List of UK cities by GDP

This is a selective list of cities and conurbations in the United Kingdom sorted by their GDP, a measure of the value of goods and services produced in an area, industry or sector of an economy. The Office for National Statistics produces GDP data in terms of International Territorial Level (ITL). The lowest spatial area for which they are made is ITL 3. Most cities are ITL 3 areas in their own right. Some ITL 3 areas are made up of groups of authorities or metropolitan boroughs, such as The County of Greater Manchester and the conurbation of Tyneside, and tend to reflect high levels of economic coherence.

London is the UK's biggest city by GDP (£618 billion).
Edinburgh is the city with the highest GDP per capita in the UK (£69,809).

List

The table below is an arbitrary and partial selection of and from the largest ITL 3 city regions by their GDP, loosely based o data published by the Office for National Statistics published annually in December.

GDP and GDP per head for 2023

Rank

City/Conurbation

GDP
(£ billions)

GDP per head (£)

1

London (Greater London)

617.915

69,077

2

Manchester (Greater Manchester)

110.152

37,357

3

Birmingham (West Midlands)

92.443

31,012

4

Leeds (West Yorkshire)

81.279

33,836

5

Liverpool (Liverpool City Region)

53.600

31,016

6

Edinburgh

36.528

69,809

7

Glasgow

31.757

50,250

8

Tyneside

28.301

32,449

9

Bristol

22.772

47,148

10

Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan

19.570

37,759

11

Belfast

19.651

50,785

12

Sheffield

19.052

33,234

13

Milton Keynes

17.878

59,940

14

Bournemouth and Poole

14.969

37,048

15

Nottingham

14.105

42,837

16

Brighton & Hove

13.272

47,461

17

Leicester

11.439

30,121

18

Southampton

10.905

42,580

19

Derby

10.155

38,113

20

York

9.279

44,872

21

Sunderland

8.949

31,839

22

Peterborough

8.766

39,935

23

Portsmouth

8.689

41,317

24

Kingston upon Hull

8.300

30,522

25

Plymouth

8.182

30,446

26

Stoke-on-Trent

7.798

29,631

27

Luton

7.654

33,128

28

Swansea

7.302

29,592

See also

  • List of ceremonial counties in England by GVA
  • List of regions of the United Kingdom by GRDP