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
601 Kamijima Town Ehime 6,085 43.7%
602 Ashiya Town Fukuoka 12,728 43.7%
603 Ranzan Town Saitama 17,328 43.7%
604 Saka Town Hiroshima 12,498 43.7%
605 Ibaraki Town Ibaraki 30,523 43.8%
606 Hiraizumi Town Iwate 6,734 43.9%
607 Aisho Town Shiga 21,042 44.0%
608 Itakura Town Gunma 13,461 44.0%
609 Daigo Town Ibaraki 14,516 44.0%
610 Mihama Town Aichi 20,560 44.0%
611 Tabuse Town Yamaguchi 14,033 44.1%
612 Oji Town Nara 23,694 44.1%
613 Yahaba Town Iwate 26,160 44.2%
614 Kaisei Town Kanagawa 18,566 44.2%
615 Showa Town Yamanashi 21,387 44.3%
616 Toin Town Mie 25,737 44.3%
617 Tagami Town Niigata 10,581 44.3%
618 Kota Town Aichi 42,023 44.4%
619 Kanda Town Fukuoka 37,553 44.4%
620 Kamisunagawa Town Hokkaido 2,360 44.4%
621 Kiho Town Mie 10,120 44.5%
622 Mizuho Town Tokyo 32,013 44.5%
623 Nagayo Town Nagasaki 39,479 44.5%
624 Mibu Town Tochigi 38,140 44.5%
625 Reihoku Town Kumamoto 6,222 44.5%
626 Yusui Town Kagoshima 8,294 44.6%
627 Miyoshi Town Saitama 37,377 44.6%
628 Miyashiro Town Saitama 33,471 44.6%
629 Oirase Town Aomori 25,182 44.6%
630 Tsurugi Town Tokushima 7,392 44.7%
631 Isen Town Kagoshima 6,132 44.8%
632 Kawara Town Fukuoka 9,962 44.8%
633 Matsuda Town Kanagawa 10,419 44.8%
634 Higashiura Town Aichi 50,029 44.8%
635 Ora Town Gunma 25,558 44.8%
636 Kamigori Town Hyogo 13,543 44.9%
637 Sue Town Fukuoka 29,307 44.9%
638 Manazuru Town Kanagawa 6,553 44.9%
639 Kiyama Town Saga 17,565 45.0%
640 Shiwa Town Iwate 32,684 45.0%
641 Tokigawa Town Saitama 10,220 45.0%
642 Sakahogi Town Gifu 8,264 45.0%
643 Yurihama Town Tottori 16,219 45.0%
644 Murata Town Miyagi 9,816 45.1%
645 Kashima Town Kumamoto 10,254 45.1%
646 Ichikawamisato Town Yamanashi 14,434 45.3%
647 Kasamatsu Town Gifu 21,829 45.4%
648 Tarui Town Gifu 25,746 45.4%
649 Samukawa Town Kanagawa 48,997 45.4%
650 Umi Town Fukuoka 36,878 45.5%

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.