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NUTS 3 areas of Germany by GDP (euros)

Berlin had the highest GDP (euros) of 400 areas in 2022, at €185.78 billion. Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt had the lowest, at €1.27 billion. The median was €6.24 billion and the figure for Germany was €4.01 trillion. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest185,783Berlin
Lowest1,266Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt
Median6,237400 areas
Germany4,010,630History

Top 40 areas, 2022

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BerlinBerlin: 185,783 EUR million185,783HamburgHamburg: 157,660 EUR million157,660München, Kreisfreie StadtMünchen, Kreisfreie Stadt: 141,773 EUR million141,773Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Sta…Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt: 82,593 EUR million82,593Köln, Kreisfreie StadtKöln, Kreisfreie Stadt: 76,046 EUR million76,046Stuttgart, StadtkreisStuttgart, Stadtkreis: 66,402 EUR million66,402Region HannoverRegion Hannover: 60,561 EUR million60,561Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie StadtDüsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt: 59,249 EUR million59,249München, LandkreisMünchen, Landkreis: 46,546 EUR million46,546Nürnberg, Kreisfreie StadtNürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt: 35,726 EUR million35,726Bremen, Kreisfreie StadtBremen, Kreisfreie Stadt: 34,761 EUR million34,761BöblingenBöblingen: 32,003 EUR million32,003Essen, Kreisfreie StadtEssen, Kreisfreie Stadt: 29,689 EUR million29,689LudwigsburgLudwigsburg: 29,246 EUR million29,246Dortmund, Kreisfreie StadtDortmund, Kreisfreie Stadt: 27,738 EUR million27,738Dresden, Kreisfreie StadtDresden, Kreisfreie Stadt: 27,014 EUR million27,014Bonn, Kreisfreie StadtBonn, Kreisfreie Stadt: 27,010 EUR million27,010Leipzig, Kreisfreie StadtLeipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt: 26,953 EUR million26,953EsslingenEsslingen: 26,951 EUR million26,951Mainz, Kreisfreie StadtMainz, Kreisfreie Stadt: 26,396 EUR million26,396MettmannMettmann: 26,157 EUR million26,157Heilbronn, LandkreisHeilbronn, Landkreis: 25,704 EUR million25,704Karlsruhe, StadtkreisKarlsruhe, Stadtkreis: 24,690 EUR million24,690Rhein-Neckar-KreisRhein-Neckar-Kreis: 24,494 EUR million24,494Städteregion AachenStädteregion Aachen: 24,441 EUR million24,441Mannheim, StadtkreisMannheim, Stadtkreis: 23,665 EUR million23,665Duisburg, Kreisfreie StadtDuisburg, Kreisfreie Stadt: 21,013 EUR million21,013Münster, Kreisfreie StadtMünster, Kreisfreie Stadt: 20,635 EUR million20,635Rhein-Kreis NeussRhein-Kreis Neuss: 20,600 EUR million20,600Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie StadtWiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt: 20,530 EUR million20,530OrtenaukreisOrtenaukreis: 20,403 EUR million20,403Braunschweig, Kreisfreie StadtBraunschweig, Kreisfreie Stadt: 19,845 EUR million19,845Rhein-Sieg-KreisRhein-Sieg-Kreis: 19,700 EUR million19,700Rhein-Erft-KreisRhein-Erft-Kreis: 19,680 EUR million19,680GüterslohGütersloh: 19,540 EUR million19,540EmslandEmsland: 19,123 EUR million19,123Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie StadtIngolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt: 19,088 EUR million19,088RecklinghausenRecklinghausen: 18,943 EUR million18,943Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie StadtWolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt: 18,263 EUR million18,263Karlsruhe, LandkreisKarlsruhe, Landkreis: 18,135 EUR million18,135
EUR million. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

