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
1 Okuma Town Fukushima 9,944 5.2%
2 Suzu City Ishikawa 11,374 5.9%
3 Futaba Town Fukushima 5,294 8.1%
4 Anamizu Town Ishikawa 6,907 8.6%
5 Wajima City Ishikawa 20,928 8.6%
6 Shiranuka Town Hokkaido 7,003 9.2%
7 Namie Town Fukushima 14,632 9.2%
8 Mikurajima Village Tokyo 302 12.7%
9 Naraha Town Fukushima 6,409 13.2%
10 Toshima Village Tokyo 300 13.8%
11 Iitate Village Fukushima 4,506 14.1%
12 Genkai Town Saga 4,825 14.8%
13 Noto Town Ishikawa 14,331 14.8%
14 Betsukai Town Hokkaido 13,964 16.2%
15 Katsurao Village Fukushima 1,216 16.6%
16 Tomioka Town Fukushima 11,316 16.8%
17 Shika Town Ishikawa 17,609 17.2%
18 Tomari Village Hokkaido 1,420 17.7%
19 Kariwa Village Niigata 4,222 17.8%
20 Kamimine Town Saga 9,870 17.9%
21 Nemuro City Hokkaido 22,468 18.0%
22 Shirakawa Village Gifu 1,470 18.1%
23 Onna Village Okinawa 11,316 18.2%
24 Neba Village Nagano 806 19.3%
25 Takahama Town Fukui 9,544 19.3%
26 Rokunohe Town Aomori 10,551 19.3%
27 Teshikaga Town Hokkaido 6,432 19.5%
28 Yomogita Village Aomori 2,434 19.8%
29 Monbetsu City Hokkaido 19,760 20.2%
30 Nakafurano Town Hokkaido 4,486 20.3%
31 Ogasawara Village Tokyo 2,496 20.7%
32 Itsuki Village Kumamoto 929 20.8%
33 Onagawa Town Miyagi 5,810 20.8%
34 Oi Town Fukui 7,681 20.9%
35 Rokkasho Village Aomori 9,628 21.0%
36 Kitadaito Village Okinawa 544 21.1%
37 Yuzawa Town Niigata 8,268 21.3%
38 Chippubetsu Town Hokkaido 2,182 21.6%
39 Aogashima Village Tokyo 160 21.7%
40 Karuizawa Town Nagano 21,752 21.7%
41 Rishirifuji Town Hokkaido 2,151 22.0%
42 Sakai Town Ibaraki 24,769 22.1%
43 Ueno Village Gunma 1,011 22.1%
44 Toshima Village Kagoshima 673 22.4%
45 Oto Town Fukuoka 5,037 22.4%
46 Tsukigata Town Hokkaido 2,732 22.4%
47 Kamoenai Village Hokkaido 740 22.5%
48 Hinohara Village Tokyo 1,923 22.6%
49 Geisei Village Kochi 3,570 22.6%
50 Funagata Town Yamagata 4,662 23.3%

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.