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In 2022, so-called “complex” households are more common in overseas departments than in France, according to an INSEE study. Complex households are those which are not made up only of a single person or a family nucleus (couple with or without children or single-parent family). Those which bring together a family nucleus and at least one ascendant or descendant..

One year after its launch by the Réunion Region, in partnership with the State, Cyber ​​Réunion draws up an initial assessment. Reunion companies remain very exposed to cyberattacks, but the regional system is already showing tangible results on the ground. Carried by Réunion THD, Cyber ​​Réunion manages two systems. The European Digital Innovation Hub supports VSEs and SMEs and communities..

The Vietnamese automobile brand VinFast has signed a strategic partnership with the West Indian group Loret for the distribution of its vehicles on the overseas territories market.. Loret Group will establish sales channels and supply VinFast electric vehicles to local dealers and customers. L'accord de distribution est conclu pour cinq ans. The distributor will first....

In 2020, in the meeting, the number of inhabitants aged 50 or over reached 278,000 people, exceeding for the first time the number of under-20s. The aging of the population is expected to continue until 2050, where 371,000 seniors live on the island. Especially, the number of people aged 75 or over would triple. This aging will have....

“Although this problem is not specific to overseas territories, the dynamism of tourism employment remains limited and faces structural weaknesses : chronic recruitment difficulties, precarious working conditions and vulnerability to crises (sanitary, social, climatic), estimates a report from the Court of Auditors, who was interested for the first time in....

The quarterly Image PME survey, carried out by the Sagis firm on the basis of data from accountants, showed a seventh consecutive drop in the average turnover of Reunion VSEs and SMEs in the 2nd quarter of 2025. He went back 0,9% compared to the previous quarter and 1% year-on-year, and these figures are not....

The latest annual report from Iédom on payment deadlines practiced in overseas departments covered 2023 for those of businesses and 2024 for payment deadlines practiced by State services, of the local public sector and the public hospital sector. In 2023, the legal threshold of 60 days for payment deadlines...

Seasonal rentals generated more than 30 million euros in revenue in the first half of 2025 in the west of the island, according to a study by the microregional tourist office. This figure is up 11% in one year, sign of undeniable dynamism. Between the first half of 2024 and 2025, the average income per dwelling increased from 69..

Despite a slowdown, the employed workforce in Réunion continued to increase in the second quarter of 2025, according to the General Social Security Fund (CGSS). The increase is however limited to 185 net job creations in three months. 198,547 employees were counted on the island in the 2nd quarter. Accommodation and catering (+370 positions) and social action and health (+230 positions) font...

In 2023, 361,000 inhabitants aged 15 or over were “active” on the labor market in Reunion : they had a job or were actively looking for one, according to the latest INSEE study. The active population increased by an average of 2,500 people each year between 2018 and 2023 on the island, a much smaller increase than in the....