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
251 Shinto Village Gunma 14,634 31.6%
252 Furubira Town Hokkaido 2,589 31.6%
253 Yamato Town Kumamoto 12,887 31.6%
254 Tadami Town Fukushima 3,690 31.6%
255 Fukaura Town Aomori 6,803 31.7%
256 Ie Village Okinawa 4,268 31.7%
257 Tonaki Village Okinawa 291 31.7%
258 Kesennuma City Miyagi 56,300 31.7%
259 Shibetsu Town Hokkaido 4,798 31.7%
260 Tsunan Town Niigata 8,456 31.7%
261 Nishiwaga Town Iwate 4,659 31.7%
262 Uken Village Kagoshima 1,604 31.8%
263 Yuza Town Yamagata 12,157 31.8%
264 Ikeda Town Fukui 2,186 31.8%
265 Tabayama Village Yamanashi 501 31.8%
266 Hakuba Village Nagano 9,525 31.9%
267 Hida City Gifu 21,674 31.9%
268 Chuo City Tokyo 187,404 31.9%
269 Mine City Yamaguchi 20,921 31.9%
270 Obanazawa City Yamagata 13,529 31.9%
271 Sakaki Town Nagano 13,872 32.0%
272 Rausu Town Hokkaido 4,267 32.0%
273 Kawakami Village Nara 1,188 32.0%
274 Narusawa Village Yamanashi 3,058 32.1%
275 Okinoshima Town Shimane 13,036 32.1%
276 Nishiawakura Village Okayama 1,331 32.1%
277 Urakawa Town Hokkaido 11,231 32.1%
278 Wakkanai City Hokkaido 30,336 32.1%
279 Otari Village Nagano 2,811 32.2%
280 Kaminokuni Town Hokkaido 4,133 32.3%
281 Mogami Town Yamagata 7,358 32.3%
282 Ikawa Town Akita 4,157 32.3%
283 Ikata Town Ehime 7,764 32.4%
284 Nishiaizu Town Fukushima 5,408 32.4%
285 Fukushima Town Hokkaido 3,378 32.4%
286 Yakumo Town Hokkaido 14,514 32.5%
287 Hamatonbetsu Town Hokkaido 3,221 32.5%
288 Yoshinogari Town Saga 16,162 32.5%
289 Miyaki Town Saga 25,773 32.5%
290 Kamishihoro Town Hokkaido 4,758 32.6%
291 Mitake Town Gifu 17,523 32.6%
292 Totsukawa Village Nara 2,757 32.6%
293 Kin Town Okinawa 11,481 32.6%
294 Kofu Town Tottori 2,479 32.6%
295 Tateshina Town Nagano 6,674 32.6%
296 Sakae Village Nagano 1,560 32.6%
297 Minami Town Tokushima 5,711 32.6%
298 Naganuma Town Hokkaido 9,937 32.7%
299 Imakane Town Hokkaido 4,444 32.7%
300 Myoko City Niigata 29,514 32.7%

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.