MARAMURES AT A GLANCE
Surface
6304 KM2
County Seat
Baia Mare (108k inhabitants)
Large Cities
Sighetu Marmației (32K), Borșa (27K), Vișeul de Sus (15K), Baia Sprie (14K)
Resident Population
452K (2023)
Labor Force
285K (2023)
Unemployment
2,4% (2023)
GDP
€ 3.6B (2023)
GDP/Capita
€ 8K (2023)
Exports-FOB
€ 1.8B (2023)
BOT
€ +501M (2023)
Monthly Gross Wage
€ 1,135 (2023)
The balance of trade (BOT) has been positive for over a decade, reaching +501 million EUR in 2023.
The free on board (FOB) exports have also been steadily increasing over the last decade reaching 1.8 billion EUR in 2023.
The nominal average monthly gross wage earning in Maramures was 1,134 EUR / month, significantly lower when compared to the national average of 1,415 EUR / month and the regional average of 1,336 EUR / month (in 2023).
In 2023, the industry sector and the trade sector were jointly responsible for 70% turnover generated by active companies registered in the county.*
There are 6 economic sectors with a significantly higher concentration (location quotient LQ) level in Maramures as compared to the national average.
Over the past decade, the industrial concentration (LQ) has been consolidating.
Top employers (by branch) with a higher presence in the county than the national average: wood processing, electrical equipment manufacturing, furniture manufacturing.
There are 2 economic sectors with a growing concentration (location quotient LQ) level in Maramures as compared to the national average. The Metallurgical industry sector had in 2023 a concentration 4.21 times higher than the national average while the Manufacture of chemical substances and products had a concentration 2.64 times higher than the national average.
99% of the registered companies in Maramureș are SMEs with less than 9 employees.
On average, 40-60% of startups survive for at least 5 years in Romania. From the 94,034 startups registered in 2018, 65,544 companies were still operational in 2022.
Roughly two-thirds of our county’s population falls within the working-age group. Approximately one-third of the labor force engages in informal activities, particularly in agriculture, predominantly in rural areas.
In Maramures, we had a workforce of approximately 282,700 in 2022, of which, we estimate that somewhere around 60-90,000 residents actually work abroad, mainly in the northern part of Italy, Spain, the UK and Germany.
The number of employees in Maramures has been steadily rising since 2010.
Most of the people employed in Maramures are activating in the industry sector
In Maramures there are 2 national universities, top class high schools and several professional schools turning out a healthy number of yearly graduates to join the workforce. In 2022, there were a total number of 6500 graduates.
Furthermore, there is an elementary school operational that teaches its curriculum entirely in German, currently having around 240 pupils, as well as two kindergartens that are teaching in German with around 45-50 current attendees.
