La Réunion · 891,190 residents · Chair: Cyrille Melchior

La Réunion

€1.3 billion spent in 2025.

€1,475 per resident

What La Réunion spends, by policy

Health and social care56%€731.7M
Administration and shared services10%€129.2M
Middle schools and education9%€119.8M
Fire, rescue and safety6%€82.5M
Economy and trade6%€74.7M
Loans: repayments and interest4%€58.6M
Roads and transport3%€45.9M

The 4 other items (6%)

Environment2%€26.8M
Town planning and housing2%€26.2M
Culture, sport and youth1%€19.6M
Passed on to other bodies< 1%€274k

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

Suppliers and recipients

The same €1.31B, by recipient.

Benefits paid to people36%€470.3M
Minimum income, disability, elderly care, child welfare, accommodation.
Staff27%€357M
Pay and contributions.
Companies and contractors12%€158.9M
See the names ↓
Grants and contributions12%€153.3M
Compulsory contributions6%€82.8M
Including the fire and rescue service.
Banks and lenders4%€58.6M
Joint bodies and syndicates1%€19.7M
Other1%€13.5M
Councillors’ allowances, taxes paid, other costs.

Source: 2025 accounts of La Réunion (DGFiP).

299 contracts signed in 2025 · €308.7M before tax

Why this total differs from the €158.9M 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

€92.5M of capital spending in 2025 (building, renovation, equipment), €104 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, €81.2M paid to other bodies for their own equipment (towns, intercommunalities, associations…).

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

Revenue and financing

Revenue: €1.26B · borrowing: €84.9M · spending: €1.31B.

Breakdown of resources

Taxes (VAT share, property-sale duties, insurance tax)52%€694.4M
State and other contributions33%€448.1M
Grants for works and VAT refunds7%€98.2M
Users and rents< 1%€2.8M
Other receipts1%€11.9M
Borrowing6%€84.9M

Source: OFGL, 2025 accounts of the main budget.

Debt and taxes

€495 of debt per resident

6.5 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 La Réunion

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

DépartementLa RéunionMinimum income, elderly and disability care, middle schools, county roads
€1,475
RegionLa RéunionHigh schools, regional trains, training, business support
€983

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.

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.

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Page edited by Qipu, independent of La Réunion · Sources and method

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