List of metropolitan areas in the European Union by GDP

A metropolitan area's gross domestic product, or GDP, is one of several measures of the size of its economy. Similar to GDP, GMP is defined as the market value of all final goods and services produced within a metropolitan area in a given period of time. In this case the statistics of Eurostat's[1] Urban Audit for larger urban zones have been used.

Paris metropolitan area has the largest GDP in the European Union (€765 billion).
Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region has the second largest GDP in the European Union (€502 billion).
Munich Metropolitan Region has the third largest GDP in the European Union (€336 billion).
Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region has the fourth largest GDP in the European Union (€273 billion).
Stuttgart Metropolitan Region has the fifth largest GDP in the European Union (€258 billion).

2020/2021 ranking

This list shows top 200 EU metropolitan areas by GDP.

Rank Metropolitan area GDP (mil. €) Year
1 France Paris metropolitan area, France 764,844 2021[2]
2 Germany Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region, Germany 501,718 2020[3]
3 Germany Munich Metropolitan Region, Germany 336,703 2020[3]
4 Germany Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region, Germany 273,357 2020[3]
5 Germany Stuttgart Metropolitan Region, Germany 258,236 2020[3]
6 Spain Madrid Metropolitan Area, Spain 234,639 2021[4]
7 Germany Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region, Germany 229,828 2021[3]
8 Germany Hamburg Metropolitan Region, Germany 228,774 2020[3]
9 Italy Milan metropolitan area, Italy 204,514 2020[2]
10 Republic of Ireland Greater Dublin Area, Ireland 187,613 2021[2]
11 Netherlands Amsterdam metropolitan area, Netherlands 184,351 2020[2]
12 Belgium Brussels metropolitan area, Belgium 177,696 2021[2]
13 Sweden Stockholm metropolitan area, Sweden 172,401 2021[4]
14 Germany Hannover–Braunschweig–Göttingen–Wolfsburg Metropolitan Region, Germany 162,990 2020[3]
15 Spain Barcelona metropolitan area, Spain 159,800 2020[2]
16 Italy Rome metropolitan area, Italy 153,507 2020[2]
17 Denmark Greater Copenhagen, Denmark 152,064 2021[2]
18 Germany Nuremberg Metropolitan Region, Germany 148,131 2020[3]
19 Austria Vienna metropolitan area, Austria 129,971 2020[2]
20 France Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis, France 114,178 2021[2]
21 Portugal Lisbon metropolitan area, Portugal 110,405 2021[2]
22 Republic of Ireland Metropolitan Cork, Ireland 103,206 2020[2]
23 Germany Northwest Metropolitan Region, Germany 101,322 2020[3]
24 Poland Warsaw metropolitan area, Poland 100,336 2021[4]
25 Germany Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region, Germany 99,242 2020[3]
26 Finland Greater Helsinki, Finland 98,877 2021[4]
27 France Metropolis of Lyon, France 98,429 2021[2]
28 Germany Central German Metropolitan Region, Germany 95,939 2020[3]
29 Czech Republic Prague metropolitan area, Czechia 92,276 2021[2]
30 Netherlands Rotterdam metropolitan area, Netherlands 86,605 2020[2]
31 France European Metropolis of Lille, France 86,079 2021[2]
32 Sweden Gothenburg metropolitan area, Sweden 79,086 2020[2]
33 Netherlands Utrecht metropolitan area, Netherlands 77,049 2020[2]
34 Greece Athens Metropolitan Area, Greece 75,126 2020[2]
35 Hungary Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary 73,501 2021[2]
