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Guadeloupe · 388,197 residents · Chair: Guy Losbar

Guadeloupe

€876.6 million spent in 2025.

€2,258 per resident

What Guadeloupe spends, by policy

  • Health and social care63%€549M
  • Administration and shared services11%€96.2M
  • Middle schools and education8%€71.7M
  • Roads and transport7%€65.2M
  • Fire, rescue and safety4%€31.2M
  • Culture, sport and youth3%€22.5M
The 6 other items (5%)
  • Loans: repayments and interest2%€15.5M
  • Economy and trade1%€8.1M
  • Town planning and housing< 1%€3.4M
  • Environment< 1%€1.5M
  • Passed on to other bodies< 1%€1.5M
  • Not assigned to a policy1%€10.8M

Source: 2025 accounts of Guadeloupe (DGFiP), by public policy.

Suppliers and recipients

The same €876.6M, by recipient.

  • Benefits paid to people52%€452.8M

    Minimum income, disability, elderly care, child welfare, accommodation.

  • Companies and contractors18%€157.5M

    See the names ↓

  • Staff16%€138.9M

    Pay and contributions.

  • Grants and contributions5%€45.9M
  • Compulsory contributions4%€37.1M

    Including the fire and rescue service.

  • Joint bodies and syndicates2%€20.2M
  • Banks and lenders2%€15.5M
  • Other1%€8.6M

    Councillors’ allowances, taxes paid, other costs.

Source: 2025 accounts of Guadeloupe (DGFiP).

152 contracts signed in 2025 · €321.9M before tax

Why this total differs from the €157.5M paid to companies

These are the amounts of the contracts signed in the year, over their whole length, not what was paid. The money paid in a year also goes to older contracts and to purchases too small to be published (under €40,000 excl. VAT). For a framework agreement, the amount is a ceiling.

Investment and works

€119.6M of capital spending in 2025 (building, renovation, equipment), €308 per resident.

  • Plans d’actions prioritaires en eau potable travaux de construcion…2024 · Grands Travaux Publics€524k
  • Travaux de reconstruction du pont de sainte-claire petite rivière RD 33 goyave2024 · Grands Travaux Publics€224k

Largest works contracted since 2023, among published contracts. Amounts planned at signature, often spread over several years.

On top of that, €23.2M paid to other bodies for their own equipment (towns, intercommunalities, associations…).

Source: 2025 accounts of Guadeloupe (DGFiP), by public policy.

Revenue and financing

Revenue: €790.3M · borrowing: €20M · spending: €876.6M.

Breakdown of resources

  • Taxes (VAT share, property-sale duties, insurance tax)61%€538.2M
  • State and other contributions22%€197.2M
  • Grants for works and VAT refunds5%€46.5M
  • Users and rents< 1%€873k
  • Other receipts1%€7.6M
  • Borrowing2%€20M
  • Drawn from reserves8%€66.3M

Source: OFGL, 2025 accounts of the main budget.

Debt and taxes

€274 of debt per resident

4.6 years of savings to repay it

2025 accounts. Debt and taxes: OFGL, consolidated (main and side budgets). Per resident: amount divided by the population (Insee).

The levels above Guadeloupe

Spending per resident in 2025, and what each level pays for.

  • DépartementGuadeloupeMinimum income, elderly and disability care, middle schools, county roads
    €2,258
  • RegionGuadeloupeHigh schools, regional trains, training, business support
    €1,228

Each row: the body’s own spending per resident, the figure at the top of its page (DGFiP). Not to be added up: a grant from one level is spent by another.

Who is part of Guadeloupe

Understanding these figures

Who does what

The département pays for middle schools, social help (minimum income, elderly care, disability, child welfare), départemental roads, and funds the fire and rescue service.

Official table of responsibilities (July 2025)

Why the levels are not added up

The same euro can appear twice: once when a region or a département pays a grant, again when the town spends it. Each page shows its own body’s spending.

Where these figures come from

Spending: the accounts of the main budget published by the DGFiP, by public policy. Revenue, debt and taxes: OFGL. Contracts: published contract data (DECP), amounts planned at signing.

Do you work for Guadeloupe, or sit on its council? A figure to correct, context to add: write to us.

Page edited by Qipu, independent of Guadeloupe · Sources and method

Accounts 2025 (DGFiP, OFGL). The method · See the source