List of top Chinese cities by GDP per capita

As one of the types of administrative divisions in China, cities includes three categories: municipalities, prefecture-level cities, and county-level cities. In addition, China's two special administrative regions are highly urbanized and commercialized, and also one of the most densely populated areas in the world. Both the international and Chinese governments classify them as cities. In terms of area, prefecture-level cities and municipalities are comparable, and the population and economic sizes are not much different, belonging to the same order of magnitude. There are no county-level cities in municipalities, which is the biggest difference between municipalities and prefecture-level cities in administrative divisions. Mostly, a China's county-level city has all been reformed and developed from a county as a whole, but the development focus, policies authorized by the central and provincial governments, and authorized development plan are different from that of a county. Based on this, this entry only includes China's prefecture-level cities, municipalities and special administrative regions. leagues and prefectures with economic characteristics in the same level divisions are appropriately included. Unless the unique resource development drives GDP growth, resulting in a sharp increase in the per capita and attracts attention, the inclusion of such administrative regions in this entry is only a case study due to their lack of advantage in population size and overall economic development level. If you want to fully understand the economic level of prefecture-level administrative regions, you must refer to list of prefecture-level divisions of China by GDP.

The GDP indicators included in this entry are all based on nominal GDP at current price. The converted US dollar GDP data is calculated based on the annual average exchange rate announced by the Chinese government (NBS) that year. The IMF publishes the purchasing power parity index of various currencies based on the average purchasing power of the US dollar in the United States and the average purchasing power of various currencies in the local area. It is adjusted twice a year, and the data varies greatly each time. The purchasing power parity of the GDP indicator is no longer included in the entry.

Methodology

A county-level city is itself a type of administrative divisions of a prefecture-level city. Compared with prefecture-level cities, the economic size and population size of a county-level city are not on the same order of magnitude. Including China's county-level cities and prefecture-level cities in the same set of comparative data is like including U.S. states and U.S. counties in the same set of data for comparison. In fact, they are not comparable. This entry does not include the per capita GDP of a county-level city.

The GDP per capita here is based on the annual average population. The annual average population or mid-year population is the average of the resident population at the end of the two consecutive years.

The per capita GDP of mainland China exceeded US$10,000 for the first time in 2018, and only 11 of the 31 provinces had a per capita GDP of over US$10,000 in 2018, and as of 2023, the per capita GDP of mainland China exceeded US$13,000, with 11 provinces exceeding the average level; 21 provinces had a per capita GDP of over US$10,000, accounting for the absolute majority. The per capita GDP of the cities included in this entry cannot be lower than the average level in order to highlight the characteristics of the entry.

According to the level of economic development, the top 90 Chinese cities in terms of nominal GDP per capita can basically reflect the overall development level of China's economy. The per capita GDP levels of these cities are higher than the national average. The unit of measurement for the data listed is the local currency Chinese yuan. In order to facilitate international comparison, the local currency is converted into US dollars, and the purchasing power parity (int'l dollar) indicators change too frequently and cannot be used as the main reference. All GDP data are officially released by the cities. This entry currently contains GDP data for 2023 and 2024, of which the 2023 GDP is revised based on the results of the fifth national economic census in 2023.

