The following article sorts the 107 urban districts (Kreisfreie Städte – cities that constitute districts in their own right) and the metropolitan districts ofHanover,Aachen andSaarbrücken by theirgross domestic product (GDP) in the year 2021. Most figures are from theFederal Statistical Office of Germany; figures from other sources are otherwise referenced. The GDP of German cities are shown inEUR€.[1]
The 11 largestmetropolitan 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 |
