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Guadeloupe · 388,197 residents · Chair: Guy Losbar

Guadeloupe

€877.9 million spent in 2025.

€2,261 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%€12.2M

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

Where the money goes

The €877.9M spent in 2025, by who receives it.

  • Residents52%€452.8M

    Social benefits: care placements for children, elderly and disabled people, minimum income (RSA), personal autonomy allowance (APA), disability compensation (PCH).

  • Companies18%€157.5M

    Purchases, services and works. See the names ↓

  • The département’s staff16%€138.9M

    Pay and contributions.

  • Associations and other bodies5%€45.9M

    Grants and contributions.

  • Public bodies4%€37.1M

    Compulsory contributions: fire and rescue service, running costs of middle schools.

  • Syndicates, groupings and other bodies2%€20.2M

    Compulsory or voluntary contributions, including the compensation paid to the region and local-authority syndicates.

  • Banks2%€15.5M

    Loan interest and repayments.

  • Other1%€9.9M

    Councillors’ allowances, taxes paid, other costs.

Source: 2025 accounts of Guadeloupe (DGFiP).

Contracts state a maximum amount for their whole term, often several years. That amount differs from what was paid. Purchases, services and works paid to companies by the département in 2025: €157.5M (its accounts).

104 contracts signed in 2025 · €264.1M before tax

Why this total differs from the €157.5M of purchases, services and works 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.

Click a building site to see the contract

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: €877.9M.

Breakdown of resources

  • Taxes (VAT share, property-sale duties, insurance tax)61%€538.2M
  • State and other contributions22%€197.2M
  • Capital receipts: grants for works, VAT refunds, sales of property…5%€46.5M
  • Users and rents< 1%€873k
  • Other receipts1%€7.6M
  • Borrowing2%€20M
  • Drawn from reserves8%€67.6M

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
    €2,262 per resident
  • RegionGuadeloupeHigh schools, regional trains, training, business support
    €1,238 per resident

Each amount is what the body spends per resident, from its accounts (DGFiP). Do not add them up: part of the money passes from one body to 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.

Elected officials and staff of Guadeloupe: to report a figure to correct or add context, write to Qipu.

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

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