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
201 Seki City Gifu 83,930 42.3%
202 Nihonmatsu City Fukushima 50,358 42.4%
203 Nichinan City Miyazaki 48,198 42.4%
204 Kakamigahara City Gifu 144,195 42.4%
205 Tateyama City Chiba 43,554 42.4%
206 Mizunami City Gifu 35,279 42.5%
207 Nagai City Yamagata 24,420 42.5%
208 Yame City Fukuoka 59,544 42.5%
209 Nishio City Aichi 169,528 42.6%
210 Iwakuni City Yamaguchi 124,568 42.6%
211 Ninohe City Iwate 24,157 42.6%
212 Yokote City Akita 80,777 42.7%
213 Shimanto City Kochi 31,424 42.7%
214 Gotsu City Shimane 21,202 42.7%
215 Hachimantai City Iwate 23,179 42.7%
216 Kikugawa City Shizuoka 47,179 42.7%
217 Makinohara City Shizuoka 42,326 42.9%
218 Ina City Nagano 64,901 42.9%
219 Sanjo City Niigata 91,178 42.9%
220 Komagane City Nagano 31,325 43.0%
221 Minamishimabara City Nagasaki 40,640 43.0%
222 Karatsu City Saga 113,890 43.0%
223 Minamiboso City Chiba 34,066 43.1%
224 Kiryu City Gunma 101,185 43.1%
225 Tono City Iwate 23,930 43.1%
226 Tendo City Yamagata 60,204 43.1%
227 Fuefuki City Yamanashi 66,857 43.2%
228 Yamagata City Gifu 24,767 43.2%
229 Hitoyoshi City Kumamoto 29,742 43.3%
230 Hirado City Nagasaki 27,908 43.3%
231 Ton City Ehime 32,959 43.3%
232 Akune City Kagoshima 18,147 43.3%
233 Kitakata City Fukushima 43,519 43.3%
234 Nasukarasuyama City Tochigi 23,482 43.3%
235 Ishigaki City Okinawa 49,830 43.3%
236 Kakegawa City Shizuoka 115,126 43.4%
237 Asakuchi City Okayama 32,525 43.4%
238 Toba City Mie 16,424 43.4%
239 Eniwa City Hokkaido 70,446 43.4%
240 Kanzaki City Saga 30,185 43.5%
241 Nisshin City Aichi 94,207 43.6%
242 Koka City Shiga 87,729 43.6%
243 Chino City Nagano 54,066 43.6%
244 Tottori City Tottori 179,215 43.6%
245 Inabe City Mie 44,507 43.7%
246 Yonago City Tottori 144,056 43.7%
247 Nakatsugawa City Gifu 73,535 43.7%
248 Iida City Nagano 94,944 43.8%
249 Takashima City Shiga 45,190 43.8%
250 Kahoku City Ishikawa 36,200 43.8%

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.