891,190 residents · Chair: Huguette Bello

La Réunion

€875.9 million spent in 2025.

€983 per resident

What La Réunion spends, by policy

High schools, training and apprenticeships34%€295.9M
Trains, coaches and transport31%€271M
Administration and shared services11%€99.6M
Loans: repayments and interest11%€95M
Economy and business support5%€40.6M
Culture, sport and youth4%€39M
Environment3%€28.2M

The 2 other items (1%)

Town planning and housing1%€5.1M
Health and social care< 1%€1.4M

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

Suppliers and recipients

The same €875.9M, by recipient.

Companies and contractors35%€307.7M
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Grants and contributions23%€201.4M
Staff20%€173.8M
Pay and contributions.
Banks and lenders11%€95M
Benefits paid to people5%€46.8M
Compulsory contributions2%€16.7M
Joint bodies and syndicates1%€4.5M
Other3%€30.2M
Councillors’ allowances, taxes paid, other costs.

Source: 2025 accounts of La Réunion (DGFiP).

320 contracts signed in 2025 · €389M before tax

Why this total differs from the €307.7M 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

€247.5M of capital spending in 2025 (building, renovation, equipment), €278 per resident.

SRS-renforcement de chaussées : travaux préparatoires et travaux annexes sur routes bidirectionnelles2025 · Sbtpc Sogea Reunion€40M
Renforcement et revêtements de chaussées sur 2x2 voies ou sur routes a chaussées separees2024 · Sbtpc Sogea Reunion€40M
SRN-renforcement et revêtements de chaussées sur 2x2 voies ou sur route a chaussées separees2025 · Les Grands Travaux de l'Ocean Indien€36.9M
SRN renforcement de chaussées : travaux préparatoires et travaux annexes sur routes bidirectionnelles2024 · Pico Ocean Indien€36.9M
Évolution des équipements dynamiques de gestion du trafic 2019-2023/Déménagement du Service Régional de…2023–2024 · 2 companies€32.3M

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

On top of that, €56.5M 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: €813.8M · borrowing: €45M · spending: €875.9M.

Breakdown of resources

Taxes (VAT share, fuel tax, vehicle registration)56%€481.4M
State and other contributions19%€165.1M
Grants for works and VAT refunds17%€142.8M
Users and rents< 1%€2.6M
Other receipts3%€21.9M
Borrowing5%€45M

Source: OFGL, 2025 accounts of the main budget.

Debt and taxes

€1,314 of debt per resident

9.4 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).

Who is part of La Réunion

Understanding these figures

Who does what

The region pays for high schools, regional trains (TER) and intercity coaches, school transport outside towns, aid to businesses, vocational training and apprenticeships.

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