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
301 Enbetsu Town Hokkaido 2,258 32.7%
302 Nanporo Town Hokkaido 7,933 32.7%
303 Hidaka Town Wakayama 7,953 32.7%
304 Hamanaka Town Hokkaido 5,246 32.7%
305 Miharu Town Fukushima 16,080 32.7%
306 Sagara Village Kumamoto 3,961 32.8%
307 Miyota Town Nagano 16,770 32.8%
308 Kushiro Town Hokkaido 18,380 32.8%
309 Otaki Village Nagano 640 32.8%
310 Misato Town Miyagi 22,826 32.8%
311 Asahi Town Toyama 10,373 32.8%
312 Kuromatsunai Town Hokkaido 2,446 32.8%
313 Yamanashi City Yamanashi 32,710 32.9%
314 Oguni Town Kumamoto 6,295 32.9%
315 Iizuna Town Nagano 10,274 32.9%
316 Minamisanriku Town Miyagi 11,498 33.0%
317 Saroma Town Hokkaido 4,646 33.0%
318 Sekigahara Town Gifu 6,135 33.0%
319 Goka Town Ibaraki 7,933 33.0%
320 Samani Town Hokkaido 3,777 33.0%
321 Murayama City Yamagata 21,299 33.0%
322 Miho Village Ibaraki 14,156 33.1%
323 Minamiise Town Mie 10,489 33.1%
324 Shibecha Town Hokkaido 6,836 33.1%
325 Kozagawa Town Wakayama 2,302 33.2%
326 Sobetsu Town Hokkaido 2,313 33.2%
327 Shakotan Town Hokkaido 1,702 33.2%
328 Katashina Village Gunma 3,928 33.2%
329 Mitane Town Akita 14,170 33.2%
330 Mihama Town Wakayama 6,324 33.3%
331 Higashimatsushima City Miyagi 37,875 33.4%
332 Samegawa Village Fukushima 2,846 33.4%
333 Kawachi Town Ibaraki 7,791 33.4%
334 Achi Village Nagano 5,941 33.4%
335 Kahoku Town Yamagata 16,809 33.4%
336 Gojome Town Akita 7,814 33.4%
337 Takinoe Town Hokkaido 2,208 33.5%
338 Naie Town Hokkaido 4,704 33.5%
339 Kiso Town Nagano 9,817 33.5%
340 Aga Town Niigata 9,047 33.5%
341 Yoichi Town Hokkaido 16,954 33.5%
342 Iwanai Town Hokkaido 10,913 33.6%
343 Kiyosato Town Hokkaido 3,622 33.6%
344 Susaki City Kochi 19,325 33.6%
345 Bihoro Town Hokkaido 17,329 33.6%
346 Chikuhoku Village Nagano 3,976 33.6%
347 Oe Town Yamagata 7,062 33.6%
348 Takayama City Gifu 82,486 33.6%
349 Kurate Town Fukuoka 14,774 33.6%
350 Aoki Village Nagano 4,086 33.6%

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.