Paris
Culture, vie sociale, jeunesse et sports
In 2024, Paris spent 894.2 M€ on this. That is €416 per inhabitant.
Against towns of the same size
−12.8 pt Paris devotes 11.4% of its operating budget to this; the median for towns of 100,000 inhabitants and over is 24.2%.
Ranked 39 of 40 by share of budget.In euros per inhabitant: €416, against €309 for the median (+35 %).
What for?
Culture, community life, youth, sports and leisure204.2 M€
Arts activities and cultural events104.8 M€
Sports events104.3 M€
Theatres and live performance82.5 M€
Libraries and media libraries67.2 M€
Sports halls and gymnasiums64.9 M€
Museums58.4 M€
Swimming pools57.3 M€
Shared services54.0 M€
Other42.3 M€
Heritage9.7 M€
Stadiums8.8 M€
Other areas35.6 M€
Spent on what?
Interest paid at maturity161.9 M€
Basic pay156.5 M€
Other private bodies95.9 M€
Service contracts89.4 M€
Attached bodies and services — administrative56.2 M€
Other allowances56.0 M€
Pension fund contributions53.5 M€
Social security agency contributions34.1 M€
Interest — accrued interest not yet due21.4 M€
Non-permanent staff — pay21.2 M€
Other external staff14.9 M€
Miscellaneous public bodies14.8 M€
Other types of spending118.3 M€
Towns of the same size, around it by share of budget
2024 operating expenditure, as the town voted it by function. Source: DGFiP — balances comptables, présentation croisée nature-fonction. The comparison is first on the share of the operating budget — the reading that does not depend on how wealthy the town is — then on euros per inhabitant, against the median of towns in the same DGFiP population band. Transfers to the inter-municipal body are excluded on both sides.