NUTS 2

Düsseldorf

Region of Germany · NUTS code DEA1

Among 38 NUTS 2 regions of Germany, Düsseldorf ranks best in road deaths (4th) and lowest in employment (36th).

Over time

The dashed line is the value for the whole country. Where Eurostat does not publish it, only the region line is shown.

Düsseldorf vs national value

Economy

GDP per capita
51,800 €/inh.
+1,100 vs 2023
13th of 38 in the country
Germany 54,240 €/inh. · -4%
2024 · NUTS 2 ranking
Income per capita
27,100 €/inh.
+1,400 vs 2022
22nd of 38 in the country
Germany 28,200 €/inh. · -4%
2023 · NUTS 2 ranking
GDP growth
-0.6 %
+1.3 vs 2023
15th of 38 in the country
Germany 0.2 % · -400%
2024 · NUTS 2 ranking

Population

Population
5,244,379
+5,470 vs 2024
1st of 38 in the country
Germany 83,467,117 · -94%
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
Life expectancy
80.4 years
+0.3 vs 2023
33rd of 38 in the country
Germany 81.2 years
2024 · NUTS 2 ranking
Population density
1,013.9 /km²
+2.2 vs 2023
4th of 38 in the country
Germany 236.4 /km² · +329%
2024 · NUTS 2 ranking
Population change
1.0 ‰
−2.1 vs 2023
20th of 38 in the country
Germany -1.3 ‰ · -177%
2024 · NUTS 2 ranking
Net migration
5.3 ‰
−2.3 vs 2023
18th of 38 in the country
Germany 2.9 ‰ · +83%
2024 · NUTS 2 ranking
Median age
45.2 years
−0.1 vs 2024
22nd of 38 in the country
Germany 45.5 years
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
Aged 65+
22.2 %
+0.2 vs 2024
23rd of 38 in the country
Germany 22.7 % · -2%
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
Fertility
1.36
−0.04 vs 2023
22nd of 38 in the country
Germany 1.36
2024 · NUTS 2 ranking

Regions inside

15 regions

 

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Labour

Unemployment
4.8 %
+0.5 vs 2024
32nd of 37 in the country
Germany 3.8 % · +26%
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
Employment
76.8 %
−0.5 vs 2024
36th of 38 in the country
Germany 81.1 % · -5%
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
High-tech jobs
4.6 %
+0.3 vs 2024
20th of 37 in the country
Germany 5.6 % · -18%
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking

Society

Tourist nights
2,500 per 1,000
+56 vs 2024
35th of 38 in the country
Germany 5,267 per 1,000 · -53%
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
Road deaths
22 per mn
0 vs 2023
4th of 38 in the country
Germany 33 per mn · -33%
2024 · NUTS 2 ranking
Tertiary educated
31.8 %
+3.0 vs 2024
24th of 38 in the country
Germany 35.4 % · -10%
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking

For Nordrhein-Westfalen

Profile

Eurostat does not publish these indicators for NUTS 2 regions, only for the larger region Düsseldorf belongs to.

Doctors
451 per 100k
+13 vs 2018
2019 · NUTS 1 ranking

Smaller regions inside

Other regions in Nordrhein-Westfalen

Ranks are among regions of the same NUTS level within the same country. The NUTS levels are defined by Eurostat: NUTS 1 are the largest regions, NUTS 3 the smallest.

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