List

List of top 90 Chinese cities by GDP per capita (based on 2024)
Nominal GDP is based on the official annual average exchange rate at CNY 7.1217 per US dollar in 2024
All economic and demographic indicators are based on 2024 data and fully updated through August 8, 2025.
Rank Cities GDP per capita Reference index (2024)
City 城市 Province CNY USD GDP
(CNY mil.)
GDP
(USD mil.)
mid-yr.
pop.
1 Macau 澳门 SAR 520,700 73,115 357,200 50,157 687,300
2 Hong Kong 香港 SAR 385,398 53,939 2,899,775 407,176 7,524,100
3 Ordos 鄂尔多斯 Inner Mongolia 285,286 40,059 636,303 89,347 2,230,400
4 Karamay 克拉玛依 Xinjiang 270,292 37,953 132,700 18,633 490,950
5 Beijing 北京 municipality 228,167 32,038 4,984,310 699,876 21,845,000
6 Shanghai 上海 municipality 217,109 30,486 5,392,671 757,217 24,838,550
7 Wuxi 无锡 Jiangsu 216,844 30,448 1,626,329 228,362 7,500,000
8 Yulin 榆林 Shaanxi 208,995 29,346 754,868 105,995 3,611,900
9 Suzhou 苏州 Jiangsu 206,028 28,930 2,672,700 375,290 12,972,500
10 Shenzhen 深圳 Guangdong 205,714 28,886 3,680,187 516,757 17,889,800
11 Changzhou 常州 Jiangsu 200,978 28,220 1,081,360 151,840 5,380,500
12 Dongying 东营 Shandong 195,170 27,405 430,770 60,487 2,207,150
13 Nanjing 南京 Jiangsu 193,483 27,168 1,850,081 259,781 9,562,000
14 Zhoushan 舟山 Zhejiang 189,548 26,616 222,624 31,260 1,174,500
15 Ningbo 宁波 Zhejiang 186,379 26,171 1,814,770 254,823 9,737,000
16 Haixi Prefecture 海西州 Qinghai 179,617 25,221 84,788 11,906 472050
17 Zhuhai 珠海 Guangdong 178,712 25,094 447,906 62,893 2,506,300
18 Hangzhou 杭州 Zhejiang 173,865 24,413 2,186,000 306,949 12,573,000
19 Zhenjiang 镇江 Jiangsu 171,677 24,106 554,001 77,791 3,227,000
20 Yangzhou 扬州 Jiangsu 170,297 23,912 780,964 109,660 4,585,900
21 Fuzhou 福州 Fujian 167,787 23,560 1,423,676 199,907 8,485,000
22 Baotou 包头 Inner Mongolia 165,351 23,218 457,510 64,242 2,766,900
23 Guangzhou 广州 Guangdong 164,171 23,052 3,103,250 435,746 18,902,500
24 Hami 哈密 Xinjiang 162,151 22,769 108,439 15,227 668,750
25 Xiamen 厦门 Fujian 160,888 22,591 858,901 120,603 5,338,500
26 Qingdao 青岛 Shandong 160,656 22,559 1,671,946 234,768 10,407,000
27 Nantong 南通 Jiangsu 160,298 22,508 1,242,190 174,423 7,749,250
28 Yichang 宜昌 Hubei 157,725 22,147 619,110 86,933 3,925,250
29 Taizhou 泰州 Jiangsu 156,351 21,954 702,095 98,585 4,490,500
30 Shaoxing 绍兴 Zhejiang 154,645 21,715 836,860 117,508 5,411,500
31 Changji 昌吉州 Xinjiang 154,571 21,704 250,923 35,234 1,623,350
32 Alxa 阿拉善盟 Inner Mongolia 153,840 21,602 41,360 5,808 268,850
33 Yantai 烟台 Shandong 153,302 21,526 1,078,283 151,408 7,033,700
34 Wuhan 武汉 Hubei 153,037 21,489 2,110,623 296,365 13,791,550
35 Quanzhou 泉州 Fujian 147,158 20,663 1,309,487 183,873 8,898,500
36 Changsha 长沙 Hunan 144,525 20,294 1,526,878 214,398 10,564,800
37 Jinan 济南 Shandong 142,759 20,046 1,352,760 189,949 9,475,850
38 Foshan 佛山 Guangdong 138,363 19,428 1,336,190 187,622 9,657,150
39 Hefei 合肥 Anhui 136,063 19,105 1,350,770 189,670 9,927,500
40 Wuhu 芜湖 Anhui 135,589 19,039 512,050 71,900 3,776,500
41 Jiaxing 嘉兴 Zhejiang 135,267 18,994 756,953 106,288 5,596,000
42 Tianjin 天津 municipality 132,143 18,555 1,802,432 253,090 13,640,000
