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

Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt had the highest GDP per capita (euros) of 400 areas in 2021, at €143,400. Südwestpfalz had the lowest, at €18,200. The median was €37,300 and the figure for Germany was €45,280. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest143,400Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt
Lowest18,200Südwestpfalz
Median37,300400 areas
Germany45,280History

Top 40 areas, 2021

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Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie StadtWolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt: 143,400 EUR143,400Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie StadtIngolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt: 133,400 EUR133,400Mainz, Kreisfreie StadtMainz, Kreisfreie Stadt: 122,900 EUR122,900Coburg, Kreisfreie StadtCoburg, Kreisfreie Stadt: 118,300 EUR118,300München, LandkreisMünchen, Landkreis: 117,600 EUR117,600Erlangen, Kreisfreie StadtErlangen, Kreisfreie Stadt: 111,000 EUR111,000Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Sta…Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt: 105,700 EUR105,700Schweinfurt, Kreisfreie StadtSchweinfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt: 104,700 EUR104,700Stuttgart, StadtkreisStuttgart, Stadtkreis: 100,300 EUR100,300Regensburg, Kreisfreie StadtRegensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt: 98,700 EUR98,700Darmstadt, Kreisfreie StadtDarmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt: 92,500 EUR92,500München, Kreisfreie StadtMünchen, Kreisfreie Stadt: 90,800 EUR90,800Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie StadtDüsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt: 90,200 EUR90,200Ulm, StadtkreisUlm, Stadtkreis: 86,100 EUR86,100Braunschweig, Kreisfreie StadtBraunschweig, Kreisfreie Stadt: 80,800 EUR80,800Bonn, Kreisfreie StadtBonn, Kreisfreie Stadt: 78,800 EUR78,800Koblenz, Kreisfreie StadtKoblenz, Kreisfreie Stadt: 78,200 EUR78,200Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie…Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt: 78,200 EUR78,200HamburgHamburg: 77,000 EUR77,000Karlsruhe, StadtkreisKarlsruhe, Stadtkreis: 74,500 EUR74,500BöblingenBöblingen: 73,800 EUR73,800Passau, Kreisfreie StadtPassau, Kreisfreie Stadt: 73,800 EUR73,800Bamberg, Kreisfreie StadtBamberg, Kreisfreie Stadt: 73,400 EUR73,400Aschaffenburg, Kreisfreie StadtAschaffenburg, Kreisfreie Stadt: 73,200 EUR73,200Mannheim, StadtkreisMannheim, Stadtkreis: 70,500 EUR70,500Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie StadtWiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt: 70,000 EUR70,000Köln, Kreisfreie StadtKöln, Kreisfreie Stadt: 69,400 EUR69,400Würzburg, Kreisfreie StadtWürzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt: 69,000 EUR69,000Baden-Baden, StadtkreisBaden-Baden, Stadtkreis: 68,800 EUR68,800Dingolfing-LandauDingolfing-Landau: 68,800 EUR68,800Emden, Kreisfreie StadtEmden, Kreisfreie Stadt: 68,700 EUR68,700Memmingen, Kreisfreie StadtMemmingen, Kreisfreie Stadt: 68,600 EUR68,600Ansbach, Kreisfreie StadtAnsbach, Kreisfreie Stadt: 68,300 EUR68,300Amberg, Kreisfreie StadtAmberg, Kreisfreie Stadt: 67,700 EUR67,700Landshut, Kreisfreie StadtLandshut, Kreisfreie Stadt: 67,300 EUR67,300Bayreuth, Kreisfreie StadtBayreuth, Kreisfreie Stadt: 66,800 EUR66,800Heilbronn, LandkreisHeilbronn, Landkreis: 66,200 EUR66,200Nürnberg, Kreisfreie StadtNürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt: 65,600 EUR65,600Münster, Kreisfreie StadtMünster, Kreisfreie Stadt: 64,200 EUR64,200Heidelberg, StadtkreisHeidelberg, Stadtkreis: 63,100 EUR63,100
EUR. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

