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
1351 Shinjuku City Tokyo 352,717 48.9%
1352 Yamaga City Kumamoto 48,002 48.9%
1353 Shimotsuke City Tochigi 59,728 48.9%
1354 Yoshinogawa City Tokushima 37,558 48.9%
1355 Noboribetsu City Hokkaido 43,615 48.9%
1356 Kamogawa City Chiba 30,209 48.9%
1357 Ama City Aichi 88,393 49.0%
1358 Tsurugashima City Saitama 69,836 49.0%
1359 Ota City Tokyo 740,519 49.0%
1360 Kanoya City Kagoshima 98,626 49.1%
1361 Hannan City Osaka 50,080 49.1%
1362 Daito City Osaka 115,687 49.1%
1363 Kanazawa City Ishikawa 443,123 49.1%
1364 Omachi Town Saga 5,941 49.1%
1365 Takizawa City Iwate 54,413 49.1%
1366 Hiezu Village Tottori 3,616 49.2%
1367 Nagakute City Aichi 61,512 49.2%
1368 Komae City Tokyo 82,048 49.2%
1369 Kumano City Mie 14,981 49.2%
1370 Fuji City Shizuoka 246,491 49.2%
1371 Kitanakagusuku Village Okinawa 17,951 49.2%
1372 Katsushika City Tokyo 469,916 49.3%
1373 Fuso Town Aichi 35,043 49.3%
1374 Ina Town Saitama 45,042 49.3%
1375 Tsugaru City Aomori 28,806 49.3%
1376 Kodaira City Tokyo 196,799 49.4%
1377 Hitachi City Ibaraki 163,855 49.4%
1378 Kumagaya City Saitama 190,927 49.4%
1379 Miyama City Fukuoka 34,291 49.4%
1380 Narita City Chiba 133,099 49.4%
1381 Yatsushiro City Kumamoto 120,023 49.4%
1382 Hirosaki City Aomori 159,488 49.4%
1383 Tosashimizu City Kochi 11,591 49.4%
1384 Komoro City Nagano 41,248 49.5%
1385 Arao City Kumamoto 49,036 49.5%
1386 Ogi City Saga 44,063 49.5%
1387 Fukuchiyama City Kyoto 74,540 49.6%
1388 Sumoto City Hyogo 40,767 49.6%
1389 Narashino City Chiba 175,105 49.6%
1390 Kameyama City Mie 49,130 49.6%
1391 Hiji Town Oita 27,829 49.7%
1392 Hashimoto City Wakayama 58,792 49.7%
1393 Naruto City Tokushima 53,240 49.8%
1394 Ichikikushikino City Kagoshima 25,808 49.8%
1395 Saiki City Oita 64,450 49.8%
1396 Tamamura Town Gunma 35,620 49.8%
1397 Ninomiya Town Kanagawa 27,415 49.8%
1398 Kasumigaura City Ibaraki 39,893 49.8%
1399 Higashihiroshima City Hiroshima 190,911 49.8%
1400 Ota City Gunma 223,075 49.8%

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.