43 Tangshan 唐山 Hebei 129,569 18,194 1,000,390 140,471 7,720,900
44 Weihai 威海 Shandong 127,951 17,966 372,862 52,356 2,914,100
45 Longyan 龙岩 Fujian 127,065 17,842 341,868 48,004 2,690,500
46 Maanshan 马鞍山 Anhui 126,806 17,806 278,465 39,101 2,196,000
47 Dalian 大连 Liaoning 126,185 17,718 951,690 133,632 7,542,000
48 Ezhou 鄂州 Hubei 125,063 17,561 134,130 18,834 1,072,500
49 Ningde 宁德 Fujian 123,403 17,328 390,199 54,790 3,162,000
50 Huzhou 湖州 Zhejiang 122,057 17,139 421,340 59,163 3,452,000
51 Sanming 三明 Fujian 120,583 16,932 292,294 41,043 2,424,000
52 Yingtan 鹰潭 Jiangxi 120,550 16,927 138,434 19,438 1,148,350
53 Zhangzhou 漳州 Fujian 119,612 16,795 606,371 85,144 5,069,500
54 Huai'an 淮安 Jiangsu 119,473 16,776 541,302 76,007 4,538,300
55 Nanchang 南昌 Jiangxi 117,843 16,547 780,037 109,530 6,619,300
56 Dongguan 东莞 Guangdong 116,661 16,381 1,228,215 172,461 10,528,050
57 Yancheng 盐城 Jiangsu 116,455 16,352 777,920 109,232 6,680,000
58 Jinchang 金昌 Gansu 116,448 16,351 50,480 7,088 433,500
59 Xiangyang 襄阳 Hubei 115,596 16,231 610,241 85,688 5,279,100
60 Panzhihua 攀枝花 Sichuan 114,317 16,052 139,524 19,591 1,220,500
61 Yuxi 玉溪 Yunnan 113,975 16,004 258,210 36,257 2,265,500
62 Lhasa 拉萨 Tibet 113,563 15,946 99,004 13,902 871,800
63 Hohhot 呼和浩特 Inner Mongolia 113,400 15,923 410,708 57,670 3,621,750
64 Zhengzhou 郑州 Henan 111,383 15,640 1,453,210 204,054 13,047,000
65 Xilingol 锡林郛勒盟 Inner Mongolia 110,898 15,572 123,596 17,355 1,114,500
66 Chengdu 成都 Sichuan 109,850 15,425 2,351,130 330,136 21,403,000
67 Xiangtan 湘潭 Hunan 109,663 15,398 295,706 41,522 2,696,500
68 Ürümqi 乌鲁木齐 Xinjiang 109,632 15,394 416,850 58,532 4,084,800
69 Fangchenggang 防城港 Guangxi 108,670 15,259 116,755 16,394 1,074,400
70 Putian 莆田 Fujian 108,075 15,175 344,274 48,342 3,185,500
71 Wuhai 乌海 Inner Mongolia 106,973 15,021 59,557 8,363 556,750
72 Xuzhou 徐州 Jiangsu 105,792 14,855 953,712 133,916 9,015,000
73 Yan'an 延安 Shaanxi 105,709 14,843 238,336 33,466 2,254,650
74 Daqing 大庆 Heilongjiang 105,008 14,745 281,580 39,538 2,681,500
75 Zibo 淄博 Shandong 104,913 14,731 488,408 68,580 4,655,350
76 Yueyang 岳阳 Hunan 102,770 14,431 512,766 72,001 4,989,450
77 Panjin 盘锦 Liaoning 102,468 14,388 141,350 19,848 1,379,460
78 Tongling 铜陵 Anhui 101,844 14,301 132,550 18,612 1,301,500
79 Lianyungang 连云港 Jiangsu 101,641 14,272 466,313 65,478 4,587,850
80 Zhuzhou 株洲 Hunan 101,497 14,252 390,245 54,797 3,844,900
81 Xi'an 西安 Shaanxi 101,485 14,250 1,331,778 187,003 13,122,900
82 Chongqing 重庆 municipality 100,889 14,166 3,219,315 452,043 31,909,500
83 Huizhou 惠州 Guangdong 100,677 14,137 613,639 86,165 6,095,100
84 Chuzhou 滁州 Anhui 99,480 13,969 403,440 56,649 4,055,500
85 Wenzhou 温州 Zhejiang 99,106 13,916 971,880 136,467 9,806,500
86 Taizhou, Zhejiang 台州 Zhejiang 99,046 13,908 665,640 93,466 6,720,500
87 Taiyuan 太原 Shanxi 98,803 13,874 541,887 76,090 5,479,700
88 Quzhou 衢州 Zhejiang 98,470 13,827 226,283 31,774 2,298,000
89 Jiayuguan 嘉峪关 Gansu 98,365 13,812 30,990 4,351 315,050
90 Shenyang 沈阳 Liaoning 97,871 13,743 902,710 126,755 9,223,500

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