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
1501 Adachi City Tokyo 698,276 51.5%
1502 Shijiyonawate City Osaka 53,749 51.6%
1503 Tomakomai City Hokkaido 165,590 51.6%
1504 Tsuyama City Okayama 95,030 51.6%
1505 Sosa City Chiba 33,294 51.7%
1506 Kawaguchi City Saitama 607,447 51.7%
1507 Shingu City Wakayama 25,822 51.7%
1508 Shimabara City Nagasaki 42,044 51.7%
1509 Akishima City Tokyo 115,632 51.7%
1510 Yaese Town Okinawa 33,255 51.7%
1511 Kasukabe City Saitama 229,656 51.7%
1512 Utazu Town Kagawa 18,305 51.7%
1513 Hatsukaichi City Hiroshima 115,451 51.7%
1514 Sukagawa City Fukushima 72,918 51.7%
1515 Tagawa City Fukuoka 44,839 51.7%
1516 Togane City Chiba 56,524 51.7%
1517 Kimitsu City Chiba 79,520 51.8%
1518 Akaiwa City Okayama 42,490 51.8%
1519 Niihama City Ehime 112,724 51.8%
1520 Kasugai City Aichi 305,902 51.8%
1521 Itabashi City Tokyo 578,914 51.8%
1522 Otawara City Tochigi 68,053 51.9%
1523 Sakura City Chiba 169,506 51.9%
1524 Matsue City Shimane 194,313 52.0%
1525 Kurashiki City Okayama 473,670 52.0%
1526 Himeji City Hyogo 523,181 52.0%
1527 Hioki City Kagoshima 46,134 52.0%
1528 Takasago City Hyogo 86,511 52.0%
1529 Higashimatsuyama City Saitama 91,256 52.0%
1530 Hyuga City Miyazaki 57,847 52.0%
1531 Hitachinaka City Ibaraki 154,647 52.0%
1532 Kofu City Yamanashi 183,850 52.0%
1533 Gobo City Wakayama 21,074 52.0%
1534 Kikuchi City Kumamoto 46,599 52.1%
1535 Ogori City Fukuoka 59,509 52.1%
1536 Hiratsuka City Kanagawa 256,549 52.1%
1537 Goshogawara City Aomori 49,811 52.2%
1538 Yuki City Ibaraki 49,528 52.2%
1539 Hanno City Saitama 77,963 52.2%
1540 Joyo City Kyoto 73,321 52.2%
1541 Nobeoka City Miyazaki 113,936 52.2%
1542 Ishioka City Ibaraki 69,937 52.2%
1543 Hamura City Tokyo 54,126 52.2%
1544 Zentsuji City Kagawa 29,891 52.3%
1545 Yotsukaido City Chiba 96,424 52.4%
1546 Toyama City Toyama 403,757 52.4%
1547 Nishitokyo City Tokyo 206,245 52.4%
1548 Maebashi City Gunma 329,120 52.5%
1549 Bando City Ibaraki 52,143 52.5%
1550 Toride City Ibaraki 105,872 52.5%

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.