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
301 Yakage Town Okayama 13,101 35.2%
302 Aizumisato Town Fukushima 18,117 35.2%
303 Kotake Town Fukuoka 6,890 35.2%
304 Nagawa Town Nagano 5,514 35.2%
305 Misaki Town Okayama 12,538 35.3%
306 Nose Town Osaka 8,940 35.3%
307 Hidaka Town Hokkaido 10,904 35.4%
308 Wakasa Town Tottori 2,671 35.4%
309 Otoyo Town Kochi 2,961 35.5%
310 Ichikai Town Tochigi 11,073 35.5%
311 Sakawa Town Kochi 11,805 35.6%
312 Chiyatan Town Okinawa 29,259 35.6%
313 Tsunagi Town Kumamoto 4,107 35.6%
314 Obuse Town Nagano 10,987 35.6%
315 Oishida Town Yamagata 5,979 35.7%
316 Higashisonogi Town Nagasaki 7,348 35.7%
317 Mifune Town Kumamoto 17,270 35.7%
318 Nakashibetsu Town Hokkaido 22,257 35.7%
319 Shimogo Town Fukushima 4,792 35.7%
320 Kanna Town Gunma 1,511 35.7%
321 Kenbuchi Town Hokkaido 2,728 35.7%
322 Kunimi Town Fukushima 8,095 35.7%
323 Yamanobe Town Yamagata 13,344 35.7%
324 Niyodogawa Town Kochi 4,459 35.8%
325 Yura Town Wakayama 5,035 35.9%
326 Bandai Town Fukushima 3,151 35.9%
327 Kamikawa Town Hokkaido 3,085 35.9%
328 Yokoshibahikari Town Chiba 22,095 35.9%
329 Otsuki Town Kochi 4,348 36.0%
330 Matsumae Town Hokkaido 5,818 36.0%
331 Tohoku Town Aomori 16,005 36.0%
332 Happo Town Akita 6,086 36.0%
333 Kamikawa Town Hyogo 10,144 36.0%
334 Nichinan Town Tottori 3,865 36.1%
335 Yasuda Town Kochi 2,269 36.1%
336 Kawamoto Town Shimane 2,982 36.1%
337 Susami Town Wakayama 3,471 36.2%
338 Yonaguni Town Okinawa 1,689 36.2%
339 Kudoyama Town Wakayama 3,760 36.3%
340 Kimobetsu Town Hokkaido 1,928 36.3%
341 Watarai Town Mie 7,556 36.3%
342 Gonohe Town Aomori 15,285 36.4%
343 Nasu Town Tochigi 23,697 36.4%
344 Matsushima Town Miyagi 12,885 36.4%
345 Hasami Town Nagasaki 14,111 36.4%
346 Higashikushira Town Kagoshima 6,361 36.5%
347 Minamitane Town Kagoshima 5,196 36.5%
348 Engaru Town Hokkaido 17,646 36.5%
349 Kumejima Town Okinawa 7,140 36.5%
350 Meiwa Town Gunma 10,751 36.6%

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.