36 Luxembourg Luxembourg metropolitan area, Luxembourg 72,295 2021[2]
37 Italy Turin metropolitan area, Italy 68,524 2020[2]
38 Romania Bucharest Metropolitan Area, Romania 65,995 2021[4]
39 France Bordeaux metropolitan area, France 62,411 2021[2]
40 France Toulouse Métropole, France 57,307 2020[2]
41 Spain Valencia metropolitan area, Spain 56,413 2020[2]
42 Sweden Malmö metropolitan area, Sweden 56,406 2020[2]
43 Italy Naples metropolitan area, Italy 56,291 2020[2]
44 Belgium Antwerp metropolitan area, Belgium 55,858 2021[2]
45 France Nantes metropolitan area, France 55,345 2021[2]
46 Netherlands The Hague metropolitan area, Netherlands 52,622 2020[2]
47 Germany Bremen metropolitan area, Germany 49,481 2020[2]
48 Denmark Aarhus metropolitan area, Denmark 46,442 2021[2]
49 France Grenoble metropolitan area, France 45,325 2021[2]
50 Germany Dresden metropolitan area, Germany 44,465 2020[2]
51 Netherlands Eindhoven metropolitan area, Netherlands 42,249 2020[2]
52 France Métropole Rouen Normandie, France 41,969 2021[2]
53 France Strasbourg metropolitan area, France 41,507 2021[2]
54 France Rennes Métropole, France 40,828 2021[2]
55 Italy Brescia metropolitan area, Italy 40,801 2020[2]
56 France Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur, France 40,045 2021[2]
57 Italy Bologna metropolitan area, Italy 39,965 2020[2]
58 Poland Katowice metropolitan area, Poland 39,182 2020[2]
59 Austria Linz metropolitan area, Austria 38,450 2020[2]
60 France Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole, France 38,075 2021[2]
61 Germany Karlsruhe metropolitan area, Germany 37,694 2020[2]
62 Spain Seville metropolitan area, Spain 36,785 2020[2]
63 Italy Bergamo metropolitan area, Italy 35,492 2020[2]
64 Italy Metropolitan City of Florence, Italy 34,579 2020[2]
65 Portugal Porto metropolitan area, Portugal 34,555 2021[2]
66 Spain Alicante-Elche metropolitan area|Alicante metropolitan area, Spain 34,014 2020[2]
67 Belgium Ghent metropolitan area, Belgium 32,988 2021[2]
68 Spain Bilbao metropolitan area, Spain 32,891 2020[2]
69 Italy Padua–Treviso–Venice metropolitan area, Italy 30,464 2020[2]
70 Italy Verona metropolitan area, Italy 29,915 2020[2]
71 Germany Heidelberg metropolitan area, Germany 29,826 2020[2]
72 Spain Murcia metropolitan area, Spain 29,720 2020[2]
73 Netherlands Arnhem–Nijmegen metropolitan area, Netherlands 29,273 2021[2]
74 Germany Saarbrücken metropolitan area, Germany 29,150 2020[2]
75 Netherlands Breda metropolitan area, Netherlands 29,093 2020[2]
76 Bulgaria Sofia metropolitan area, Bulgaria 28,928 2020[2]
77 Austria Graz metropolitan area, Austria 28,380 2020[2]
78 Spain Málaga metropolitan area, Spain 28,244 2020[2]
79 Slovakia Bratislava metropolitan area, Slovakia 27,963 2021[2]
80 France Brest Métropole, France 27,865 2021[2]
81 Denmark Aalborg metropolitan area, Denmark 26,934 2021[2]
82 Italy Metropolitan City of Genoa, Italy 26,752 2020[2]
83 Germany Freiburg im Breisgau metropolitan area, Germany 26,619 2020[2]
84 Belgium Liège metropolitan area, Belgium 26,283 2021[2]
85 Italy Metropolitan City of Bari, Italy 26,275 2020[2]
86 Czech Republic Brno metropolitan area, Czechia 26,180 2021[2]
87 Spain Zaragoza metropolitan area, Spain 26,004 2020[2]
88 Poland Poznań metropolitan area, Poland 25,999 2020[2]
89 Poland Kraków metropolitan area, Poland 25,534 2020[2]
90 France Annecy, metropolitan area, France 25,349 2021[2]
91 Spain A Coruña metropolitan area, Spain 25,231 2020[2]
