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
451 Sayo Town Hyogo 14,727 39.3%
452 Kitahiroshima Town Hiroshima 16,953 39.4%
453 Shirataka Town Yamagata 12,222 39.4%
454 Nagashima Town Kagoshima 9,399 39.4%
455 Zao Town Miyagi 10,916 39.4%
456 Mikawa Town Yamagata 7,009 39.4%
457 Takaharu Town Miyazaki 8,393 39.4%
458 Iijima Town Nagano 8,863 39.4%
459 Shizukuishi Town Iwate 14,995 39.5%
460 Toyosato Town Shiga 7,117 39.5%
461 Naka Town Tokushima 7,060 39.5%
462 Minowa Town Nagano 24,387 39.5%
463 Nakayama Town Yamagata 10,455 39.6%
464 Misato Town Akita 17,444 39.6%
465 Kohoku Town Saga 9,617 39.6%
466 Furudono Town Fukushima 4,517 39.6%
467 Toyono Town Osaka 17,804 39.7%
468 Mihama Town Mie 7,809 39.7%
469 Kasagi Town Kyoto 1,066 39.7%
470 Kumakogen Town Ehime 6,889 39.7%
471 Minabe Town Wakayama 11,516 39.8%
472 Eiheiji Town Fukui 17,644 39.8%
473 Matsushige Town Tokushima 14,356 39.9%
474 Ino Town Kochi 20,829 39.9%
475 Aya Town Miyazaki 6,785 39.9%
476 Sannohe Town Aomori 8,767 39.9%
477 Shimizu Town Hokkaido 8,755 39.9%
478 Tateyama Town Toyama 24,294 40.0%
479 Ishikawa Town Fukushima 13,654 40.0%
480 Tone Town Ibaraki 15,498 40.0%
481 Nishiki Town Kumamoto 10,033 40.1%
482 Iwate Town Iwate 11,542 40.2%
483 Kusu Town Oita 13,808 40.2%
484 Owani Town Aomori 8,231 40.2%
485 Yamakita Town Kanagawa 9,263 40.2%
486 Chizu Town Tottori 6,129 40.2%
487 Matsuno Town Ehime 3,484 40.2%
488 Osakikamijima Town Hiroshima 6,779 40.3%
489 Takko Town Aomori 4,718 40.3%
490 Taiki Town Mie 7,227 40.3%
491 Tomika Town Gifu 5,884 40.3%
492 Taketoyo Town Aichi 43,399 40.3%
493 Yamatsuri Town Fukushima 5,145 40.4%
494 Kiyonan Town Chiba 6,679 40.4%
495 Taga Town Shiga 7,346 40.4%
496 Kawabe Town Gifu 9,761 40.5%
497 Shioya Town Tochigi 9,796 40.5%
498 China Town Kagoshima 5,383 40.5%
499 Kagamiishi Town Fukushima 12,356 40.5%
500 Fujikawaguchiko Town Yamanashi 27,115 40.6%

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.