Full ranking

RankAreas2022
EUR million		Change on 2021
1Berlin Provisional185,783+8.4%
2Hamburg Provisional157,660+14.1%
3München, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional141,773+6.5%
4Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional82,593+6%
5Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional76,046+7.5%
6Stuttgart, Stadtkreis Provisional66,402+9%
7Region Hannover Provisional60,561+5.3%
8Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional59,249+8.4%
9München, Landkreis Provisional46,546+15%
10Nürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional35,726+5.5%
11Bremen, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional34,761+11%
12Böblingen Provisional32,003+12.2%
13Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional29,689+10.5%
14Ludwigsburg Provisional29,246+9.4%
15Dortmund, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional27,738+6.6%
16Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional27,014+9.1%
17Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional27,010+7.9%
18Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional26,953+6.4%
19Esslingen Provisional26,951+9.6%
20Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional26,396-1.6%
21Mettmann Provisional26,157+12.4%
22Heilbronn, Landkreis Provisional25,704+12.6%
23Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis Provisional24,690+8.6%
24Rhein-Neckar-Kreis Provisional24,494+11.5%
25Städteregion Aachen Provisional24,441+5.4%
26Mannheim, Stadtkreis Provisional23,665+8.2%
27Duisburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional21,013+13.9%
28Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional20,635+6.4%
29Rhein-Kreis Neuss Provisional20,600+9.2%
30Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional20,530+4.5%
31Ortenaukreis Provisional20,403+8.6%
32Braunschweig, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional19,845-1.8%
33Rhein-Sieg-Kreis Provisional19,700+8.8%
34Rhein-Erft-Kreis Provisional19,680+14%
35Gütersloh Provisional19,540+5.1%
36Emsland Provisional19,123+23.7%
37Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional19,088+6.1%
38Recklinghausen Provisional18,943+9.6%
39Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional18,263+1.3%
40Karlsruhe, Landkreis Provisional18,135+5.8%
41Steinfurt Provisional17,414+6.4%
42Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional17,216+5.1%
43Main-Kinzig-Kreis Provisional17,111+8.6%
44Rems-Murr-Kreis Provisional17,094+3.8%
45Hochtaunuskreis Provisional16,674+15.8%
46Ostalbkreis Provisional16,532+8%
47Borken Provisional16,331+7.2%
48Märkischer Kreis Provisional16,252+2.4%
49Offenbach, Landkreis Provisional16,091+8%
50Bochum, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional15,975+10.9%
51Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional15,937+7.2%
52Regionalverband Saarbrücken Provisional15,934+6.2%
53Main-Taunus-Kreis Provisional15,658+7.7%
54Wesel Provisional15,219+5.7%
55Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional15,037+6.1%
56Darmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional14,726-0.2%
57Ravensburg Provisional14,653+5.6%
58Minden-Lübbecke Provisional14,631+8.2%
59Lübeck, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional14,316+21%
60Wuppertal, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional14,222+3.8%
61Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis Provisional14,046+5.8%
62Unna Provisional13,875+7.6%
63Reutlingen Provisional13,728+5.7%
64Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional13,596+8.4%
65Groß-Gerau Provisional13,537+5.3%
66Osnabrück, Landkreis Provisional13,425+8.8%
67Göttingen Provisional13,405+3.5%
68Paderborn Provisional13,075+9.3%
69Erlangen, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional12,661+3.6%
70Soest Provisional12,640+7.5%
71Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional12,506+11.3%
72Lippe Provisional12,380+5.7%
73Bodenseekreis Provisional12,331+11.1%
74Siegen-Wittgenstein Provisional12,215+5.6%
75Biberach Provisional12,153+7.6%
76Ulm, Stadtkreis Provisional12,013+11.2%
77Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional11,854-11.9%
78Konstanz Provisional11,481+5.8%
79Kleve Provisional11,410+8.2%
80Hochsauerlandkreis Provisional11,308+9%
