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]
The 10 largest metropolitan regions in Germany by their gross domestic product in 2020.[2]
| Rank | Metropolitan area | GDP in billion € (2020) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region | 501.718 |
| 2 | Munich Metropolitan Region | 336.703 |
| 3 | Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region | 273.357 |
| 4 | Stuttgart Metropolitan Region | 258.236 |
| 5 | Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region | 229.828 |
| 6 | Hamburg Metropolitan Region | 228.774 |
| 7 | Hannover–Braunschweig–Göttingen–Wolfsburg Metropolitan Region | 162.990 |
| 8 | Nuremberg Metropolitan Region | 148.131 |
| 9 | Northwest Metropolitan Region | 101.322 |
| 10 | Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region | 99.242 |
| 11 | Central German Metropolitan Region | 95.939 |
