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
401 Shinhidaka Town Hokkaido 20,229 37.6%
402 Tara Town Saga 7,874 37.6%
403 Nakagawa Town Tochigi 14,124 37.7%
404 Mugi Town Tokushima 3,424 37.7%
405 Godo Town Gifu 18,210 37.8%
406 Okushiri Town Hokkaido 2,138 37.8%
407 Asagiri Town Kumamoto 14,058 37.9%
408 Tobe Town Ehime 20,190 37.9%
409 Katsuragi Town Wakayama 15,299 38.0%
410 Higashimiyoshi Town Tokushima 13,205 38.0%
411 Yoshino Town Nara 5,834 38.0%
412 Bifuka Town Hokkaido 3,681 38.0%
413 Kihoku Town Ehime 9,108 38.1%
414 Kunneppu Town Hokkaido 4,448 38.1%
415 Tonosho Town Chiba 12,607 38.1%
416 Hikawa Town Kumamoto 10,742 38.1%
417 Kozaki Town Chiba 5,634 38.1%
418 Ashikita Town Kumamoto 14,877 38.1%
419 Echizen Town Fukui 19,769 38.1%
420 Aizubange Town Fukushima 14,217 38.2%
421 Nakadomari Town Aomori 9,417 38.3%
422 Iide Town Yamagata 6,203 38.3%
423 Kamiichi Town Toyama 18,657 38.3%
424 Ichikawa Town Hyogo 10,660 38.4%
425 Miki Town Kagawa 26,877 38.4%
426 Esashi Town Hokkaido 6,607 38.4%
427 Makubetsu Town Hokkaido 25,269 38.5%
428 Iinan Town Shimane 4,355 38.6%
429 Minobu Town Yamanashi 9,677 38.6%
430 Sumita Town Iwate 4,681 38.6%
431 Sera Town Hiroshima 14,519 38.6%
432 Naoshima Town Kagawa 2,896 38.6%
433 Yamanochi Town Nagano 11,229 38.6%
434 Setochi Town Kagoshima 8,084 38.7%
435 Tokunoshima Town Kagoshima 9,844 38.7%
436 Ogawara Town Miyagi 23,297 38.7%
437 Nachikatsura Town Wakayama 13,468 38.8%
438 Yabuki Town Fukushima 16,807 38.9%
439 Mutsuzawa Town Chiba 6,549 38.9%
440 Toyora Town Hokkaido 3,491 38.9%
441 Shingu Town Fukuoka 32,979 38.9%
442 Nagiso Town Nagano 3,674 38.9%
443 Shirosato Town Ibaraki 17,708 39.0%
444 Ashoro Town Hokkaido 5,952 39.1%
445 Ogano Town Saitama 10,061 39.1%
446 Sango Town Nara 22,349 39.2%
447 Satosho Town Okayama 10,883 39.2%
448 Oarai Town Ibaraki 15,461 39.2%
449 Fujikawa Town Yamanashi 13,926 39.2%
450 Ugo Town Akita 13,036 39.3%

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.