So… what you are saying, is that Berlin is expandable…
Berlin is finally slightly above average in Germany!
How is Berlin so so low?
Wonder what London would be
Incredible level of diversification by Germany.
How many people are gonna misunderstand the meaning of this chart…
It has an effect when a city is split down the middle between two completely different systems for half a century. Berlin was an economic powerhouse before WW2
Korea would lose more than half of its GDP without Seoul lol.
Damn, you are even more centralized than we do
Ah so we *could* totally get rid of Amsterdam
Oh, Berlin. What is Berlin?
I would like to see Ireland without Dublin.
Got the figures for Ireland?
What is up with Vienna. Almost a quarter of Austrians live there, and yet it accounts only for 4.6% of GDP?
I guess cyprus doesn’t have a capital or gdp
With an income Gini index of 0.39 Bulgaria is the most unequal country not only in the EU but in all of Europe (excluding Turkiye).
The overwhelming centralisation of economic activity in the capital city is among the biggest drivers of that.
I expected it to be way worse for Hungary tbh
For those wondering. It works out at about -12% for the United Kingdom without London.
Besides Helsinki, the second and fourth biggest cities of Finland are right next to Helsinki. Together they form a metropolitan area that has almost 25% of Finland’s population. If you removed that, the economic impact would be comparable to Sofia and Budapest.
Lisbon roughly 10% of Portugals population. Roughly 10% of its GDP. Balanced as all things should be.
Poland is a surprise for me how low we are considering how everyone here talks how everything is happening in Warsaw as “default city” and how much disparity there is between Warsaw and rest of Poland.
Yeah, we do need Warsaw
I am willing to bet that this is directly correlated with how much the population of the rest of the country likes citizens of the capital.
Wth is in Sofia that’s so important? I always thought if a meteor destroyed it, it wouldn’t be much of a loss.
I wouldn’t be mad about Spain replacing Madrid with a giant lake, TBF
I always knew we don’t need Berlin
This has to be the Municipality of Athens and not the metro area.
The only thing Berlin has above average proficiency in is creating horrible schools for the financially disadvantaged.
Replace Berlin with Bonn or Frankfurt and see the bar rise
is there no data for the uk?
it would for sure be at the top
Conclusion: Don’t be a bid deal in the 18th century.
its 0,2 points Germany withouth Berlin. Germany would be so much better without berlin.
I toured Hungary about 12 years ago. The contrast between Hungary and Budapest is striking. Seem like separate countries, decades, timelines… or something.
In other countries at the top of this list, like Greece & Slovakia, the gap is noticeable. But… it feels more “normal.” Small towns are visibly less vibrant economically, have older populations… etc. But, it still feels like the same country. In Hungary, I almost suspected they’re so separate that city don’t even know about townspeople… and the vice versa.
Just subjective observation, which could be entirely mistaken.
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So… what you are saying, is that Berlin is expandable…
Berlin is finally slightly above average in Germany!
How is Berlin so so low?
Wonder what London would be
Incredible level of diversification by Germany.
How many people are gonna misunderstand the meaning of this chart…
It has an effect when a city is split down the middle between two completely different systems for half a century. Berlin was an economic powerhouse before WW2
Korea would lose more than half of its GDP without Seoul lol.
Damn, you are even more centralized than we do
Ah so we *could* totally get rid of Amsterdam
Oh, Berlin. What is Berlin?
I would like to see Ireland without Dublin.
Got the figures for Ireland?
What is up with Vienna. Almost a quarter of Austrians live there, and yet it accounts only for 4.6% of GDP?
I guess cyprus doesn’t have a capital or gdp
With an income Gini index of 0.39 Bulgaria is the most unequal country not only in the EU but in all of Europe (excluding Turkiye).
The overwhelming centralisation of economic activity in the capital city is among the biggest drivers of that.
I expected it to be way worse for Hungary tbh
For those wondering. It works out at about -12% for the United Kingdom without London.
Besides Helsinki, the second and fourth biggest cities of Finland are right next to Helsinki. Together they form a metropolitan area that has almost 25% of Finland’s population. If you removed that, the economic impact would be comparable to Sofia and Budapest.
Lisbon roughly 10% of Portugals population. Roughly 10% of its GDP. Balanced as all things should be.
Poland is a surprise for me how low we are considering how everyone here talks how everything is happening in Warsaw as “default city” and how much disparity there is between Warsaw and rest of Poland.
Yeah, we do need Warsaw
I am willing to bet that this is directly correlated with how much the population of the rest of the country likes citizens of the capital.
Wth is in Sofia that’s so important? I always thought if a meteor destroyed it, it wouldn’t be much of a loss.
I wouldn’t be mad about Spain replacing Madrid with a giant lake, TBF
I always knew we don’t need Berlin
This has to be the Municipality of Athens and not the metro area.
The only thing Berlin has above average proficiency in is creating horrible schools for the financially disadvantaged.
Replace Berlin with Bonn or Frankfurt and see the bar rise
is there no data for the uk?
it would for sure be at the top
Conclusion: Don’t be a bid deal in the 18th century.
its 0,2 points Germany withouth Berlin. Germany would be so much better without berlin.
I toured Hungary about 12 years ago. The contrast between Hungary and Budapest is striking. Seem like separate countries, decades, timelines… or something.
In other countries at the top of this list, like Greece & Slovakia, the gap is noticeable. But… it feels more “normal.” Small towns are visibly less vibrant economically, have older populations… etc. But, it still feels like the same country. In Hungary, I almost suspected they’re so separate that city don’t even know about townspeople… and the vice versa.
Just subjective observation, which could be entirely mistaken.
Is this just the city or is this the metro area?
how much is England without london