92 Croatia Zagreb metropolitan area, Croatia 25,053 2021[2]
93 France Angers Loire Métropole, France 24,841 2021[2]
94 Lithuania Vilnius urban area, Lithuania 24,237 2021[4]
95 Cyprus Nicosia metropolitan area, Cyprus 24,019 2021[2]
96 Netherlands Enschede metropolitan area, Netherlands 23,934 2020[2]
97 Italy Metropolitan City of Venice, Italy 23,713 2020[2]
98 Germany Kiel metropolitan area, Germany 23,491 2020[2]
99 France Orléans metropolitan area, France 23,251 2021[2]
100 Germany Ulm metropolitan area, Germany 23,169 2020[2]
101 France Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, France 23,009 2021[2]
102 France Saint-Étienne Métropole, France 22,554 2021[2]
103 Germany Regensburg metropolitan area, Germany 22,429 2020[2]
104 France Clermont-Ferrand metropolitan area, France 22,400 2021[2]
105 Italy Metropolitan City of Palermo, Italy 22,352 2020[2]
106 France Communauté d'agglomération Pau Béarn Pyrénées, France 22,345 2021[2]
107 Spain San Sebastián metropolitan area, Spain 21,797 2020[2]
108 Spain Palma de Mallorca metropolitan area, Spain 21,456 2020[2]
109 Denmark Odense metropolitan area, Denmark 21,443 2021[2]
110 Germany Aachen metropolitan area, Germany 21,339 2020[2]
111 Spain Asturias metropolitan area, Spain 21,271 2020[2]
112 Czech Republic Ostrava metropolitan area, Czechia 21,184 2021[2]
113 France Caen metropolitan area, France 21,113 2021[2]
114 Finland Tampere metropolitan area, Finland 21,001 2020[2]
115 Latvia Riga metropolitan area, Latvia 20,898 2020[2]
116 France Métropole du Grand Nancy, France 20,791 2021[2]
117 Poland Gdansk metropolitan area, Poland 20,529 2020[2]
118 Austria Salzburg metropolitan area, Austria 20,388 2020[2]
119 Slovenia Ljubljana metropolitan area, Slovenia 20,239 2021[2]
120 Germany Osnabrück metropolitan area, Germany 20,141 2020[2]
121 Spain Vigo metropolitan area, Spain 20,125 2020[2]
122 France Tours Métropole Val de Loire, France 20,119 2021[2]
123 Spain Cádiz-Jerez metropolitan area, Spain 20,111 2020[2]
124 France Grand Reims, France 19,970 2021[2]
125 Estonia Tallinn metropolitan area, Estonia 19,846 2021[2]
126 France Dijon Métropole, France 19,846 2021[2]
127 France Communauté d'agglomération Nîmes Métropole, France 19,845 2021[2]
128 Netherlands Groningen metropolitan area, Netherlands 19,525 2020[2]
129 Italy Metropolitan City of Catania, Italy 19,276 2020[2]
130 Finland Turku metropolitan area, Finland 19,208 2020[2]
131 Netherlands Tilburg metropolitan area, Netherlands 19,146 2020[2]
132 Spain Pamplona metropolitan area, Spain 18,942 2020[2]
133 Italy Reggio Emilia metropolitan area, Italy 18,502 2020[2]
134 Germany Erfurt metropolitan area, Germany 17,814 2020[2]
135 Germany Offenburg metropolitan area, Germany 17,737 2020[2]
136 Spain Santa Cruz de Tenerife metropolitan area, Spain 17,138 2020[2]
137 Germany Kassel metropolitan area, Germany 17,014 2020[2]
138 Sweden Uppsala metropolitan area, Sweden 16,842 2020[2]
139 Poland Łódź metropolitan area, Poland 16,839 2020[2]
140 Italy Parma metropolitan area, Italy 16,811 2020[2]
141 France Amiens metropolitan area, France 16,418 2021[2]
142 Italy Perugia metropolitan area, Italy 16,205 2020[2]
143 Netherlands Leiden metropolitan area, Netherlands 16,172 2020[2]
144 France Grand Besançon Métropole, France 16,080 2021[2]
145 Germany Magdeburg metropolitan area, Germany 15,978 2020[2]
146 Spain Granada metropolitan area, Spain 15,839 2020[2]
