List of European metropolitan areas by GRP

Metropolitan area

The term metropolitan area refers to a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories, sharing industry, infrastructure, and housing. A metropolitan area usually encompasses multiple jurisdictions and municipalities: neighborhoods, townships,...

's gross domestic product, or GDP, is one of several measures of the size of its economy. Similar to GDP, GRP

Gross Regional Product

A metropolitan area's gross regional product, i.e. GMP or GRP, is one of several measures of the size of its economy. Similar to GDP, GRP is defined as the market value of all final goods and services produced within a metropolitan area in a given period of time.-See also:*List of European...

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

Eurostat

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's Urban Audit for Larger Urban Zones have been used.

List of Gross Domestic Products in EU metropolitan areas

The table below shows data from Eurostat

Eurostat

's Urban Audit program and participating Larger Urban Zones (LUZs). Nationally established and/or recognized metropolitan areas may take preference, if equivalent to correspondingly joined Larger Urban Areas. As the Urban Audit program collects comparable data from national statistics

National Statistics

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offices only, some data may be missing.

Rank	Metro Area	2002 GMP (in billion)	2004 GMP (in billion)	2006 GMP (in billion)	2006 Resident Population	2006 Pop. density	2006 Economically Active Population
1	Paris metropolitan area Paris metropolitan area The Paris aire urbaine is a statistical area that describes the reach of commuter movement to and from Paris and its surrounding urban area... , France		€ 546,800		11,532,000	918 per km²	5,915,000
2	Greater London Greater London Greater London is the top-level administrative division of England covering London. It was created in 1965 and spans the City of London, including Middle Temple and Inner Temple, and the 32 London boroughs. This territory is coterminate with the London Government Office Region and the London... , United Kingdom		€ 465,700		11,917,000	1,336 per km²	6,030,000
3	Rhine-Ruhr Rhine-Ruhr The Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region is the largest metropolitan region in Germany with about 10,100,000 inhabitants. It is of polycentric nature and the only megacity in Germany. It covers an area of 7,110 square kilometers and lies entirely within the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia... , Germany		€ 330,900	€ 338,21	10,223,000	1,049 per km²	4,445,000
4	Milan metropolitan area Milan metropolitan area The Milan metropolitan area, known as Grande Milano , is the urban agglomeration around the city of Milan, Italy.The spatial spread of the Milan metropolitan area has greatly accelerated over recent decades... , Italy		€ 241,200		3,024,000	2,282 per km²
5	Randstad Randstad Image:Randstad_with_scale.png\|400px\|thumb\|right\|Clickable schematic map of the Randstadcircle 528 380 26 Schipholrect 426 356 498 436 Haarlemmermeerrect 399 166 479 245 Velsencircle 250 716 32 Delftcircle 220 642 60 The Hague... , Netherlands		€ 216,300		4,172,000	1,100 per km²	2,134,000
6	Frankfurt/Rhine-Main, Germany		€ 152,100	€ 141,672	3,795,000	558 per km²	1,865,000
7	Madrid metropolitan area Madrid metropolitan area The Madrid Metropolitan Area comprises the city of Madridand forty surrounding municipalities. It has a populationof slightly more than 6.4 million people and covers an areaof 4.609,7 km²... , Spain	€ 101,170	€ 145,800	€ 123,550	5,804,000	724 per km²	2,900,000
8	Munich Region, Germany¹	€ 104,933	€ 116,600	€ 117,573	2,532,000	460 per km²	1,335,000
9	Hamburg Metropolitan Region Hamburg Metropolitan Region The Metropolregion Hamburg is the compilation of 8 rural districts in the German federal state of Lower Saxony, 6 districts in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein and the city-state of Hamburg in northern Germany... , Germany	€ 99,487	€ 111,100	€ 109,590	3,135,000	425 per km²	1,557,000
10	Berlin Metropolitan Region, Germany	€ 99,108	€ 109,800	€ 108,722	4,971,000	825 per km²	2,585,000
11	Rome metropolitan area Rome metropolitan area The Rome metropolitan area is the urban agglomeration centred around the city of Rome, the Italian capital, in Lazio, Italy.The total population of Province of Rome is 4,184,293, the second metropolitan area in Italy after Milan, 2,745,000 coincides with the city of Rome.The metropolitan area is... , Italy		€ 109,400		3,419,000	943 per km²
12	Athens metropolitan area Attica (administrative region) Attica is an administrative region in Greece, containing Athens, the capital of Greece. This region covers a greater area than the historical region of Attica.-Overview:Located in the south of the country, Attica covers about 3,808 square kilometers... , Greece	€ 131,341		€ 101,058	4,013,000	1,054 per km²	1,774,000
13	Barcelona metropolitan area Barcelona metropolitan area This article is about the metropolitan area. For the administrative area, see Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona .Barcelona metropolitan area is the metropolitan area in Catalonia, north of Spain, centered on the city of Barcelona... , Spain	€ 81,841	€ 114,500	€ 101,045	4,233,000	2,356 per km²	2,076,000
14	West Midlands, United Kingdom	€ 87,211		€ 94,904	2,357,000	1,475 per km²	1,103,000
15	Stuttgart Region Stuttgart Region Stuttgart Region is a metropolitan area in Germany and consists of the city of Stuttgart and the surrounding districts of Ludwigsburg, Esslingen, Böblingen, Rems-Murr and Göppingen . About 2.7 million inhabitants live in that area... , Germany¹	€ 90,604		€ 93,230	2,664,000	729 per km²	1,340,000
16	Vienna Vienna Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre... metropolitan area, Austria		€ 80,200		2,180,000	473 per km²	1,055,000
17	Stockholm metropolitan area, Sweden		€ 79,400	€ 80,965	1,861,000	285 per km²	935,000
18	Copenhagen metropolitan area Copenhagen metropolitan area The Copenhagen metropolitan area around the city of Copenhagen, Denmark, has a population of 1,834,492 and an area of 2,861.41 km²-Composition:The area consists of:... , Denmark	€ 69,240	€ 81,200	€ 78,568	1,823,000	655 per km²	956,000
19	Dublin Metropolitan Area Dublin Metropolitan Area Dublin Metropolitan Area is a term used by various bodies to describe the area of Dublin, Ireland, and its surrounding counties which have an urban designation; between these bodies its definition is not always consistent.-Garda usage:... , Ireland		€ 69,600		1,534,000	228 per km²	796,000
20	Leeds-Bradford West Yorkshire Urban Area The West Yorkshire Urban Area is a term used by the Office for National Statistics to refer to a conurbation in West Yorkshire, England, based around the cities of Leeds, Bradford and Wakefield, and the large town of Huddersfield... , United Kingdom			€ 62,561	2,393,000	468 per km²
21	Greater Manchester Greater Manchester Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.6 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the... , United Kingdom	€ 56,266	€ 63,700	€ 59,972	2,539,000	1,984 per km²	1,199,000
22	Hanover Hanover Hanover or Hannover, on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony , Germany and was once by personal union the family seat of the Hanoverian Kings of Great Britain, under their title as the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg... Region, Germany	€ 36,776		€ 58,240	1,294,000	436 per km²	603,000
23	Lyon Lyon Lyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais.... metropolitan area, France		€ 56,100		1,748,000	286 per km²	843,000
24	Lisbon Metropolitan Area Lisbon Metropolitan Area Lisbon Metropolitan Area is a territorial zone that includes 18 municipalities in Portugal. The smaller Grande Lisboa area is a subregion of the NUTS II Lisbon Region by its own right.... , Portugal	€ 47,279	€ 54,800	€ 53,208	2,436,000	1,700 per km²
25	Brussels Capital Region, Belgium			€ 52,970	1,801,000	1,116 per km²
...	Katowice metropolitan area, Poland				2,710,000	1,023 per km²
...	Warsaw metropolitan area, Poland				2,660,000	512 per km²
...	Budapest metropolitan area Budapest metropolitan area The Budapest Metropolitan Area is a metropolitan area in Central Hungary. It consists of Budapest capital and the surrounding suburbs. It has a population of 2.525 million... , Hungary				2,394,000	943 per km²	1,118,000
...	Naples metropolitan area Naples metropolitan area The Naples metropolitan area is the urban agglomeration centred around the city of Naples in Campania, Italy.The total population of Province of Naples is 3,092,859, the third metropolitan area in Italy by population, 969,061 of this coincides with the city of Naples... , Italy				2,254,000	3,990 per km²
...	Bucharest metropolitan area Bucharest metropolitan area According to Eurostat, Bucharest, the capital city of Romania, has a Larger Urban Zone of 2,151,880 residents on an area of 662 km2.The Bucharest metropolitan area is a proposed metropolitan area project that includes Bucharest and surrounding communes... , Romania				2,140,000	3,233 per km²
—	European Union European Union The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...				458,500,000	112 per km²

