Current balance ratio ranking

Prefectures · lowest first · FY2024 (47)

Recurring costs that must be paid every year (personnel, social assistance, debt service) as a share of recurring general revenue. The higher it is, the less room for new spending; above 90% is considered rigid.

#MunicipalityPrefecturePopulationCurrent balance
1 Tokyo Tokyo 14,002,534 80.3%
2 Tottori Prefecture Tottori 534,003 88.1%
3 Nara Prefecture Nara 1,303,867 89.1%
4 Shimane Prefecture Shimane 642,590 89.2%
5 Yamaguchi Prefecture Yamaguchi 1,292,956 89.3%
6 Akita Prefecture Akita 907,593 89.5%
7 Yamanashi Prefecture Yamanashi 801,056 89.7%
8 Ehime Prefecture Ehime 1,296,359 89.9%
9 Kumamoto Prefecture Kumamoto 1,716,360 91.5%
10 Miyazaki Prefecture Miyazaki 1,048,347 91.5%
11 Aichi Prefecture Aichi 7,483,755 91.7%
12 Gunma Prefecture Gunma 1,907,976 91.9%
13 Shiga Prefecture Shiga 1,405,246 91.9%
14 Ishikawa Prefecture Ishikawa 1,098,121 92.2%
15 Tokushima Prefecture Tokushima 700,409 92.2%
16 Oita Prefecture Oita 1,102,102 92.3%
17 Nagano Prefecture Nagano 2,012,399 92.6%
18 Tochigi Prefecture Tochigi 1,904,173 92.8%
19 Aomori Prefecture Aomori 1,185,767 93.0%
20 Iwate Prefecture Iwate 1,153,900 93.2%
21 Kagawa Prefecture Kagawa 939,965 93.2%
22 Toyama Prefecture Toyama 1,008,536 93.5%
23 Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto 2,472,013 93.5%
24 Niigata Prefecture Niigata 2,110,754 93.8%
25 Gifu Prefecture Gifu 1,951,292 93.8%
26 Mie Prefecture Mie 1,741,266 93.8%
27 Hiroshima Prefecture Hiroshima 2,728,771 94.0%
28 Okayama Prefecture Okayama 1,835,478 94.1%
29 Shizuoka Prefecture Shizuoka 3,575,704 94.4%
30 Wakayama Prefecture Wakayama 901,193 94.4%
31 Chiba Prefecture Chiba 6,311,579 94.5%
32 Saitama Prefecture Saitama 7,374,294 94.7%
33 Ibaraki Prefecture Ibaraki 2,848,597 95.1%
34 Miyagi Prefecture Miyagi 2,224,980 95.4%
35 Fukuoka Prefecture Fukuoka 5,086,957 95.6%
36 Yamagata Prefecture Yamagata 1,012,355 95.8%
37 Fukushima Prefecture Fukushima 1,771,314 95.8%
38 Fukui Prefecture Fukui 746,690 96.0%
39 Saga Prefecture Saga 794,252 96.0%
40 Okinawa Prefecture Okinawa 1,484,081 96.1%
41 Kanagawa Prefecture Kanagawa 9,202,559 96.3%
42 Osaka Prefecture Osaka 8,771,961 96.4%
43 Nagasaki Prefecture Nagasaki 1,274,371 96.7%
44 Kagoshima Prefecture Kagoshima 1,558,920 98.2%
45 Kochi Prefecture Kochi 664,863 98.9%
46 Hyogo Prefecture Hyogo 5,393,607 99.4%
47 Hokkaido Hokkaido 5,044,825 99.8%

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.