147 Netherlands Zwolle metropolitan area, Netherlands 15,703 2020[2]
148 France Le Mans Métropole, France 15,670 2021[2]
149 Poland Wrocław metropolitan area, Poland 15,222 2020[2]
150 Malta Valletta metropolitan area, Malta 14,983 2021[2]
151 Germany Koblenz metropolitan area, Germany 14,892 2020[2]
152 Spain Las Palmas metropolitan area, Spain 14,822 2020[2]
153 Germany Iserlohn metropolitan area, Germany 14,655 2020[2]
154 Germany Bocholt metropolitan area, Germany 14,435 2020[2]
155 Greece Thessaloniki metropolitan area, Greece 14,404 2020[2]
156 Belgium Charleroi metropolitan area, Belgium 14,315 2021[2]
157 Germany Siegen metropolitan area, Germany 14,302 2020[2]
158 Germany Bielefeld metropolitan area, Germany 14,174 2020[2]
159 Austria Innsbruck metropolitan area, Austria 13,939 2020[2]
160 Germany Rostock metropolitan area, Germany 13,711 2020[2]
161 Spain Valladolid metropolitan area, Spain 13,403 2020[2]
162 Spain Córdoba metropolitan area, Spain 13,070 2020[2]
163 France Grand Poitiers communauté urbaine, France 12,866 2021[2]
164 Spain Santander metropolitan area, Spain 12,839 2020[2]
165 France Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole, France 12,201 2021[2]
166 Poland Szczecin metropolitan area, Poland 12,101 2020[5]
167 Slovakia Košice metropolitan Area, Slovakia 12,043 2021[2]
168 Spain Vitoria-Gasteiz metropolitan area, Spain 11,734 2020[2]
169 Czech Republic Plzeň metropolitan area, Czechia 11,619 2021[2]
170 Romania Cluj-Napoca metropolitan area, Romania 11,517 2020[2]
171 Germany Pforzheim metropolitan area, Germany 11,322 2020[2]
172 Germany Schweinfurt metropolitan area, Germany 11,248 2020[2]
173 Germany Paderborn metropolitan area, Germany 11,083 2020[2]
174 Italy Metropolitan City of Cagliari, Italy 11,071 2020[2]
175 Italy Metropolitan City of Messina, Italy 10,892 2020[2]
176 Poland Bydgoszcz–Toruń metropolitan area, Poland 10,871 2020[2]
177 Germany Konstanz, metropolitan area, Germany 10,692 2020[2]
178 Belgium Namur metropolitan area, Belgium 10,619 2021[2]
179 France Limoges metropolitan area, France 10,618 2021[2]
180 Netherlands Leeuwarden metropolitan area, Netherlands 10,286 2020[2]
181 Lithuania Kaunas urban area, Lithuania 10,207 2020[2]
182 Romania Timișoara metropolitan area, Romania 10,091 2020[2]
183 Italy Taranto metropolitan area, Italy 10,084 2020[2]
184 Germany Flensburg metropolitan Area, Germany 9,490 2020[2]
185 France Les Abymes metropolitan area, France 9,462 2021[2]
186 France Fort-de-France metropolitan area, France 9,082 2021[2]
187 Poland Bielsko-Biała metropolitan area, Poland 8,884 2020[2]
188 Poland Lublin metropolitan area, Poland 8,812 2020[2]
189 Germany Wetzlar metropolitan area, Germany 8,717 2020[2]
190 Germany Kaiserslautern metropolitan area, Germany 8,385 2020[2]
191 Portugal Coimbra metropolitan area, Portugal 8,317 2021[2]
192 Romania Constanța metropolitan area, Romania 8,019 2020[2]
193 Poland Kielce metropolitan area, Poland 8,006 2020[2]
194 Romania Ploiești metropolitan area, Romania 7,728 2020[2]
195 Germany Neubrandenburg metropolitan area, Germany 7,629 2020[2]
196 Romania Iași metropolitan area, Romania 7,601 2020[2]
197 Italy Prato metropolitan area, Italy 7,498 2020[2]
198 Poland Opole metropolitan area, Poland 7,493 2020[2]
199 Poland Rzeszów metropolitan area, Poland 7,483 2020[2]
200 Romania Brașov metropolitan area, Romania 7,417 2020[2]


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