List of German cities by GDP explained

The following article sorts the 107 urban districts (Kreisfreie Städte – cities that constitute districts in their own right) and the metropolitan districts of Hanover, Aachen and Saarbrücken by their gross domestic product (GDP) in the year 2021. Most figures are from the Federal Statistical Office of Germany; figures from other sources are otherwise referenced. The GDP of German cities are shown in EUR€.^[1]

List of cities

City	State	GDP (bil. €)	GDP per capita	GDP per worker
Berlin		165.457	45,074	79,182
Hamburg		130.873	70,620	101,308
Munich		128.752	86,529	112,284
Frankfurt am Main		74.087	97,270	100,966
Köln		66.687	61,845	84,983
Hannover region		55.374	47,884	80,313
Stuttgart		54.983	87,513	103,237
Düsseldorf		54.150	87,338	97,282
Nürnberg		32.323	62,997	81,571
Bremen		30.973	54,826	83,433
Bonn		27.160	81,997	105,909
Essen		27.114	46,673	79,954
Dortmund		24.595	41,880	73,897
Dresden		24.067	43,302	70,771
Leipzig		23.804	39,695	67,660
Mainz		22.699	104,441	141,590
Aachen region		22.626	40,647	75,096
Karlsruhe		22.143	72,016	92,842
Mannheim		21.491	69,151	89,058
Braunschweig		20.504	82,448	122,031
Wolfsburg		19.668	158,749	153,485
Wiesbaden		19.112	68,556	98,535
Münster		18.800	59,294	78,582
Duisburg		18.360	37,053	78,918
Ingolstadt		17.943	130,509	144,308
Saarbrücken region		14.987	45,776	72,215
Bielefeld		14.773	44,263	67,893
Augsburg		14.740	49,771	75,289
Darmstadt		14.107	88,497	101,492
Regensburg		13.842	90,529	86,595
Freiburg im Breisgau		13.712	59,259	75,884
Bochum		13.703	37,650	70,537
Wuppertal		13.502	38,056	77,414
Ludwigshafen am Rhein		13.130	76,182	104,488
Kiel		12.452	50,531	70,750
Erlangen		11.814	104,698	104,473
Kassel		11.017	54,884	72,133
Ulm		10.382	81,955	81,228
Lübeck		10.231	47,354	76,904
Krefeld		9.803	43,194	78,982
Erfurt		9.483	44,425	66,005
Heidelberg		9.352	58,819	75,584
Mönchengladbach		9.312	35,770	67,151
Chemnitz		9.311	38,199	63,840
Magdeburg		8.985	38,074	64,845
Osnabrück		8.769	53,267	66,783
Gelsenkirchen		8.763	33,754	76,217
Koblenz		8.729	76,899	80,234
Würzburg		8.653	68,164	67,261
Oldenburg		8.558	50,342	71,497
Rostock		8.486	40,656	70,381
Leverkusen		8.419	51,375	103,659
Potsdam		8.288	45,378	70,536
Halle an der Saale		8.149	34,244	64,737
Heilbronn		7.599	60,292	77,320
Hagen		6.730	35,665	69,761
Mülheim an der Ruhr		6.324	37,019	80,368
Oberhausen		5.908	28,246	64,243
Pforzheim		5.670	45,080	73,238
Aschaffenburg		5.594	78,658	91,547
Hamm		5.528	30,863	65,705
Solingen		5.448	34,246	74,469
Salzgitter		5.369	51,738	94,485
Jena		5.348	48,349	73,015
Schweinfurt		5.299	99,130	82,677
Bamberg		5.138	66,543	67,616
Offenbach am Main		5.025	38,328	74,327
Fürth		5.012	38,951	78,836
Kaiserslautern		4.990	50,158	70,040
Trier		4.942	44,678	64,755
Bayreuth		4.795	64,820	72,295
Landshut		4.456	60,954	79,546
Herne		4.350	27,745	66,703
Remscheid		4.319	38,689	71,498
Schwerin		4.224	44,150	64,208
Bremerhaven		4.178	36,855	65,679
Coburg		4.031	98,551	98,188
Flensburg		3.941	43,541	65,270
Neumünster		3.856	48,380	70,620
Cottbus		3.772	38,284	61,287
Passau		3.717	70,466	68,537
Kempten (Allgäu)		3.711	53,778	72,692
Rosenheim		3.486	54,850	69,983
Worms		3.465	41,419	77,303
Wilhelmshaven		3.419	45,522	74,376
Emden		3.323	66,872	83,174
Baden-Baden		3.061	55,158	73,826
Gera		2.946	32,115	60,822
Memmingen		2.883	64,737	74,945
Bottrop		2.882	24,562	62,506
Speyer		2.812	55,513	69,414
Amberg		2.695	64,142	73,043
Straubing		2.690	56,345	65,460
Ansbach		2.630	63,112	70,328
Dessau-Roßlau		2.621	33,156	63,961
Weiden in der Oberpfalz		2.521	59,307	62,660
Brandenburg an der Havel		2.507	34,695	64,392
Frankfurt an der Oder		2.314	40,710	61,541
Weimar		2.203	33,837	63,978
Landau in der Pfalz		2.166	46,270	63,318
Hof (Saale)		2.087	46,228	61,214
Delmenhorst		1.963	25,320	61,135
Frankenthal (Pfalz)		1.885	38,661	74,954
Zweibrücken		1.791	52,606	79,991
Neustadt an der Weinstraße		1.754	32,851	63,965
Kaufbeuren		1.747	38,914	65,558
Eisenach		1.635	39,041	62,559
Pirmasens		1.582	39,428	60,570
Schwabach		1.580	38,430	70,398
Suhl		1.200	35,137	60,076

List of metropolitan regions

The 11 largest metropolitan regions in Germany by their gross domestic product in 2021.^[2]

Rank	Metropolitan Area	GDP (€ Million) (2021)	Population (2022)^[3]	GDP per capita (€)
1	Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region	536,431	13,000,000	41,264
2	Munich Metropolitan Region	361,310	6,300,000	57,349
3	Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region	300,868	5,900,000	50,144
4	Stuttgart Metropolitan Region	275,060	5,300,000	51,896
5	Hamburg Metropolitan Region	249,406	5,100,000	48,902
6	Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region	246,020	6,300,000	39,048
7	Hannover–Braunschweig–Göttingen–Wolfsburg Metropolitan Region	169,198	3,900,000	43,384
8	Nuremberg Metropolitan Region	156,517	3,500,000	44,719
9	Northwest Metropolitan Region	108,006	2,700,000	40,002
10	Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region	105,201	2,400,000	43,834
11	Central German Metropolitan Region	102,532	2,800,000	36,619

See also

• Economy of Germany
• List of German states by GRDP
• List of German states by GRDP per capita

References

1. Web site: 2023-07-27 . Bruttoinlandsprodukt, Bruttowertschöpfung Statistikportal.de . 2023-07-31 . Statistische Ämter des Bundes und der Länder Gemeinsames Statistikportal . de.
2. Web site: Bruttoinlandsprodukt (BIP) in den Metropolregionen* in Deutschland im Jahr 2021. de.
3. Web site: Einwohner in den Metropolregionen in Deutschland . Statista . 2024-11-08.