81Gießen, Landkreis Provisional11,289+4.9%
82Rastatt Provisional11,254+9.4%
83Oberbergischer Kreis Provisional11,238+7.1%
84Wetteraukreis Provisional11,057+11.1%
85Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis Provisional11,047+5.9%
86Zwickau Provisional10,903+6.9%
87Segeberg Provisional10,667+9.1%
88Pinneberg Provisional10,662+6.3%
89Marburg-Biedenkopf Provisional10,623-0%
90Krefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional10,467+1.8%
91Schwäbisch Hall Provisional10,437+7.9%
92Rosenheim, Landkreis Provisional10,346+7.1%
93Freising Provisional10,324+14.1%
94Mönchengladbach, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional10,290+5.4%
95Stormarn Provisional10,216+11.6%
96Heidelberg, Stadtkreis Provisional10,200+6.6%
97Warendorf Provisional10,175+5.5%
98Fulda Provisional10,131+8.5%
99Lahn-Dill-Kreis Provisional10,123+8.6%
100Gelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional10,100+12.9%
101Chemnitz, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional10,091+7.6%
102Erfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional10,067+5.1%
103Würzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional9,913+10.5%
104Viersen Provisional9,908+6.9%
105Mainz-Bingen Provisional9,866+10.4%
106Rostock, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional9,836+11.1%
107Osnabrück, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional9,820+7.6%
108Rendsburg-Eckernförde Provisional9,797+8.5%
109Herford Provisional9,790+5.6%
110Darmstadt-Dieburg Provisional9,784+6.1%
111Mittelsachsen Provisional9,554+8.1%
112Bautzen Provisional9,539+6%
113Tübingen, Landkreis Provisional9,527+6.8%
114Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis Provisional9,453+4.7%
115Magdeburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional9,426+4.9%
116Koblenz, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional9,325+6.8%
117Düren Provisional9,271+6.9%
118Bergstraße Provisional9,249+7.9%
119Göppingen Provisional9,203+3.6%
120Oldenburg (Oldenburg), Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional9,134+4%
121Augsburg, Landkreis Provisional9,098+4.3%
122Potsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional9,038+6.9%
123Erzgebirgskreis Provisional8,993+6.2%
124Hildesheim Provisional8,991+5.2%
125Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis Provisional8,899+5.8%
126Mecklenburgische Seenplatte Provisional8,865+12.1%
127Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald Provisional8,853+4.9%
128Lörrach Provisional8,764+7.1%
129Traunstein Provisional8,710+6.4%
130Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional8,609+0.7%
131Görlitz Provisional8,606+19.5%
132Saarlouis Provisional8,590+29.7%
133Halle (Saale), Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional8,576+4.4%
134Westerwaldkreis Provisional8,419+7.5%
135Heilbronn, Stadtkreis Provisional8,384+7%
136Meißen Provisional8,181+8.6%
137Vechta Provisional8,116+11%
138Kassel, Landkreis Provisional8,083+13%
139Leipzig Provisional8,014+14.5%
140Diepholz Provisional7,949+8.4%
141Heinsberg Provisional7,946+8.9%
142Saalekreis Provisional7,916+14.3%
143Stade Provisional7,897+7.2%
144Zollernalbkreis Provisional7,814+4.6%
145Mayen-Koblenz Provisional7,738+9.1%
146Coesfeld Provisional7,706+8.6%
147Tuttlingen Provisional7,643+5.5%
148Hagen, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional7,572+7.1%
149Altötting Provisional7,533+11.5%
150Donau-Ries Provisional7,530+10.3%
151Harburg Provisional7,528+9.4%
152Nordfriesland Provisional7,471+16.6%
153Teltow-Fläming Provisional7,360+11.1%
154Dahme-Spreewald Provisional7,353+14.3%
155Nordsachsen Provisional7,345+14.9%
156Vorpommern-Greifswald Provisional7,339+11.6%
157Landshut, Landkreis Provisional7,309+13.9%
158Starnberg Provisional7,297+7.3%
159Cloppenburg Provisional7,291+14.8%
160Alb-Donau-Kreis Provisional7,283+5.3%
161Waldeck-Frankenberg Provisional7,234+7.8%
162Neu-Ulm Provisional7,220+6%
163Fürstenfeldbruck Provisional7,169+8.7%
164Mülheim an der Ruhr, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional7,165+9.5%
165Neuwied Provisional7,113+10.5%
166Oberhavel Provisional7,108+8.7%
167Passau, Landkreis Provisional7,065+11.2%
168Oder-Spree Provisional7,057+21.3%
169Landkreis Rostock Provisional7,048+13.8%
