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
351 Nahari Town Kochi 2,858 33.7%
352 Nakajima Village Fukushima 4,732 33.7%
353 Biei Town Hokkaido 9,283 33.7%
354 Hisayama Town Fukuoka 9,410 33.7%
355 Minamiuonuma City Niigata 52,376 33.7%
356 Shimoichi Town Nara 4,405 33.7%
357 Asahi Village Nagano 4,263 33.7%
358 Nakatonbetsu Town Hokkaido 1,472 33.8%
359 Tamura City Fukushima 32,982 33.8%
360 Shimukappu Village Hokkaido 1,590 33.8%
361 Yamada Town Iwate 13,854 33.9%
362 Shintomi Town Miyazaki 16,480 33.9%
363 Nishinoshima Town Shimane 2,495 33.9%
364 Honbetsu Town Hokkaido 6,046 33.9%
365 Tanagura Town Fukushima 12,789 33.9%
366 Haga Town Tochigi 15,377 33.9%
367 Toyoyama Town Aichi 15,984 33.9%
368 Taka Town Hyogo 18,605 33.9%
369 Kawanishi Town Yamagata 13,385 34.0%
370 Taki Town Mie 13,637 34.0%
371 Mori Town Hokkaido 13,582 34.0%
372 Suooshima Town Yamaguchi 13,537 34.0%
373 Shichikashuku Town Miyagi 1,213 34.0%
374 Tsuno Town Kochi 5,184 34.0%
375 Minakami Town Gunma 16,954 34.0%
376 Doshi Village Yamanashi 1,509 34.1%
377 Toyokoro Town Hokkaido 2,878 34.1%
378 Higashikagura Town Hokkaido 9,775 34.1%
379 Erimo Town Hokkaido 4,060 34.1%
380 Takamori Town Nagano 12,606 34.1%
381 Obira Town Hokkaido 2,664 34.1%
382 Hino Town Tottori 2,635 34.1%
383 Pippu Town Hokkaido 3,425 34.1%
384 Kawaba Village Gunma 2,973 34.1%
385 Mashiki Town Kumamoto 34,107 34.2%
386 Kamitonda Town Wakayama 15,683 34.2%
387 Takahata Town Yamagata 21,306 34.2%
388 Kawakita Town Ishikawa 6,041 34.2%
389 Kiyokawa Village Kanagawa 2,716 34.2%
390 Imabetsu Town Aomori 2,096 34.2%
391 Minamidaito Village Okinawa 1,227 34.3%
392 Yuni Town Hokkaido 4,527 34.3%
393 Matsuzaki Town Shizuoka 5,658 34.3%
394 Otofuke Town Hokkaido 42,683 34.3%
395 Nakagawa Village Nagano 4,620 34.3%
396 Kikonai Town Hokkaido 3,528 34.3%
397 Yasuoka Village Nagano 1,426 34.3%
398 Kaneyama Town Yamagata 4,691 34.3%
399 Ojika Town Nagasaki 2,115 34.3%
400 Shimokawa Town Hokkaido 2,836 34.4%

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.