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
1701 Zama City Kanagawa 131,219 58.2%
1702 Ichikawa City Chiba 494,720 58.3%
1703 Nagasaki City Nagasaki 390,551 58.4%
1704 Hiroshima City Hiroshima 1,173,543 58.5%
1705 Otsu City Shiga 343,600 58.6%
1706 Amami City Kagoshima 40,239 58.8%
1707 Fujiidera City Osaka 62,304 58.8%
1708 Kawagoe City Saitama 352,805 59.0%
1709 Okayama City Okayama 695,690 59.0%
1710 Ageo City Saitama 230,066 59.1%
1711 Nishinomiya City Hyogo 480,818 59.2%
1712 Kawanishi City Hyogo 152,914 59.3%
1713 Itami City Hyogo 200,284 59.3%
1714 Yokohama City Kanagawa 3,753,398 59.4%
1715 Nakama City Fukuoka 39,014 59.4%
1716 Tokushima City Tokushima 244,830 59.7%
1717 Higashiosaka City Osaka 477,700 59.8%
1718 Naha City Okinawa 313,424 59.9%
1719 Matsubara City Osaka 116,259 59.9%
1720 Nara City Nara 347,187 60.1%
1721 Habikino City Osaka 107,406 60.1%
1722 Tomisato City Chiba 49,999 60.2%
1723 Yamato City Kanagawa 245,750 60.2%
1724 Wakayama City Wakayama 352,941 60.3%
1725 Haebaru Town Okinawa 41,330 60.6%
1726 Yubari City Hokkaido 6,107 60.7%
1727 Kumamoto City Kumamoto 731,331 60.7%
1728 Kawasaki City Kanagawa 1,535,141 60.8%
1729 Kagoshima City Kagoshima 591,263 60.8%
1730 Tomigusuku City Okinawa 65,889 60.9%
1731 Takamatsu City Kagawa 417,660 60.9%
1732 Kishiwada City Osaka 186,596 61.4%
1733 Osaka City Osaka 2,778,917 61.6%
1734 Amagasaki City Hyogo 457,508 62.2%
1735 Okinawa City Okinawa 141,739 62.5%
1736 Yawata City Kyoto 68,598 63.2%
1737 Kochi City Kochi 312,228 63.2%
1738 Sagamihara City Kanagawa 716,494 63.4%
1739 Sakai City Osaka 811,993 63.4%
1740 Akashi City Hyogo 307,235 63.5%
1741 Yao City Osaka 259,158 63.9%

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.