Bremen's share of Germany's GDP
Bremen's share of Germany's GDP stood at 0.96% in 2025, according to Working Group Regional Accounts of the Federal States (Arbeitskreis VGR der Länder), Statistical Offices of the Federation and the Länder. It is one of the indicators in the GDP by federal state table (Value · Annual), with a complete series running from 1991 to 2025. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the GDP by federal state table
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share of German GDP | |||||||||||
| Bremen | 0.96 | 0.95 | 0.95 | 0.98 | 0.97 | 0.94 | 0.95 | 0.97 | 0.99 | 1 | |
| Hamburg | 3.77 | 3.76 | 3.66 | 3.97 | 3.77 | 3.61 | 3.69 | 3.64 | 3.65 | 3.6 |
Understanding bremen's share of Germany's GDP
Assessing the macroeconomic influence of the city-state, this percentage quantifies the nominal value of final goods and services created within Bremen as a fraction of the total national economy. The calculation aggregates all localized commercial and operational value added, measuring it directly against the federal baseline. It ignores demographic divisors entirely to focus purely on spatial economic concentration. By formatting the output as a proportional share, the dataset allows analysts to track the centralization or decentralization of national production, contrasting sharply with sibling measures that chart currency per inhabitant.
Year-on-year evaluation is the mandatory approach for interpreting this annual data, effectively bypassing the need for seasonal corrections tied to localized business cycles. As a purely relative indicator, early estimates remain highly provisional; any subsequent harmonization of the national macroeconomic accounts will systematically force a recalculation of this jurisdiction's specific historical share. The most common error when reading this metric involves overlooking the city-state boundary effect. High concentrations of infrastructure and corporate capacity artificially swell the output numerator relative to territorial states, reflecting geographic production density rather than broad-based regional economic health.
Frequently asked questions
- Does this percentage measure the wealth of the city's inhabitants?
- The metric captures the volume of production occurring within the city limits, irrespective of where the financial beneficiaries actually reside.
- Do fluctuations in specific commercial sectors impact this share?
- All corporate operations are a component of local value added, so sector-specific trade volumes directly influence the numerator.
- Why does the percentage change even if local output is stable?
- Since the denominator is the entire national economy, broader federal growth will dilute the local share if local production remains perfectly flat.