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
501 Chikujo Town Fukuoka 16,434 40.6%
502 Izumozaki Town Niigata 3,886 40.7%
503 Kanmaki Town Nara 21,157 40.7%
504 Miyake Town Nara 6,422 40.7%
505 Shiyonai Town Yamagata 19,144 40.7%
506 Taiji Town Wakayama 2,834 40.7%
507 Yokoze Town Saitama 7,601 40.7%
508 Ichinohe Town Iwate 10,603 40.7%
509 Kadogawa Town Miyazaki 16,989 40.8%
510 Amagi Town Kagoshima 5,461 40.8%
511 Kaminoseki Town Yamaguchi 2,190 40.8%
512 Oguchi Town Aichi 24,004 40.8%
513 Onjiyuku Town Chiba 6,912 40.8%
514 Koriyo Town Nara 35,020 40.9%
515 Inawashiro Town Fukushima 12,552 40.9%
516 Kawajima Town Saitama 18,671 41.1%
517 Misato Town Kumamoto 8,632 41.1%
518 Onga Town Fukuoka 18,900 41.1%
519 Chikuzen Town Fukuoka 30,805 41.1%
520 Hiro Town Hokkaido 5,880 41.1%
521 Hachirogata Town Akita 5,176 41.2%
522 Nanbu Town Tottori 10,099 41.2%
523 Nanbu Town Aomori 16,185 41.2%
524 Ogose Town Saitama 10,757 41.3%
525 Kanra Town Gunma 12,368 41.3%
526 Tsuwano Town Shimane 6,373 41.4%
527 Ogawa Town Saitama 27,448 41.4%
528 Yachiyo Town Ibaraki 21,082 41.4%
529 Yaotsu Town Gifu 9,861 41.4%
530 Misato Town Saitama 10,685 41.5%
531 Nakanojiyo Town Gunma 14,326 41.5%
532 Seiro Town Niigata 13,986 41.5%
533 Hayashima Town Okayama 12,748 41.5%
534 Itoda Town Fukuoka 8,269 41.6%
535 Takanezawa Town Tochigi 28,770 41.6%
536 Kori Town Fukushima 10,951 41.6%
537 Shimosuwa Town Nagano 18,470 41.6%
538 Fujisaki Town Aomori 14,300 41.7%
539 Takatori Town Nara 6,045 41.7%
540 Ikeda Town Gifu 22,461 41.8%
541 Ando Town Nara 6,975 41.8%
542 Sho Town Okayama 10,737 41.8%
543 Mishima Town Fukushima 1,327 41.9%
544 Yoshimi Town Saitama 17,620 41.9%
545 Nagatoro Town Saitama 6,367 41.9%
546 Daisen Town Tottori 14,786 41.9%
547 Kihoku Town Mie 13,759 41.9%
548 Oizumi Town Gunma 41,653 41.9%
549 Kushimoto Town Wakayama 13,924 41.9%
550 Toyako Town Hokkaido 7,906 41.9%

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.