Economic classification of the EU
Map of metropolitan regions by Eurostat in 2021 Ametropolitan region 'sgross domestic product , orGDP , is one of several measures of the size of its economy. Similar toGDP ,GMP is defined as the market value of all final goods and services produced within a metropolitan region in a given period of time.
Paris metropolitan region has the largest GDP in theEuropean Union (€758 billion).2021 ranking of metropolitan regions in the European Union [ edit ] This list shows metropolitan regions in the European Union by 2021 GDP according toEurostat .[ 1]
ANUTS 3 region (or a group thereof) is considered to be ametropolitan region , if at least 50% of its residents live inside afunctional urban area with a population of 250,000 or more. NUTS 3 regions not meeting this criteria are considered to be non-metropolitan regions.[ 2]
In some of the EU member states, there can exist differently defined areas of various sizes, which may also be called metropolitan regions. For example, the four distinct metropolitan regions ofMunich ,Augsburg ,Ingolstadt , andRosenheim , as defined by Eurostat, all lie within the area of theMunich Metropolitan Region .[ 3] [ 4]
Rank Metropolitan region GDP (mil. €) Country 1 Paris 757,630 France 2 Madrid 296,082 Spain 3 Dublin 230,366 Ireland 4 Milan 228,436 Italy 5 Berlin 217,928 Germany 6 Munich 213,352 Germany 7 Barcelona 209,639 Spain 8 Amsterdam 201,100 Netherlands 9 Brussels 181,549 Belgium 10 Ruhr 180,467 Germany 11 Hamburg 179,525 Germany 12 Stockholm 171,269 Sweden 13 Rome 163,462 Italy 14 Frankfurt 160,841 Germany 15 Stuttgart 155,726 Germany 16 Copenhagen 155,575 Denmark 17 Vienna 140,330 Austria 18 Marseille 125,382 France 19 Lisbon 123,603 Portugal 20 Cork 115,681 Ireland 21 Cologne 102,257 Germany 22 Warsaw 99,748 Poland 23 Helsinki 98,663 Finland 24 Lyon 97,306 France 25 Düsseldorf 95,646 Germany 26 Rotterdam 95,187 Netherlands 27 Prague 93,517 Czech Republic 28 Gothenburg 88,582 Sweden 29 Lille -Dunkerque -Valenciennes 85,949 France 30 Utrecht 83,278 Netherlands 31 Athens 82,615 Greece 32 Turin 75,854 Italy 33 Valencia 75,374 Spain 34 Budapest 73,690 Hungary 35 Luxembourg 72,361 Luxembourg 36 Nurenberg 69,562 Germany 37 Bucharest 67,623 Romania 38 Malmö 62,349 Sweden 39 Bordeaux 61,279 France 40 Naples 61,059 Italy 41 Hannover 60,296 Germany 42 Toulouse 59,033 France 43 Braunschweig -Salzgitter -Wolfsburg 57,542 Germany 44 Antwerpen 56,876 Belgium 45 Mannheim -Ludwigshafen 56,100 Germany 46 The Hague 56,038 Netherlands 47 Nantes 54,834 France 48 Bremen 53,268 Germany 49 Sevilla 49,003 Spain 50 Aarhus 47,206 Denmark 51 Eindhoven 46,445 Netherlands 52 Alicante -Elche 46,410 Spain 53 Dresden 46,369 Germany 54 Brescia 45,428 Italy 55 Bonn 45,317 Germany 56 Grenoble 44,826 France 57 Katowice 44,570 Poland 58 Bilbao 44,090 Spain 59 Bologna 43,129 Italy 60 Rouen 43,070 France 61 Strasbourg 41,422 France 62 Linz 41,413 Austria 63 Málaga -Marbella 41,239 Spain 64 Karlsruhe 39,945 Germany 65 Rennes 39,899 France 66 Nice 39,592 France 67 Bergamo 39,562 Italy 68 Murcia -Cartagena 39,416 Spain 69 Florence 38,838 Italy 70 Montpellier 38,387 France 71 Leipzig 38,033 Germany 72 Porto 34,898 Portugal 73 Zaragoza 34,185 Spain 74 Gent 33,554 Belgium 75 A Coruña 33,495 Spain 76 Padua 33,461 Italy 77 Sofia 33,259 Bulgaria 78 Ingolstadt 32,626 Germany 79 Verona 32,499 Italy 80 Breda 32,245 Netherlands 81 Arnhem -Nijmegen 31,871 Netherlands 82 Mainz 31,672 Germany 83 Heidelberg 31,095 Germany 84 Saarbrücken 30,795 Germany 85 Graz 30,347 Austria 86 Genoa 29,039 Italy 87 Heilbronn 28,985 Germany 88 Kraków 28,742 Poland 89 Bari 28,702 Italy 90 Poznań 28,603 Poland 91 Oviedo -Gijón 28,356 Spain 92 Las Palmas 28,193 Spain 93 Freiburg im Breisgau 28,149 Germany 94 Bratislava 28,104 Slovakia 95 Augsburg 27,556 Germany 96 Aalborg 27,460 Denmark 97 Brest 27,233 France 98 Cádiz 26,667 Spain 99 Venice 26,470 Italy 100 Liège 26,413 Belgium 101 Enschede 26,173 Netherlands 102 Münster 26,053 Germany 103 Santa Cruz de Tenerife 25,977 Spain 104 Brno 25,938 Czech Republic 