Welfare spending per resident ranking
Prefectures · highest first · FY2024 (47)
Social welfare spending (elderly, children, people with disabilities, public assistance) per resident.
Fiscal strengthCurrent balanceDebt serviceFuture burdenDebt per residentReserves per residentNet debtAdjustment fundOwn-source revenueTaxes per residentSpending per residentMandatory spendingInvestmentWelfare per residentChild welfareEducation per residentHometown taxStaff per 1,000PopulationPopulation change
| # | Municipality | Prefecture | Population | Welfare per resident | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ishikawa Prefecture | Ishikawa | 1,098,121 | ¥209,546 | |
| 2 | Kochi Prefecture | Kochi | 664,863 | ¥105,717 | |
| 3 | Okinawa Prefecture | Okinawa | 1,484,081 | ¥100,754 | |
| 4 | Tottori Prefecture | Tottori | 534,003 | ¥100,690 | |
| 5 | Tokyo | Tokyo | 14,002,534 | ¥99,196 | |
| 6 | Tokushima Prefecture | Tokushima | 700,409 | ¥98,823 | |
| 7 | Kagoshima Prefecture | Kagoshima | 1,558,920 | ¥98,392 | |
| 8 | Aomori Prefecture | Aomori | 1,185,767 | ¥95,751 | |
| 9 | Miyazaki Prefecture | Miyazaki | 1,048,347 | ¥95,270 | |
| 10 | Wakayama Prefecture | Wakayama | 901,193 | ¥93,813 | |
| 11 | Shimane Prefecture | Shimane | 642,590 | ¥93,117 | |
| 12 | Saga Prefecture | Saga | 794,252 | ¥91,855 | |
| 13 | Akita Prefecture | Akita | 907,593 | ¥90,878 | |
| 14 | Oita Prefecture | Oita | 1,102,102 | ¥90,034 | |
| 15 | Nagasaki Prefecture | Nagasaki | 1,274,371 | ¥89,099 | |
| 16 | Kumamoto Prefecture | Kumamoto | 1,716,360 | ¥87,890 | |
| 17 | Ehime Prefecture | Ehime | 1,296,359 | ¥85,351 | |
| 18 | Fukui Prefecture | Fukui | 746,690 | ¥84,568 | |
| 19 | Hokkaido | Hokkaido | 5,044,825 | ¥84,271 | |
| 20 | Iwate Prefecture | Iwate | 1,153,900 | ¥84,215 | |
| 21 | Yamagata Prefecture | Yamagata | 1,012,355 | ¥82,801 | |
| 22 | Fukushima Prefecture | Fukushima | 1,771,314 | ¥81,665 | |
| 23 | Yamanashi Prefecture | Yamanashi | 801,056 | ¥81,323 | |
| 24 | Yamaguchi Prefecture | Yamaguchi | 1,292,956 | ¥80,864 | |
| 25 | Nara Prefecture | Nara | 1,303,867 | ¥80,377 | |
| 26 | Fukuoka Prefecture | Fukuoka | 5,086,957 | ¥80,301 | |
| 27 | Kagawa Prefecture | Kagawa | 939,965 | ¥78,388 | |
| 28 | Osaka Prefecture | Osaka | 8,771,961 | ¥78,209 | |
| 29 | Mie Prefecture | Mie | 1,741,266 | ¥75,166 | |
| 30 | Gunma Prefecture | Gunma | 1,907,976 | ¥75,027 | |
| 31 | Toyama Prefecture | Toyama | 1,008,536 | ¥74,346 | |
| 32 | Kyoto Prefecture | Kyoto | 2,472,013 | ¥74,173 | |
| 33 | Shiga Prefecture | Shiga | 1,405,246 | ¥73,861 | |
| 34 | Ibaraki Prefecture | Ibaraki | 2,848,597 | ¥73,144 | |
| 35 | Tochigi Prefecture | Tochigi | 1,904,173 | ¥72,351 | |
| 36 | Hyogo Prefecture | Hyogo | 5,393,607 | ¥72,150 | |
| 37 | Hiroshima Prefecture | Hiroshima | 2,728,771 | ¥72,086 | |
| 38 | Gifu Prefecture | Gifu | 1,951,292 | ¥70,903 | |
| 39 | Okayama Prefecture | Okayama | 1,835,478 | ¥70,626 | |
| 40 | Nagano Prefecture | Nagano | 2,012,399 | ¥70,322 | |
| 41 | Niigata Prefecture | Niigata | 2,110,754 | ¥69,410 | |
| 42 | Miyagi Prefecture | Miyagi | 2,224,980 | ¥69,072 | |
| 43 | Shizuoka Prefecture | Shizuoka | 3,575,704 | ¥63,030 | |
| 44 | Aichi Prefecture | Aichi | 7,483,755 | ¥62,773 | |
| 45 | Chiba Prefecture | Chiba | 6,311,579 | ¥61,567 | |
| 46 | Saitama Prefecture | Saitama | 7,374,294 | ¥61,246 | |
| 47 | Kanagawa Prefecture | Kanagawa | 9,202,559 | ¥59,008 |
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.