List of Gross Domestic Products in EU cities/agglomeration areas

A 2008 survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers

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uses mainly US$ data by OECD, but is based on city boundaries.

Rank	City	2008 GDP (in $ID billion)	2008 Population (in million)	Eurozone
1	London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...	$ 565	7.7	N
2	Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...	$ 564	9.89	Y
3	Madrid Madrid Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...	$ 230	5.17	Y
4	Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...	$ 177	4.92	Y
5	Rome Rome Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...	$ 144	2.60	Y
6	Vienna Vienna Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...	$ 122		Y
7	Milan Milan Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...	$ 115	1.31	Y
8	Lisbon Lisbon Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...	$ 98	2.81	Y
9	Athens Athens Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...	$ 96		Y
10	Berlin Berlin Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...	$ 95	3.33	Y
11	Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...	$ 90	2.25	N
12	Manchester Manchester Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...	$ 85	2.23	N
13	Brussels Brussels Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...	$ 83		Y
14	Hamburg Hamburg -History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...	$ 74		Y
15	Stockholm Stockholm Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...	$ 70		N
16	Lyon Lyon Lyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....	$ 69		Y
17	Turin Turin Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...	$ 68		Y
18	Warsaw Warsaw Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...	$ 68		N
19	Munich Munich Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...	$ 64		Y
20	Dublin	$ 61		Y
21	Leeds Leeds Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...	$ 60		N
22	Helsinki Helsinki Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...	$ 58		Y
23	Budapest Budapest Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...	$ 53		N

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