Full ranking

RankAreas2021
EUR		Change on 2020
1Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional143,400-10.5%
2Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional133,400+5.7%
3Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional122,900+113.4%
4Coburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional118,300+18.3%
5München, Landkreis Provisional117,600+11.2%
6Erlangen, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional111,000+2.4%
7Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional105,700+8.1%
8Schweinfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional104,700+7.8%
9Stuttgart, Stadtkreis Provisional100,300+14.9%
10Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional98,700+9.8%
11Darmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional92,500+5%
12München, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional90,800+8.7%
13Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional90,200+7.1%
14Ulm, Stadtkreis Provisional86,100+6%
15Braunschweig, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional80,800+6.2%
16Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional78,800-0.8%
17Koblenz, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional78,200+8.2%
17Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional78,200+5%
19Hamburg Provisional77,000+11.3%
20Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis Provisional74,500+8.8%
21Böblingen Provisional73,800+18.5%
21Passau, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional73,800+4.4%
23Bamberg, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional73,400+1.5%
24Aschaffenburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional73,200+3.2%
25Mannheim, Stadtkreis Provisional70,500+7.8%
26Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional70,000+13.5%
27Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional69,400+7.6%
28Würzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional69,000+4.1%
29Baden-Baden, Stadtkreis Provisional68,800-1.3%
29Dingolfing-Landau Provisional68,800+19.9%
31Emden, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional68,700+3.8%
32Memmingen, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional68,600+5.1%
33Ansbach, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional68,300+4.6%
34Amberg, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional67,700+1.7%
35Landshut, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional67,300+7.2%
36Bayreuth, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional66,800+6.9%
37Heilbronn, Landkreis Provisional66,200+8.3%
38Nürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional65,600+7.7%
39Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional64,200+5.4%
40Heidelberg, Stadtkreis Provisional63,100+5.2%
40Kempten (Allgäu), Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional63,100+11.7%
42Weiden i. d. Opf, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional62,700+4.8%
43Main-Taunus-Kreis Provisional61,900+3.2%
44Heilbronn, Stadtkreis Provisional61,400+9.1%
45Altötting Provisional61,200+25.7%
46Hochtaunuskreis Provisional61,000+7%
47Straubing, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional60,900+0.5%
48Speyer, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional58,300+9.2%
49Hohenlohekreis Provisional58,000+7.2%
49Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional58,000+6.4%
51Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis Provisional57,700+0.3%
52Rosenheim, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional56,700+4.6%
53Biberach Provisional56,100+9.6%
54Osnabrück, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional55,900+5.5%
55Lübeck, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional55,200+21.9%
56Bremen, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional54,700+10.5%
57Zweibrücken, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional53,700+9.4%
58Gütersloh Provisional52,200+2%
59Kaiserslautern, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional52,100+4.4%
60Donau-Ries Provisional51,900-2.1%
61Salzgitter, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional51,800+5.3%
62Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional51,700+14.6%
63Bodenseekreis Provisional51,500+3.4%
63Tuttlingen Provisional51,500+9.3%
65Region Hannover Provisional51,400+6.9%
66Oldenburg (Oldenburg), Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional51,300+4.5%
67Vechta Provisional51,100+4.9%
68Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional51,000+2.8%
69Freising Provisional50,900+10.4%
70Ludwigsburg Provisional50,800+2.2%
71Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional50,600+4.3%
