Mandatory spending ratio ranking

Towns · lowest first · FY2024 (743)

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

#MunicipalityPrefecturePopulationMandatory spending
1 Okuma Town Fukushima 9,944 5.2%
2 Futaba Town Fukushima 5,294 8.1%
3 Anamizu Town Ishikawa 6,907 8.6%
4 Shiranuka Town Hokkaido 7,003 9.2%
5 Namie Town Fukushima 14,632 9.2%
6 Naraha Town Fukushima 6,409 13.2%
7 Genkai Town Saga 4,825 14.8%
8 Noto Town Ishikawa 14,331 14.8%
9 Betsukai Town Hokkaido 13,964 16.2%
10 Tomioka Town Fukushima 11,316 16.8%
11 Shika Town Ishikawa 17,609 17.2%
12 Kamimine Town Saga 9,870 17.9%
13 Takahama Town Fukui 9,544 19.3%
14 Rokunohe Town Aomori 10,551 19.3%
15 Teshikaga Town Hokkaido 6,432 19.5%
16 Nakafurano Town Hokkaido 4,486 20.3%
17 Onagawa Town Miyagi 5,810 20.8%
18 Oi Town Fukui 7,681 20.9%
19 Yuzawa Town Niigata 8,268 21.3%
20 Chippubetsu Town Hokkaido 2,182 21.6%
21 Karuizawa Town Nagano 21,752 21.7%
22 Rishirifuji Town Hokkaido 2,151 22.0%
23 Sakai Town Ibaraki 24,769 22.1%
24 Oto Town Fukuoka 5,037 22.4%
25 Tsukigata Town Hokkaido 2,732 22.4%
26 Funagata Town Yamagata 4,662 23.3%
27 Higashikawa Town Hokkaido 8,673 23.5%
28 Kusatsu Town Gunma 6,055 23.7%
29 Hirono Town Fukushima 4,531 23.8%
30 Okoppe Town Hokkaido 3,495 23.8%
31 Nishiizu Town Shizuoka 6,639 24.3%
32 Shihoro Town Hokkaido 5,690 24.4%
33 Koya Town Wakayama 2,605 24.6%
34 Takamori Town Kumamoto 5,823 24.7%
35 Numata Town Hokkaido 2,798 24.7%
36 Kawaminami Town Miyazaki 14,617 24.8%
37 Nishikawa Town Yamagata 4,536 24.9%
38 Osaki Town Kagoshima 11,914 25.0%
39 Ama Town Shimane 2,209 25.1%
40 Shintoku Town Hokkaido 5,503 25.2%
41 Minamiechizen Town Fukui 9,448 25.2%
42 Okutama Town Tokyo 4,492 25.3%
43 Kadena Town Okinawa 12,909 25.3%
44 Rishiri Town Hokkaido 1,830 25.3%
45 Esashi Town Hokkaido 7,199 25.6%
46 Chiyoda Town Gunma 10,848 25.6%
47 Koshimizu Town Hokkaido 4,342 25.8%
48 Mihama Town Fukui 8,676 26.1%
49 Kosa Town Kumamoto 9,948 26.3%
50 Suttsu Town Hokkaido 2,629 26.5%

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.