| 1 | A | B | C |
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| 2 | List of metropolitan areas in the European Union by GDP - 2018 |  |  |
| 3 | Rank | Metro Area | Gross Metropolitan Product (in billions EUR) |
| 4 | 1 | France Paris metropolitan area, France | 681 |
| 5 | 2 | United Kingdom Greater London, United Kingdom | 665 |
| 6 | 3 | ItalyMilan metropolitan area, Italy | 594 |
| 7 | 4= | Germany Rhine-Ruhr, Germany | 310 |
| 8 | 4= | Spain Madrid Metropolitan Area, Spain | 310 |
| 9 | 6 | Italy Rome metropolitan area, Italy | 297 |
| 10 | 7 | Italy Turin metropolitan area, Italy | 280 |
| 11 | 8 | Netherlands Randstad, Netherlands | 263 |
| 12 | 9 | Germany Frankfurt/Rhine-Main, Germany | 173 |
| 13 | 10 | Italy Metropolitan City of Bologna, Italy | 170 |
| 14 | 11 | Italy Metropolitan City of Florence, Italy | 162 |
| 15 | 12 | Germany Munich Region, Germany | 147 |
| 16 | 13 | Germany Berlin Metropolitan Region, Germany | 146 |
| 17 | 14 | Italy Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy | 140 |
| 18 | 15 | Spain Barcelona metropolitan area, Spain | 137 |
| 19 | 16 | Belgium Brussels Capital Region, Belgium | 133 |
| 20 | 17 | Germany Hamburg Metropolitan Region, Germany | 132 |
| 21 | 18 | Sweden Stockholm metropolitan area, Sweden | 131 |
| 22 | 19 | Germany Stuttgart Region, Germany | 120 |
| 23 | 20 | Austria Vienna metropolitan area, Austria | 111 |
| 24 | 21 | Denmark Greater Copenhagen, Denmark | 102 |
| 25 | 22 | Norway Greater Oslo Region, Norway | 96 |
| 26 | 23 | Greece Athens metropolitan area, Greece | 95 |
| 27 | 24 | Italy Metropolitan City of Bolzano, Italy | 92 |
| 28 | 25 | Republic of Ireland Dublin Metropolitan Area, Ireland | 84 |
| 29 | 26 | Finland Greater Helsinki, Finland | 75 |
| 30 | 27= | France Lyon metropolitan area, France | 74 |
| 31 | 27= | United Kingdom Greater Manchester, United Kingdom | 74 |
| 32 | 29 | France European Metropolis of Lille, France | 72 |

Question: How did Rhine-Ruhr's GDP rank in the European Union?
Answer: The Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region was the 4th largest GDP metropolitan area in the European Union.