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
51 Higashikawa Town Hokkaido 8,673 23.5%
52 Kawauchi Village Fukushima 2,233 23.5%
53 Kuma Village Kumamoto 2,648 23.6%
54 Hiraya Village Nagano 377 23.6%
55 Kusatsu Town Gunma 6,055 23.7%
56 Iheya Village Okinawa 1,191 23.8%
57 Morotsuka Village Miyazaki 1,406 23.8%
58 Hirono Town Fukushima 4,531 23.8%
59 Okoppe Town Hokkaido 3,495 23.8%
60 Nanao City Ishikawa 46,500 23.9%
61 Higashidori Village Aomori 5,553 24.0%
62 Sai Village Aomori 1,628 24.0%
63 Aka Village Fukuoka 2,843 24.1%
64 Yamanakako Village Yamanashi 5,822 24.3%
65 Nishiizu Town Shizuoka 6,639 24.3%
66 Shiiba Village Miyazaki 2,406 24.3%
67 Shihoro Town Hokkaido 5,690 24.4%
68 Aguni Village Okinawa 676 24.5%
69 Sarufutsu Village Hokkaido 2,589 24.6%
70 Koya Town Wakayama 2,605 24.6%
71 Takamori Town Kumamoto 5,823 24.7%
72 Numata Town Hokkaido 2,798 24.7%
73 Kozushima Village Tokyo 1,737 24.7%
74 Kawaminami Town Miyazaki 14,617 24.8%
75 Nishikawa Town Yamagata 4,536 24.9%
76 Osaki Town Kagoshima 11,914 25.0%
77 Ama Town Shimane 2,209 25.1%
78 Ogata Village Akita 2,945 25.1%
79 Shintoku Town Hokkaido 5,503 25.2%
80 Minamiechizen Town Fukui 9,448 25.2%
81 Okutama Town Tokyo 4,492 25.3%
82 Kadena Town Okinawa 12,909 25.3%
83 Urugi Village Nagano 472 25.3%
84 Rishiri Town Hokkaido 1,830 25.3%
85 Oshino Village Yamanashi 9,737 25.4%
86 Esashi Town Hokkaido 7,199 25.6%
87 Chiyoda Town Gunma 10,848 25.6%
88 Shosanbetsu Village Hokkaido 1,005 25.6%
89 Fudai Village Iwate 2,293 25.8%
90 Koshimizu Town Hokkaido 4,342 25.8%
91 Noda Village Iwate 3,901 25.9%
92 Tarama Village Okinawa 1,040 26.1%
93 Mihama Town Fukui 8,676 26.1%
94 Akaigawa Village Hokkaido 1,492 26.1%
95 Kosa Town Kumamoto 9,948 26.3%
96 Ogawa Village Nagano 2,198 26.4%
97 Suttsu Town Hokkaido 2,629 26.5%
98 Sarabetsu Village Hokkaido 3,084 26.6%
99 Akkeshi Town Hokkaido 8,195 26.7%
100 Sotogahama Town Aomori 4,996 26.7%

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.