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
1301 Okazaki City Aichi 382,656 48.1%
1302 Kamiita Town Tokushima 11,140 48.2%
1303 Kunitomi Town Miyazaki 18,243 48.2%
1304 Shimada City Shizuoka 94,747 48.2%
1305 Sumida City Tokyo 287,302 48.3%
1306 Sanyonoda City Yamaguchi 58,871 48.3%
1307 Sabae City Fukui 68,302 48.3%
1308 Higashiomi City Shiga 111,349 48.3%
1309 Shibukawa City Gunma 72,090 48.3%
1310 Natori City Miyagi 79,792 48.3%
1311 Muroran City Hokkaido 74,855 48.3%
1312 Ichihara City Chiba 266,861 48.3%
1313 Aioi City Hyogo 27,058 48.3%
1314 Atsugi City Kanagawa 223,424 48.4%
1315 Kitamoto City Saitama 65,274 48.4%
1316 Kawasaki Town Fukuoka 14,804 48.4%
1317 Buzen City Fukuoka 23,322 48.4%
1318 Asahi City Chiba 61,986 48.4%
1319 Kainan City Wakayama 46,492 48.4%
1320 Izumo City Shimane 172,327 48.4%
1321 Nonoichi City Ishikawa 54,583 48.5%
1322 Etajima City Hiroshima 20,690 48.5%
1323 Koga City Fukuoka 59,184 48.5%
1324 Shimotsuma City Ibaraki 42,071 48.5%
1325 Izumi City Kagoshima 51,405 48.5%
1326 Aizuwakamatsu City Fukushima 110,841 48.5%
1327 Yamagata City Yamagata 236,164 48.5%
1328 Kuki City Saitama 150,976 48.5%
1329 Shibata City Niigata 91,677 48.5%
1330 Soka City Saitama 251,992 48.5%
1331 Nogi Town Tochigi 24,869 48.5%
1332 Matsubushi Town Saitama 27,857 48.5%
1333 Yasu City Shiga 50,607 48.5%
1334 Takasaki City Gunma 365,972 48.6%
1335 Ikoma City Nara 116,553 48.6%
1336 Tanba City Hyogo 60,033 48.6%
1337 Namegawa Town Saitama 19,757 48.6%
1338 Inazawa City Aichi 132,879 48.6%
1339 Mizumaki Town Fukuoka 27,531 48.7%
1340 Edogawa City Tokyo 693,570 48.7%
1341 Iwaki City Fukushima 303,171 48.7%
1342 Mishima City Shizuoka 104,961 48.7%
1343 Konan City Kochi 32,585 48.7%
1344 Sano City Tochigi 112,988 48.7%
1345 Kita City Tokyo 362,089 48.7%
1346 Toshima City Tokyo 294,644 48.7%
1347 Nagaoka City Niigata 255,261 48.7%
1348 Hamada City Shimane 48,576 48.8%
1349 Itako City Ibaraki 26,088 48.8%
1350 Mihara City Hiroshima 87,075 48.9%

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.