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
51 Akkeshi Town Hokkaido 8,195 26.7%
52 Sotogahama Town Aomori 4,996 26.7%
53 Otsuchi Town Iwate 10,492 26.8%
54 Gyokuto Town Kumamoto 5,158 26.9%
55 Marumori Town Miyagi 11,571 26.9%
56 Shiriuchi Town Hokkaido 3,783 27.0%
57 Minamioguni Town Kumamoto 3,804 27.0%
58 Wazuka Town Kyoto 3,377 27.0%
59 Jinsekikogen Town Hiroshima 7,802 27.4%
60 Inami Town Wakayama 7,636 27.4%
61 Nakanoto Town Ishikawa 16,529 27.6%
62 Kuriyama Town Hokkaido 10,653 27.8%
63 Atsuma Town Hokkaido 4,227 27.9%
64 Niseko Town Hokkaido 5,551 27.9%
65 Misato Town Miyazaki 4,522 28.0%
66 Soeda Town Fukuoka 8,311 28.1%
67 Kutchan Town Hokkaido 17,120 28.1%
68 Kawamata Town Fukushima 11,412 28.1%
69 Tsubetsu Town Hokkaido 3,970 28.1%
70 Moseushi Town Hokkaido 2,565 28.2%
71 Oshamanbe Town Hokkaido 4,696 28.3%
72 Omu Town Hokkaido 4,033 28.4%
73 Rikubetsu Town Hokkaido 2,120 28.4%
74 Taiki Town Hokkaido 5,266 28.4%
75 Otobe Town Hokkaido 3,107 28.5%
76 Hinokage Town Miyazaki 3,419 28.5%
77 Riyuo Town Shiga 11,239 28.6%
78 Ikeda Town Hokkaido 5,906 28.6%
79 Kamiyama Town Tokushima 4,673 28.7%
80 Onan Town Shimane 9,467 28.7%
81 Mukawa Town Hokkaido 7,221 28.8%
82 Gokase Town Miyazaki 3,278 28.8%
83 Tobetsu Town Hokkaido 15,113 28.8%
84 Yubetsu Town Hokkaido 7,901 28.8%
85 Okuizumo Town Shimane 11,077 28.9%
86 Kaiyo Town Tokushima 8,199 28.9%
87 Yusuhara Town Kochi 3,084 28.9%
88 Hodatsushimizu Town Ishikawa 11,822 28.9%
89 Kyogoku Town Hokkaido 2,776 29.0%
90 Horonobe Town Hokkaido 2,042 29.0%
91 Abira Town Hokkaido 7,214 29.0%
92 Hachijo Town Tokyo 6,838 29.2%
93 Hokuryu Town Hokkaido 1,593 29.2%
94 Nagomi Town Kumamoto 9,007 29.3%
95 Rebun Town Hokkaido 2,183 29.4%
96 Fujimi Town Nagano 14,107 29.4%
97 Sakuho Town Nagano 10,179 29.4%
98 Rankoshi Town Hokkaido 4,501 29.5%
99 Shari Town Hokkaido 10,513 29.5%
100 Horokanai Town Hokkaido 1,222 29.6%

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.