Mandatory spending ratio ranking

Villages · lowest first · FY2024 (183)

Personnel costs, social assistance and debt service — spending that is hard to cut — as a share of total spending.

#MunicipalityPrefecturePopulationMandatory spending
1 Mikurajima Village Tokyo 302 12.7%
2 Toshima Village Tokyo 300 13.8%
3 Iitate Village Fukushima 4,506 14.1%
4 Katsurao Village Fukushima 1,216 16.6%
5 Tomari Village Hokkaido 1,420 17.7%
6 Kariwa Village Niigata 4,222 17.8%
7 Shirakawa Village Gifu 1,470 18.1%
8 Onna Village Okinawa 11,316 18.2%
9 Neba Village Nagano 806 19.3%
10 Yomogita Village Aomori 2,434 19.8%
11 Ogasawara Village Tokyo 2,496 20.7%
12 Itsuki Village Kumamoto 929 20.8%
13 Rokkasho Village Aomori 9,628 21.0%
14 Kitadaito Village Okinawa 544 21.1%
15 Aogashima Village Tokyo 160 21.7%
16 Ueno Village Gunma 1,011 22.1%
17 Toshima Village Kagoshima 673 22.4%
18 Kamoenai Village Hokkaido 740 22.5%
19 Hinohara Village Tokyo 1,923 22.6%
20 Geisei Village Kochi 3,570 22.6%
21 Kawauchi Village Fukushima 2,233 23.5%
22 Kuma Village Kumamoto 2,648 23.6%
23 Hiraya Village Nagano 377 23.6%
24 Iheya Village Okinawa 1,191 23.8%
25 Morotsuka Village Miyazaki 1,406 23.8%
26 Higashidori Village Aomori 5,553 24.0%
27 Sai Village Aomori 1,628 24.0%
28 Aka Village Fukuoka 2,843 24.1%
29 Yamanakako Village Yamanashi 5,822 24.3%
30 Shiiba Village Miyazaki 2,406 24.3%
31 Aguni Village Okinawa 676 24.5%
32 Sarufutsu Village Hokkaido 2,589 24.6%
33 Kozushima Village Tokyo 1,737 24.7%
34 Ogata Village Akita 2,945 25.1%
35 Urugi Village Nagano 472 25.3%
36 Oshino Village Yamanashi 9,737 25.4%
37 Shosanbetsu Village Hokkaido 1,005 25.6%
38 Fudai Village Iwate 2,293 25.8%
39 Noda Village Iwate 3,901 25.9%
40 Tarama Village Okinawa 1,040 26.1%
41 Akaigawa Village Hokkaido 1,492 26.1%
42 Ogawa Village Nagano 2,198 26.4%
43 Sarabetsu Village Hokkaido 3,084 26.6%
44 Nozawaonsen Village Nagano 3,582 26.9%
45 Mizukami Village Kumamoto 1,933 26.9%
46 Sakegawa Village Yamagata 3,659 27.2%
47 Miyake Village Tokyo 2,211 27.5%
48 Awashimaura Village Niigata 312 27.5%
49 Tobishima Village Aichi 4,713 27.6%
50 Nishimera Village Miyazaki 991 27.7%

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.