170Enzkreis Provisional7,046+7.9%
171Schwalm-Eder-Kreis Provisional7,020+9.9%
172Vorpommern-Rügen Provisional7,017+13%
173Aschaffenburg, Landkreis Provisional7,005+10.7%
174Oberhausen, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional6,991+9.7%
175Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm Provisional6,841+38.7%
176Potsdam-Mittelmark Provisional6,818+5.6%
177Hohenlohekreis Provisional6,811+4.4%
178Schleswig-Flensburg Provisional6,775+12.6%
179Saarpfalz-Kreis Provisional6,768+7.8%
180Rottweil Provisional6,742+6.2%
181Dingolfing-Landau Provisional6,711+0.8%
182Rotenburg (Wümme) Provisional6,708+12.5%
183Celle Provisional6,698+10.1%
184Ansbach, Landkreis Provisional6,671+6.2%
185Ostholstein Provisional6,636+12.4%
186Unterallgäu Provisional6,622+9.3%
187Vogtlandkreis Provisional6,618+5.6%
188Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge Provisional6,552+6.5%
189Ludwigslust-Parchim Provisional6,535+12%
190Pforzheim, Stadtkreis Provisional6,535+12.9%
191Lüneburg, Landkreis Provisional6,511+9.2%
192Nürnberger Land Provisional6,474+10.9%
193Euskirchen Provisional6,468+6.6%
194Olpe Provisional6,421+10.1%
195Emmendingen Provisional6,334+4.8%
196Börde Provisional6,313+15.3%
197Hamm, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional6,301+8.3%
198Weilheim-Schongau Provisional6,298+1.4%
199Leer Provisional6,290+19.7%
200Cham Provisional6,244+20.5%
201Schwandorf Provisional6,230+4.9%
202Neumarkt i. d. OPf. Provisional6,221+9.1%
203Anhalt-Bitterfeld Provisional6,192+15.8%
204Main-Tauber-Kreis Provisional6,170+9.9%
205Günzburg Provisional6,146+1%
206Ostallgäu Provisional6,119+13.3%
207Limburg-Weilburg Provisional6,112+6.7%
208Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional6,092+7.1%
209Dithmarschen Provisional6,088+21.1%
210Aurich Provisional6,075+12.1%
211Oberallgäu Provisional6,067+10.6%
212Deggendorf Provisional6,045+11.6%
213Germersheim Provisional6,044+23.6%
214Erlangen-Höchstadt Provisional6,011+7.3%
215Heidekreis Provisional5,997+11.5%
216Harz Provisional5,992+9.3%
217Cuxhaven Provisional5,991+15.1%
218Eichstätt Provisional5,932+15.2%
219Waldshut Provisional5,891+7.4%
220Regensburg, Landkreis Provisional5,890+8.2%
221Ebersberg Provisional5,870+11.3%
222Jena, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional5,867+6%
223Wartburgkreis Provisional5,802+10.4%
224Bad Kreuznach Provisional5,789+12.1%
225Schweinfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional5,742+4.6%
226Aschaffenburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional5,710+10.1%
227Sigmaringen Provisional5,657+4.2%
228Salzgitter, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional5,654+5.1%
229Grafschaft Bentheim Provisional5,628+10.2%
230Fürth, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional5,618+9%
231Kaiserslautern, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional5,615+8.9%
232Bamberg, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional5,561+5.6%
233Herzogtum Lauenburg Provisional5,561+10.3%
234Hameln-Pyrmont Provisional5,532-2.1%
235Burgenlandkreis Provisional5,527+14.9%
236Salzlandkreis Provisional5,517+2.4%
237Heidenheim Provisional5,496+4.3%
238Trier, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional5,453+7%
239Calw Provisional5,446+7%
240Solingen, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional5,414+3.6%
241Main-Spessart Provisional5,380+3.9%
242Würzburg, Landkreis Provisional5,371+11%
243Freudenstadt Provisional5,346+6.7%
244Dachau Provisional5,337+9.1%
245Bayreuth, Kreisfreie Stadt Provisional5,312+10.2%
246Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis Provisional5,307+5.8%
247Verden Provisional5,188+5.9%
248Landsberg am Lech Provisional5,133+9%
249Erding Provisional5,131+12.1%
250Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis Provisional5,088+6%

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GDP at current market prices, EUR million.

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Eurostat. GDP at current market prices by NUTS 3 region (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 (euros)?

Berlin, with €185.78 billion in 2022, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt, with €1.27 billion in 2022.

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