105 Vigo 25,673 Spain 106 Annecy -Genève 25,474 France Switzerland 107 Pamplona 24,991 Spain 108 Angers 24,955 France 109 Lefkosia 24,928 Cyprus 110 Zagreb 24,907 Croatia 111 Kiel 24,523 Germany 112 Palermo 24,380 Italy 113 Vilnius 24,362 Lithuania 114 Palma de Mallorca 24,358 Spain 115 Wiesbaden 24,350 Germany 116 Ulm 24,044 Germany 117 San Sebastián 23,839 Spain 118 Gdańsk 23,781 Poland 119 Regensburg 23,629 Germany 120 Darmstadt 23,554 Germany 121 Orléans 23,062 France 122 Riga 22,961 Latvia 123 Mulhouse 22,945 France 124 Aachen 22,907 Germany 125 Clermont-Ferrand 22,892 France 126 Saint-Etienne 22,655 France 127 Groningen 22,480 Netherlands 128 Pau 22,318 France 129 Würzburg 22,191 Germany 130 Tampere 22,104 Finland 131 Salzburg 22,093 Austria 132 Odense 21,745 Denmark 133 Caen 21,290 France 134 Catania 21,020 Italy 135 Granada 20,950 Spain 136 Nancy 20,841 France 137 Tilburg 20,814 Netherlands 138 Ostrava 20,781 Czech Republic 139 Osnabrück 20,721 Germany 140 Reims 20,385 France 141 Reggio Emilia 20,311 Italy 142 Ljubljana 20,256 Slovenia 143 Turku 20,009 Finland 144 Nimes 19,908 France 145 Dijon 19,648 France 146 Tours 19,586 France 147 Uppsala 19,080 Sweden 148 Parma 19,032 Italy 149 Offenburg 18,902 Germany 150 Tallinn 18,861 Estonia 151 Erfurt 18,745 Germany 152 Łódź 18,415 Poland 153 Kassel 18,084 Germany 154 Perugia 17,527 Italy 155 Leiden 17,520 Netherlands 156 Córdoba 17,301 Spain 157 Zwolle 17,295 Netherlands 158 Magdeburg 17,112 Germany 159 Santander 16,722 Spain 160 Aschaffenburg 16,613 Germany 161 Wrocław 16,579 Poland 162 Oldenburg 16,576 Germany 163 Göttingen 16,559 Germany 164 Valladolid 16,505 Spain 165 Amiens 16,460 France 166 Lübeck 16,156 Germany 167 Thessaloniki 16,003 Greece 168 Besançon 15,970 France 169 Koblenz 15,881 Germany 170 Iserlohn 15,775 Germany 171 Le Mans 15,595 France 172 Halle (Saale) 15,509 Germany 173 Bocholt 15,141 Germany 174 Siegen 14,936 Germany 175 Bielefeld 14,847 Germany 176 Rostock 14,788 Germany 177 Innsbruck 14,788 Austria 178 Charleroi 14,734 Belgium 179 Valletta 14,676 Malta 180 Vitoria-Gasteiz 14,111 Spain 181 Wuppertal 13,617 Germany 182 Rosenheim 13,073 Germany 183 Poitiers 12,849 France 184 Cluj-Napoca 12,471 Romania 185 Reutlingen 12,270 Germany 186 Košice 12,253 Slovakia 187 Perpignan 12,252 France 188 Cagliari 12,059 Italy 189 Pforzheim 12,031 Germany 190 Bydgoszcz–Toruń (Bydgoszcz ,Toruń )11,904 Poland 191 Paderborn 11,897 Germany 192 Kaunas 11,690 Lithuania 193 Schweinfurt 11,663 Germany 194 Plzeň 11,587 Czech Republic 195 Messina 11,585 Italy 196 Taranto 11,491 Italy 197 Limoges 11,268 France 198 Leeuwarden 11,255 Netherlands 199 Timișoara 11,147 Romania 200 Konstanz 11,111 Germany 201 Giessen 10,718 Germany 202 Namur 10,452 Belgium 203 Zwickau 10,231 Germany 204 Bayreuth 10,183 Germany 205 Schwerin 10,128 Germany 206 Flensburg 10,115 Germany 207 Lublin 9,765 Poland 208 Les Abymes 9,731 France 209 Bielsko-Biała 9,725 Poland 210 Bremerhaven 9,419 Germany 211 Mönchengladbach 9,340 Germany 212 Constanța 9,246 Romania 213 Wetzlar 9,086 Germany 214 Fort-de-France 8,988 France 215 Ploiești 8,842 Romania 216 Kaiserslautern 8,817 Germany 217 Kielce 8,775 Poland 218 Düren 8,482 Germany 219 Opole 8,475 Poland 220 Iași 8,394 Romania 221 Coimbra 8,369 Portugal 222 Hildesheim 8,362 Germany 223 Rzeszów 8,284 Poland 224 Prato 8,238 Italy 225 Neubrandenburg 7,936 Germany 226 Brașov 7,903 Romania 227 Görlitz 7,807 Germany 228 Miskolc 7,437 Hungary 229 Szczecin 7,173 Poland 230 Olsztyn 7,162 Poland 231 Székesfehérvár 7,011 Hungary 232 Częstochowa 6,706 Poland 233 Maribor 6,667 Slovenia 234 Białystok 6,452 Poland 235 Radom 6,330 Poland 236 Craiova 5,973 Romania 237 Debrecen 5,936 Hungary 238 Plovdiv 5,298 Bulgaria 239 Split 4,942 Croatia 240 Galați 4,340 Romania 241 Tarnów 4,310 Poland 242 Varna 4,309 Bulgaria 243 Pécs 3,934 Hungary 244 Burgas 3,309 Bulgaria
2021 ranking of top four German metropolitan regions [ edit ] This list shows the top 4metropolitan regions in Germany (German :Metropolregionen ) by 2021 GDP according to German government figures.[ 5]