72Jena, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional50,400+8.9%
73Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional50,000+5.5%
73Neumünster, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional50,000+8.9%
75Starnberg Provisional49,900+10.4%
75Trier, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional49,900+2.5%
77Schwäbisch Hall Provisional49,700+6%
78Ostalbkreis Provisional49,200+7.2%
79Ravensburg Provisional49,100+6.7%
80Groß-Gerau Provisional48,900+10.6%
81Traunstein Provisional48,500+8%
82Landau in der Pfalz, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional48,400+5.9%
83Günzburg Provisional48,300+4.8%
84Berlin Provisional48,200+7.8%
85Mettmann Provisional48,100+5.3%
86Hof, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional48,000+5.5%
87Emsland Provisional47,700+10.9%
88Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional47,100+3.1%
89Potsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional46,900+4.2%
89Tirschenreuth Provisional46,900+14.1%
91Esslingen Provisional46,700+12.3%
92Rottweil Provisional46,100+8%
93Weilheim-Schongau Provisional46,000+2.9%
94Deggendorf Provisional45,900+5.5%
94Regionalverband Saarbrücken Provisional45,900+4.3%
96Wilhelmshaven, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional45,800+9%
97Schwerin, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional45,600+2.5%
98Reutlingen Provisional45,200+8.9%
99Rastatt Provisional45,100+11.1%
100Krefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional45,000+5.1%
101Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional44,800+4.2%
102Rhön-Grabfeld Provisional44,700+3.2%
103Marburg-Biedenkopf Provisional44,500+10.4%
103Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional44,500+8.3%
105Olpe Provisional44,400+7%
106Erfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional44,200+4.2%
107Mainz-Bingen Provisional44,000+5.8%
107Pforzheim, Stadtkreis Provisional44,000+4.5%
107Waldeck-Frankenberg Provisional44,000+2.8%
110Dortmund, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional43,900+5.8%
111Saarpfalz-Kreis Provisional43,800+7.4%
112Rostock, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional43,600+13%
113Ortenaukreis Provisional43,500+6.6%
114Flensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional43,300+1.6%
114Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis Provisional43,300+6.1%
116Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional43,100+5.6%
116Unterallgäu Provisional43,100+5.4%
118Fulda Provisional42,900+8.1%
118Main-Tauber-Kreis Provisional42,900+4.1%
118Minden-Lübbecke Provisional42,900+0.9%
121Offenbach, Landkreis Provisional42,700+8.4%
122Neumarkt i. d. OPf. Provisional42,400+5.2%
122Siegen-Wittgenstein Provisional42,400+5.5%
124Frankfurt (Oder), Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional42,200-0.9%
125Freudenstadt Provisional42,100+7.7%
126Rhein-Kreis Neuss Provisional41,900+10%
126Worms, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional41,900+5.3%
128Miesbach Provisional41,800+3%
128Pirmasens, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional41,800+3.5%
128Sigmaringen Provisional41,800+6.9%
131Main-Spessart Provisional41,700+8.6%
132Schwabach, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional41,500+8.1%
133Erlangen-Höchstadt Provisional41,300+8.4%
133Gießen, Landkreis Provisional41,300+3.8%
133Kaufbeuren, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional41,300+8.7%
136Cham Provisional41,200+1%
137Borken Provisional41,100+3.5%
138Cottbus, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional41,000+5.1%
139Hersfeld-Rotenburg Provisional40,900+7.1%
139Schwandorf Provisional40,900+6.8%
141Landshut, Landkreis Provisional40,800-1.9%
142Bochum, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional40,600+8.8%
143Städteregion Aachen Provisional40,500+5.7%
144Dillingen a.d. Donau Provisional40,400+3.9%
145Fürth, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional40,200+2.3%
145Hochsauerlandkreis Provisional40,200+5.2%
147Göttingen Provisional40,100+8.4%
148Rhein-Neckar-Kreis Provisional40,000+1.8%
149Kulmbach Provisional39,900+7.3%
149Landsberg am Lech Provisional39,900+7%
151Frankenthal (Pfalz), Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional39,800+5%
151Heidenheim Provisional39,800+3.1%
151Neuburg-Schrobenhausen Provisional39,800-0.5%
151Soest Provisional39,800+6.7%
155Lindau (Bodensee) Provisional39,600+1.8%
156Remscheid, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional39,500+5.1%
157Kitzingen Provisional39,400+4.2%
157Zollernalbkreis Provisional39,400+5.9%
159Chemnitz, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional39,300+4%
159Tübingen, Landkreis Provisional39,300+10.4%
