Mandatory spending ratio ranking

Cities · lowest first · FY2024 (792)

Personnel costs, social assistance and debt service — spending that is hard to cut — as a share of total spending.

#MunicipalityPrefecturePopulationMandatory spending
1 Suzu City Ishikawa 11,374 5.9%
2 Wajima City Ishikawa 20,928 8.6%
3 Nemuro City Hokkaido 22,468 18.0%
4 Monbetsu City Hokkaido 19,760 20.2%
5 Nanao City Ishikawa 46,500 23.9%
6 Minamisoma City Fukushima 55,774 29.3%
7 Fujiyoshida City Yamanashi 46,364 29.5%
8 Sunagawa City Hokkaido 15,231 29.7%
9 Izu City Shizuoka 27,748 29.7%
10 Hakui City Ishikawa 19,585 30.0%
11 Mikasa City Hokkaido 7,268 30.2%
12 Uonuma City Niigata 32,522 30.3%
13 Miyoshi City Aichi 61,408 30.3%
14 Izumisano City Osaka 99,318 30.4%
15 Tsuruga City Fukui 62,382 30.8%
16 Rikuzentakata City Iwate 17,226 31.0%
17 Senboku City Akita 22,859 31.4%
18 Kesennuma City Miyagi 56,300 31.7%
19 Hida City Gifu 21,674 31.9%
20 Mine City Yamaguchi 20,921 31.9%
21 Obanazawa City Yamagata 13,529 31.9%
22 Wakkanai City Hokkaido 30,336 32.1%
23 Myoko City Niigata 29,514 32.7%
24 Yamanashi City Yamanashi 32,710 32.9%
25 Murayama City Yamagata 21,299 33.0%
26 Higashimatsushima City Miyagi 37,875 33.4%
27 Susaki City Kochi 19,325 33.6%
28 Takayama City Gifu 82,486 33.6%
29 Minamiuonuma City Niigata 52,376 33.7%
30 Tamura City Fukushima 32,982 33.8%
31 Katsura City Chiba 15,213 34.4%
32 Ashibetsu City Hokkaido 11,243 34.5%
33 Kakuda City Miyagi 26,469 34.6%
34 Rumoi City Hokkaido 18,169 34.6%
35 Iiyama City Nagano 18,812 34.7%
36 Shibushi City Kagoshima 28,693 34.7%
37 Tarumizu City Kagoshima 12,973 34.9%
38 Midori City Gunma 48,470 35.1%
39 Arida City Wakayama 25,230 35.4%
40 Ono City Fukui 29,821 35.5%
41 Saito City Miyazaki 28,078 35.6%
42 Furano City Hokkaido 19,624 35.6%
43 Tokoname City Aichi 58,662 35.6%
44 Sanmu City Chiba 47,745 35.7%
45 Tainai City Niigata 26,791 35.9%
46 Motomiya City Fukushima 29,712 36.2%
47 Fukagawa City Hokkaido 18,329 36.2%
48 Omaezaki City Shizuoka 29,715 36.4%
49 Gero City Gifu 28,915 36.5%
50 So City Kagoshima 32,185 36.6%

Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications settlement data. Municipalities without a value (such as the fiscal strength index of Tokyo's special wards) are excluded.