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
401 Hichiso Town Gifu 3,186 34.4%
402 Memuro Town Hokkaido 17,773 34.4%
403 Haboro Town Hokkaido 5,945 34.4%
404 Hakone Town Kanagawa 10,835 34.4%
405 Shintotsukawa Town Hokkaido 6,229 34.4%
406 Chonan Town Chiba 7,074 34.4%
407 Katsura City Chiba 15,213 34.4%
408 Asahi Town Yamagata 5,782 34.4%
409 Kamifurano Town Hokkaido 9,706 34.5%
410 Matsukawa Town Nagano 12,445 34.5%
411 Fujisato Town Akita 2,746 34.5%
412 Ono Town Fukushima 8,864 34.5%
413 Wakasa Town Fukui 13,354 34.5%
414 Ashibetsu City Hokkaido 11,243 34.5%
415 Kijo Town Miyazaki 4,710 34.5%
416 Kakuda City Miyagi 26,469 34.6%
417 Noheji Town Aomori 11,855 34.6%
418 Kinko Town Kagoshima 6,165 34.6%
419 Abu Town Yamaguchi 2,945 34.6%
420 Setana Town Hokkaido 6,730 34.6%
421 Rumoi City Hokkaido 18,169 34.6%
422 Shikaoi Town Hokkaido 4,928 34.6%
423 Kamikitayama Village Nara 421 34.6%
424 Shinano Town Nagano 7,560 34.6%
425 Shirakawa Town Gifu 6,914 34.6%
426 Higashiizu Town Shizuoka 11,093 34.7%
427 Fukuchi Town Fukuoka 20,888 34.7%
428 Kamikoani Village Akita 1,869 34.7%
429 Kikai Town Kagoshima 6,307 34.7%
430 Okura Village Yamagata 2,760 34.7%
431 Tsuno Town Miyazaki 10,018 34.7%
432 Iiyama City Nagano 18,812 34.7%
433 Shibushi City Kagoshima 28,693 34.7%
434 Ajigasawa Town Aomori 8,505 34.7%
435 Takasu Town Hokkaido 6,463 34.8%
436 Takachiho Town Miyazaki 10,805 34.8%
437 Motoyama Town Kochi 3,125 34.8%
438 Iwaizumi Town Iwate 7,843 34.8%
439 Katsura Town Tokushima 4,570 34.9%
440 Kurotaki Village Nara 589 34.9%
441 Ozora Town Hokkaido 6,441 34.9%
442 Nagaizumi Town Shizuoka 43,705 34.9%
443 Yahiko Village Niigata 7,534 34.9%
444 Shichinohe Town Aomori 14,014 34.9%
445 Oketo Town Hokkaido 2,543 34.9%
446 Tako Town Chiba 13,426 34.9%
447 Tarumizu City Kagoshima 12,973 34.9%
448 Biratori Town Hokkaido 4,435 34.9%
449 Shimanto Town Kochi 14,945 35.0%
450 Misato Town Shimane 4,034 35.0%

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.