161Ostallgäu Provisional39,200+0.3%
161Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm Provisional39,200-3%
163Eichstätt Provisional39,000+6%
163Holzminden Provisional39,000+10.8%
163Wunsiedel i. Fichtelgebirge Provisional39,000+7.4%
166Märkischer Kreis Provisional38,900+6.6%
166Oberbergischer Kreis Provisional38,900+5.7%
168Teltow-Fläming Provisional38,800+3.7%
169Paderborn Provisional38,700+4.6%
169Wuppertal, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional38,700+5.4%
171Main-Kinzig-Kreis Provisional38,600+4.6%
171Neu-Ulm Provisional38,600+0.5%
173Heidekreis Provisional38,400+2.7%
173Karlsruhe, Landkreis Provisional38,400+6.7%
173Mülheim an der Ruhr, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional38,400+4.9%
173Nordfriesland Provisional38,400+4.3%
173Rosenheim, Landkreis Provisional38,400+5.5%
173Westerwaldkreis Provisional38,400+5.5%
179Dithmarschen Provisional38,200+10.7%
179Konstanz Provisional38,200+3.8%
181Berchtesgadener Land Provisional38,100+5.8%
181Rems-Murr-Kreis Provisional38,100+5.5%
181Saalekreis Provisional38,100+12.1%
184Lichtenfels Provisional38,000+3.5%
184Miltenberg Provisional38,000+5.6%
184Rottal-Inn Provisional38,000+5.3%
187Germersheim Provisional37,900+12.8%
187Hameln-Pyrmont Provisional37,900+7.4%
187Regen Provisional37,900+6.2%
187Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis Provisional37,900+2.7%
191Ebersberg Provisional37,700+8.3%
191Magdeburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional37,700+4.1%
191Mühldorf a. Inn Provisional37,700+3.6%
191Stormarn Provisional37,700+2.4%
195Aschaffenburg, Landkreis Provisional37,500+5.3%
195Hof, Landkreis Provisional37,500+1.6%
197Dahme-Spreewald Provisional37,400+8.1%
197Hagen, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional37,400+8.1%
197Lahn-Dill-Kreis Provisional37,400+4.5%
197Mönchengladbach, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional37,400+5.6%
201Steinfurt Provisional37,200+4.5%
202Cloppenburg Provisional37,100-0.8%
202Duisburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional37,100+9.1%
204Neustadt a. d. Waldnaab Provisional37,000+6.9%
204Rhein-Erft-Kreis Provisional37,000+8.2%
206Herford Provisional36,800+4.2%
206Rotenburg (Wümme) Provisional36,800-0.3%
208Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional36,700+4.6%
208Emmendingen Provisional36,700+4.9%
208Forchheim Provisional36,700+4.9%
211Halle (Saale), Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional36,600+4.3%
211Kronach Provisional36,600+8.6%
213Grafschaft Bentheim Provisional36,400+4%
213Kelheim Provisional36,400+9.3%
213Oberallgäu Provisional36,400+2%
213Stade Provisional36,400+12.3%
217Verden Provisional36,300+7.1%
218Schwalm-Eder-Kreis Provisional36,100+6.8%
218Vulkaneifel Provisional36,100+4%
220Ammerland Provisional36,000+5%
221Wesermarsch Provisional35,800-1.4%
222Bad Kissingen Provisional35,700+2.3%
223Celle Provisional35,600+10.9%
223Segeberg Provisional35,600+3.2%
225Lörrach Provisional35,500+4.7%
226Spree-Neiße Provisional35,400+8.9%
227Alb-Donau-Kreis Provisional35,200+4.5%
227Osnabrück, Landkreis Provisional35,200+4.8%
229Neuwied Provisional35,000+3.9%
230Cochem-Zell Provisional34,900+2%
230Dessau-Roßlau, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional34,900+6.7%
230Göppingen Provisional34,900+7.1%
230Nürnberger Land Provisional34,900+6.1%
230Warendorf Provisional34,900+2.6%
235Anhalt-Bitterfeld Provisional34,800+10.5%
236Brandenburg an der Havel, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional34,700+5.8%
237Nienburg (Weser) Provisional34,600+3.9%
238Bernkastel-Wittlich Provisional34,500+0.3%
239Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional34,400+3.6%
240Coburg, Landkreis Provisional34,300+19.9%
240Freyung-Grafenau Provisional34,300+3.6%
240Haßberge Provisional34,300+0.6%
240Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional34,300+4.3%
244Ansbach, Landkreis Provisional34,200+6.2%
244Augsburg, Landkreis Provisional34,200+5.6%
244Roth Provisional34,200+6.2%
247Diepholz Provisional34,100+8.3%
247Gelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional34,100+7.9%
247Weimar, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional34,100+2.1%
250Lippe Provisional34,000+4.3%

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

In euros, for Spain and the EU. For the United States, its states and counties, and for other countries and the World, in US dollars use gdp_per_capita_usd.

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 €143,400 in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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Südwestpfalz, with €18,200 in 2021.

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