Mandatory spending ratio ranking

Cities · lowest first · FY2024 (792)

Personnel costs, social assistance and debt service — spending that is hard to cut — as a share of total spending.

#MunicipalityPrefecturePopulationMandatory spending
101 Owase City Mie 15,524 38.9%
102 Shiroishi City Miyagi 30,569 39.0%
103 Miyoshi City Tokushima 22,225 39.0%
104 Chitose City Hokkaido 97,355 39.0%
105 Tokai City Aichi 113,352 39.1%
106 Shobara City Hiroshima 31,198 39.2%
107 Gotenba City Shizuoka 83,487 39.2%
108 Omihachiman City Shiga 81,942 39.2%
109 Kitami City Hokkaido 110,046 39.3%
110 Higashine City Yamagata 47,631 39.3%
111 Nayoro City Hokkaido 24,742 39.4%
112 Bizen City Okayama 30,816 39.4%
113 Taketa City Oita 18,917 39.5%
114 Minamisatsuma City Kagoshima 31,094 39.5%
115 Tsukubamirai City Ibaraki 53,503 39.6%
116 Fussa City Tokyo 56,582 39.6%
117 Kazuno City Akita 27,069 39.6%
118 Yashio City Saitama 93,655 39.6%
119 Noshiro City Akita 47,247 39.7%
120 Mitsuke City Niigata 38,061 39.8%
121 Handa City Aichi 116,209 39.9%
122 Shinjo City Yamagata 32,362 39.9%
123 Muroto City Kochi 11,273 39.9%
124 Kamaishi City Iwate 28,934 40.0%
125 Shimoda City Shizuoka 19,282 40.0%
126 Namegata City Ibaraki 31,505 40.1%
127 Minamiawaji City Hyogo 43,732 40.1%
128 Omura City Nagasaki 99,694 40.2%
129 Kyotango City Kyoto 50,042 40.2%
130 Kasai City Hyogo 41,455 40.2%
131 Nantan City Kyoto 29,531 40.2%
132 Date City Hokkaido 31,208 40.3%
133 Kashiwazaki City Niigata 76,217 40.3%
134 Kitaakita City Akita 27,834 40.5%
135 Maibara City Shiga 36,928 40.5%
136 Murakami City Niigata 53,492 40.5%
137 Takikawa City Hokkaido 36,515 40.5%
138 Kosai City Shizuoka 57,216 40.6%
139 Shiogama City Miyagi 51,726 40.6%
140 Kurayoshi City Tottori 43,663 40.7%
141 Uda City Nara 26,694 40.7%
142 Obu City Aichi 93,014 40.7%
143 Omachi City Nagano 25,301 40.8%
144 Sakaiminato City Tottori 32,469 40.8%
145 Hanamaki City Iwate 89,867 40.8%
146 Higashikagawa City Kagawa 27,353 40.8%
147 Mino City Gifu 18,991 40.8%
148 Azumino City Nagano 95,868 40.9%
149 Yanai City Yamaguchi 29,233 41.0%
150 Agano City Niigata 39,165 41.0%

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.