Hof, Kreisfreie Stadt	45,500	+0.4%
82	Lübeck, Kreisfreie Stadt	45,300	-2.4%
83	Starnberg	45,200	-3.4%
84	Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt	45,100	-10.3%
85	Potsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt	45,000	-2.4%
86	Traunstein	44,900	+0.4%
87	Berlin	44,700	-0.2%
87	Weilheim-Schongau	44,700	+3.5%
89	Schwerin, Kreisfreie Stadt	44,500	+1.1%
90	Groß-Gerau	44,200	-9.4%
91	Regionalverband Saarbrücken	44,000	-3.3%
92	Deggendorf	43,500	+1.6%
93	Rhön-Grabfeld	43,300	+0.9%
94	Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt	43,000	-2.7%
94	Emsland	43,000	-4%
96	Krefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	42,800	+0.2%
96	Waldeck-Frankenberg	42,800	+0.7%
98	Rottweil	42,700	-6.8%
99	Flensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	42,600	-1.8%
99	Frankfurt (Oder), Kreisfreie Stadt	42,600	+0.2%
101	Minden-Lübbecke	42,500	-0.9%
102	Erfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt	42,400	+1.2%
103	Pforzheim, Stadtkreis	42,100	+1.9%
104	Wilhelmshaven, Kreisfreie Stadt	42,000	+0.5%
105	Esslingen	41,600	-6.9%
105	Landshut, Landkreis	41,600	+6.9%
105	Mainz-Bingen	41,600	+3.2%
108	Dortmund, Kreisfreie Stadt	41,500	-2.1%
108	Olpe	41,500	-3.7%
108	Reutlingen	41,500	-6.5%
111	Main-Tauber-Kreis	41,200	-1.9%
112	Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt	41,100	-5.1%
112	Tirschenreuth	41,100	-1%
114	Unterallgäu	40,900	-1.2%
115	Cham	40,800	+1%
115	Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt	40,800	-1.9%
115	Ortenaukreis	40,800	-6.8%
115	Saarpfalz-Kreis	40,800	-3.5%
115	Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis	40,800	-4%
120	Miesbach	40,600	-2.2%
120	Rastatt	40,600	-9.4%
122	Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm	40,400	+6.9%
122	Pirmasens, Kreisfreie Stadt	40,400	-1.9%
124	Marburg-Biedenkopf	40,300	-4%
124	Neumarkt i. d. OPf.	40,300	+1.3%
126	Siegen-Wittgenstein	40,200	-5%
127	Neuburg-Schrobenhausen	40,000	+1.8%
128	Gießen, Landkreis	39,800	+0.5%
128	Worms, Kreisfreie Stadt	39,800	-3.4%
130	Borken	39,700	-0.8%
130	Fulda	39,700	-2.7%
132	Offenbach, Landkreis	39,400	-3.4%
133	Fürth, Kreisfreie Stadt	39,300	+1.8%
133	Rhein-Neckar-Kreis	39,300	-6%
135	Freudenstadt	39,100	-5.6%
135	Ostallgäu	39,100	-1.5%
135	Sigmaringen	39,100	-1.3%
138	Cottbus, Kreisfreie Stadt	39,000	0%
139	Dillingen a.d. Donau	38,900	+3.7%
139	Lindau (Bodensee)	38,900	-4%
141	Heidenheim	38,600	-1.8%
141	Rostock, Kreisfreie Stadt	38,600	-8.1%
143	Main-Spessart	38,400	-1.8%
143	Neu-Ulm	38,400	-4.7%
143	Schwabach, Kreisfreie Stadt	38,400	-4.2%
146	Schwandorf	38,300	-2%
146	Städteregion Aachen	38,300	-2.5%
148	Hersfeld-Rotenburg	38,200	-3.3%
148	Hochsauerlandkreis	38,200	-3.3%
150	Erlangen-Höchstadt	38,100	-7.1%
150	Rhein-Kreis Neuss	38,100	-2.8%
152	Kaufbeuren, Kreisfreie Stadt	38,000	-1.8%
153	Frankenthal (Pfalz), Kreisfreie Stadt	37,900	-1.3%
154	Chemnitz, Kreisfreie Stadt	37,800	-2.6%
154	Kitzingen	37,800	-2.8%
156	Remscheid, Kreisfreie Stadt	37,600	-4.3%
157	Cloppenburg	37,400	+2.2%
157	Heidekreis	37,400	+0.5%
157	Teltow-Fläming	37,400	-4.3%
160	Bochum, Kreisfreie Stadt	37,300	-1.1%
160	Landsberg am Lech	37,300	-0.3%
160	Soest	37,300	-3.1%
163	Kulmbach	37,200	+1.1%
163	Zollernalbkreis	37,200	-0.3%
165	Göttingen	37,000	-0.8%
165	Paderborn	37,000	-1.1%
167	Hof, Landkreis	36,900	-1.3%
167	Main-Kinzig-Kreis	36,900	-1.3%
167	Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis	36,900	-1.9%
