Mandatory spending ratio ranking

All municipalities · lowest first · FY2024 (1741)

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

#MunicipalityPrefecturePopulationMandatory spending
501 Tainai City Niigata 26,791 35.9%
502 Kamikawa Town Hokkaido 3,085 35.9%
503 Miyada Village Nagano 8,743 35.9%
504 Yokoshibahikari Town Chiba 22,095 35.9%
505 Otsuki Town Kochi 4,348 36.0%
506 Matsumae Town Hokkaido 5,818 36.0%
507 Ogimi Village Okinawa 2,910 36.0%
508 Tohoku Town Aomori 16,005 36.0%
509 Happo Town Akita 6,086 36.0%
510 Mishima Village Kagoshima 344 36.0%
511 Kamikawa Town Hyogo 10,144 36.0%
512 Nichinan Town Tottori 3,865 36.1%
513 Yasuda Town Kochi 2,269 36.1%
514 Kawamoto Town Shimane 2,982 36.1%
515 Susami Town Wakayama 3,471 36.2%
516 Motomiya City Fukushima 29,712 36.2%
517 Fukagawa City Hokkaido 18,329 36.2%
518 Yonaguni Town Okinawa 1,689 36.2%
519 Kudoyama Town Wakayama 3,760 36.3%
520 Kimobetsu Town Hokkaido 1,928 36.3%
521 Watarai Town Mie 7,556 36.3%
522 Chibu Village Shimane 574 36.3%
523 Gonohe Town Aomori 15,285 36.4%
524 Nasu Town Tochigi 23,697 36.4%
525 Matsushima Town Miyagi 12,885 36.4%
526 Hasami Town Nagasaki 14,111 36.4%
527 Omaezaki City Shizuoka 29,715 36.4%
528 Sanagochi Village Tokushima 2,106 36.4%
529 Rusutsu Village Hokkaido 2,018 36.4%
530 Higashishirakawa Village Gifu 2,011 36.4%
531 Higashikushira Town Kagoshima 6,361 36.5%
532 Minamitane Town Kagoshima 5,196 36.5%
533 Yamazoe Village Nara 3,055 36.5%
534 Gero City Gifu 28,915 36.5%
535 Engaru Town Hokkaido 17,646 36.5%
536 Kumejima Town Okinawa 7,140 36.5%
537 Takagi Village Nagano 5,888 36.6%
538 Meiwa Town Gunma 10,751 36.6%
539 So City Kagoshima 32,185 36.6%
540 Akiota Town Hiroshima 5,367 36.6%
541 Kawagoe Town Mie 15,745 36.6%
542 Shinkamigoto Town Nagasaki 16,682 36.6%
543 Yokohama Town Aomori 4,048 36.6%
544 Uozu City Toyama 38,617 36.6%
545 Nakano City Nagano 42,162 36.6%
546 Toyota City Aichi 414,750 36.6%
547 Taketomi Town Okinawa 4,208 36.6%
548 Komi Town Nagano 4,196 36.6%
549 Shinchi Town Fukushima 7,445 36.7%
550 Kyotanba Town Kyoto 12,384 36.7%

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.