Mandatory spending ratio ranking

Towns · lowest first · FY2024 (743)

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

#MunicipalityPrefecturePopulationMandatory spending
201 Kawachi Town Ibaraki 7,791 33.4%
202 Kahoku Town Yamagata 16,809 33.4%
203 Gojome Town Akita 7,814 33.4%
204 Takinoe Town Hokkaido 2,208 33.5%
205 Naie Town Hokkaido 4,704 33.5%
206 Kiso Town Nagano 9,817 33.5%
207 Aga Town Niigata 9,047 33.5%
208 Yoichi Town Hokkaido 16,954 33.5%
209 Iwanai Town Hokkaido 10,913 33.6%
210 Kiyosato Town Hokkaido 3,622 33.6%
211 Bihoro Town Hokkaido 17,329 33.6%
212 Oe Town Yamagata 7,062 33.6%
213 Kurate Town Fukuoka 14,774 33.6%
214 Nahari Town Kochi 2,858 33.7%
215 Biei Town Hokkaido 9,283 33.7%
216 Hisayama Town Fukuoka 9,410 33.7%
217 Shimoichi Town Nara 4,405 33.7%
218 Nakatonbetsu Town Hokkaido 1,472 33.8%
219 Yamada Town Iwate 13,854 33.9%
220 Shintomi Town Miyazaki 16,480 33.9%
221 Nishinoshima Town Shimane 2,495 33.9%
222 Honbetsu Town Hokkaido 6,046 33.9%
223 Tanagura Town Fukushima 12,789 33.9%
224 Haga Town Tochigi 15,377 33.9%
225 Toyoyama Town Aichi 15,984 33.9%
226 Taka Town Hyogo 18,605 33.9%
227 Kawanishi Town Yamagata 13,385 34.0%
228 Taki Town Mie 13,637 34.0%
229 Mori Town Hokkaido 13,582 34.0%
230 Suooshima Town Yamaguchi 13,537 34.0%
231 Shichikashuku Town Miyagi 1,213 34.0%
232 Tsuno Town Kochi 5,184 34.0%
233 Minakami Town Gunma 16,954 34.0%
234 Toyokoro Town Hokkaido 2,878 34.1%
235 Higashikagura Town Hokkaido 9,775 34.1%
236 Erimo Town Hokkaido 4,060 34.1%
237 Takamori Town Nagano 12,606 34.1%
238 Obira Town Hokkaido 2,664 34.1%
239 Hino Town Tottori 2,635 34.1%
240 Pippu Town Hokkaido 3,425 34.1%
241 Mashiki Town Kumamoto 34,107 34.2%
242 Kamitonda Town Wakayama 15,683 34.2%
243 Takahata Town Yamagata 21,306 34.2%
244 Kawakita Town Ishikawa 6,041 34.2%
245 Imabetsu Town Aomori 2,096 34.2%
246 Yuni Town Hokkaido 4,527 34.3%
247 Matsuzaki Town Shizuoka 5,658 34.3%
248 Otofuke Town Hokkaido 42,683 34.3%
249 Kikonai Town Hokkaido 3,528 34.3%
250 Kaneyama Town Yamagata 4,691 34.3%

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.