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Piton de la Fournaise, in La Réunion
Photo (Piton de la Fournaise): Alexandre Péribé, CC BY-SA 4.0

891,190 residents · Chair: Huguette Bello

La Réunion

€907.1 million spent in 2025.

€1,018 per resident

What La Réunion spends, by policy

  • High schools, training and apprenticeships33%€295.9M
  • Trains, coaches and transport30%€271.1M
  • Administration and shared services11%€99.1M
  • Loans: repayments and interest10%€95M
  • Economy and business support8%€69.3M
  • Culture, sport and youth4%€39M
  • Environment3%€28.2M
The 3 other items (1%)
  • Town planning and housing1%€7.6M
  • Health and social care< 1%€1M
  • Not assigned to a policy< 1%€910k

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

Suppliers and recipients

The same €907.1M, by recipient.

  • Companies and contractors34%€307.7M

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  • Grants and contributions22%€201.4M
  • Staff19%€173.8M

    Pay and contributions.

  • Banks and lenders10%€95M
  • Benefits paid to people5%€46.8M
  • Compulsory contributions2%€16.7M
  • Joint bodies and syndicates< 1%€4.5M
  • Other7%€61.3M

    Councillors’ allowances, taxes paid, other costs.

Source: 2025 accounts of La Réunion (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 region in 2025: €307.7M (its accounts).

277 contracts signed in 2025 · €276.4M before tax

Why this total differs from the €307.7M 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

€247.5M of capital spending in 2025 (building, renovation, equipment), €278 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, €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: €907.1M.

Breakdown of resources

  • Taxes (VAT share, fuel tax, vehicle registration)53%€481.4M
  • State and other contributions18%€165.1M
  • Capital receipts: grants for works, VAT refunds, sales of property…16%€142.8M
  • Users and rents< 1%€2.6M
  • Other receipts2%€21.9M
  • Borrowing5%€45M
  • Drawn from reserves5%€48.2M

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.

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

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

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