167	Rotenburg (Wümme)	36,900	+4.8%
171	Eichstätt	36,800	-3.4%
171	Konstanz	36,800	-1.6%
171	Nordfriesland	36,800	-1.6%
171	Oberbergischer Kreis	36,800	-3.9%
171	Stormarn	36,800	+2.8%
176	Lichtenfels	36,700	+0.8%
176	Wuppertal, Kreisfreie Stadt	36,700	-2.7%
178	Mülheim an der Ruhr, Kreisfreie Stadt	36,600	-3.4%
179	Märkischer Kreis	36,500	-3.4%
180	Mühldorf a. Inn	36,400	-0.5%
180	Rosenheim, Landkreis	36,400	+0.8%
180	Westerwaldkreis	36,400	+1.1%
183	Wesermarsch	36,300	+6.8%
183	Wunsiedel i. Fichtelgebirge	36,300	-6.2%
185	Magdeburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	36,200	-0.8%
186	Rems-Murr-Kreis	36,100	-2.2%
186	Rottal-Inn	36,100	+1.7%
188	Berchtesgadener Land	36,000	-3.5%
188	Karlsruhe, Landkreis	36,000	-4.8%
188	Miltenberg	36,000	-0.6%
191	Lahn-Dill-Kreis	35,800	-4%
192	Oberallgäu	35,700	-1.4%
192	Regen	35,700	-1.9%
194	Aschaffenburg, Landkreis	35,600	-3%
194	Steinfurt	35,600	+1.7%
194	Tübingen, Landkreis	35,600	-1.7%
197	Mönchengladbach, Kreisfreie Stadt	35,400	-1.1%
198	Hameln-Pyrmont	35,300	0%
198	Herford	35,300	-1.1%
200	Holzminden	35,200	+1.1%
201	Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt	35,100	-0.3%
201	Halle (Saale), Kreisfreie Stadt	35,100	+1.4%
203	Emmendingen	35,000	+0.9%
203	Forchheim	35,000	-1.7%
203	Grafschaft Bentheim	35,000	+2.6%
206	Bad Kissingen	34,900	0%
207	Ebersberg	34,800	+2.1%
208	Vulkaneifel	34,700	-3.6%
209	Dahme-Spreewald	34,600	-4.2%
209	Hagen, Kreisfreie Stadt	34,600	-4.9%
209	Neustadt a. d. Waldnaab	34,600	+2.1%
212	Dithmarschen	34,500	-4.4%
212	Segeberg	34,500	+1.2%
214	Bernkastel-Wittlich	34,400	+1.8%
215	Ammerland	34,300	+2.1%
216	Cochem-Zell	34,200	-0.3%
216	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	34,200	-3.9%
218	Haßberge	34,100	+0.3%
219	Duisburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	34,000	-5.6%
219	Saalekreis	34,000	-6.3%
219	Warendorf	34,000	+2.1%
222	Lörrach	33,900	-4.8%
222	Verden	33,900	-2%
224	Schwalm-Eder-Kreis	33,800	+0.6%
225	Alb-Donau-Kreis	33,700	-3.2%
225	Kronach	33,700	-5.3%
225	Neuwied	33,700	-3.2%
228	Germersheim	33,600	-5.4%
228	Osnabrück, Landkreis	33,600	+0.9%
230	Steinburg	33,400	-1.2%
230	Weimar, Kreisfreie Stadt	33,400	+3.1%
232	Kelheim	33,300	-2.6%
232	Nienburg (Weser)	33,300	+0.6%
234	Mayen-Koblenz	33,200	+1.2%
234	Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Kreisfreie Stadt	33,200	-2.1%
236	Freyung-Grafenau	33,100	+1.5%
237	Nürnberger Land	32,900	-3.2%
237	Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt	32,900	-6%
239	Brandenburg an der Havel, Kreisfreie Stadt	32,800	-2.1%
239	Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen	32,800	-3.2%
241	Dessau-Roßlau, Kreisfreie Stadt	32,700	+2.5%
242	Göppingen	32,600	-5.5%
242	Lippe	32,600	+0.3%
244	Neustadt a. d. Aisch-Bad Windsheim	32,500	-0.3%
244	Spree-Neiße	32,500	-0.9%
246	Augsburg, Landkreis	32,400	-0.6%
246	Stade	32,400	-6.4%
248	Ansbach, Landkreis	32,200	-1.2%
248	Kleve	32,200	-2.1%
248	Limburg-Weilburg	32,200	+0.3%

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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)?

Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt, with €160,200 in 2020, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Südwestpfalz, with €18,000 in 2020.

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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.