Spending per resident ranking
Prefectures · highest first · FY2024 (47)
Total general account spending divided by the population. Small towns tend to spend more 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 | Spending per resident | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ishikawa Prefecture | Ishikawa | 1,098,121 | ¥921,883 | |
| 2 | Shimane Prefecture | Shimane | 642,590 | ¥793,102 | |
| 3 | Tokushima Prefecture | Tokushima | 700,409 | ¥729,339 | |
| 4 | Wakayama Prefecture | Wakayama | 901,193 | ¥714,661 | |
| 5 | Kochi Prefecture | Kochi | 664,863 | ¥702,980 | |
| 6 | Tottori Prefecture | Tottori | 534,003 | ¥702,849 | |
| 7 | Fukui Prefecture | Fukui | 746,690 | ¥684,600 | |
| 8 | Yamanashi Prefecture | Yamanashi | 801,056 | ¥680,438 | |
| 9 | Akita Prefecture | Akita | 907,593 | ¥679,649 | |
| 10 | Saga Prefecture | Saga | 794,252 | ¥665,168 | |
| 11 | Iwate Prefecture | Iwate | 1,153,900 | ¥656,891 | |
| 12 | Yamagata Prefecture | Yamagata | 1,012,355 | ¥653,477 | |
| 13 | Fukushima Prefecture | Fukushima | 1,771,314 | ¥650,650 | |
| 14 | Miyazaki Prefecture | Miyazaki | 1,048,347 | ¥635,905 | |
| 15 | Tokyo | Tokyo | 14,002,534 | ¥634,800 | |
| 16 | Oita Prefecture | Oita | 1,102,102 | ¥598,684 | |
| 17 | Toyama Prefecture | Toyama | 1,008,536 | ¥584,854 | |
| 18 | Aomori Prefecture | Aomori | 1,185,767 | ¥583,359 | |
| 19 | Ehime Prefecture | Ehime | 1,296,359 | ¥576,131 | |
| 20 | Nagasaki Prefecture | Nagasaki | 1,274,371 | ¥569,320 | |
| 21 | Okinawa Prefecture | Okinawa | 1,484,081 | ¥565,393 | |
| 22 | Hokkaido | Hokkaido | 5,044,825 | ¥555,624 | |
| 23 | Kagoshima Prefecture | Kagoshima | 1,558,920 | ¥548,614 | |
| 24 | Yamaguchi Prefecture | Yamaguchi | 1,292,956 | ¥543,692 | |
| 25 | Niigata Prefecture | Niigata | 2,110,754 | ¥518,660 | |
| 26 | Kumamoto Prefecture | Kumamoto | 1,716,360 | ¥512,908 | |
| 27 | Nagano Prefecture | Nagano | 2,012,399 | ¥510,833 | |
| 28 | Kagawa Prefecture | Kagawa | 939,965 | ¥501,267 | |
| 29 | Tochigi Prefecture | Tochigi | 1,904,173 | ¥473,573 | |
| 30 | Gunma Prefecture | Gunma | 1,907,976 | ¥461,999 | |
| 31 | Gifu Prefecture | Gifu | 1,951,292 | ¥451,749 | |
| 32 | Miyagi Prefecture | Miyagi | 2,224,980 | ¥448,322 | |
| 33 | Hyogo Prefecture | Hyogo | 5,393,607 | ¥446,331 | |
| 34 | Mie Prefecture | Mie | 1,741,266 | ¥445,063 | |
| 35 | Shiga Prefecture | Shiga | 1,405,246 | ¥442,596 | |
| 36 | Nara Prefecture | Nara | 1,303,867 | ¥435,120 | |
| 37 | Ibaraki Prefecture | Ibaraki | 2,848,597 | ¥431,271 | |
| 38 | Kyoto Prefecture | Kyoto | 2,472,013 | ¥419,721 | |
| 39 | Okayama Prefecture | Okayama | 1,835,478 | ¥399,790 | |
| 40 | Fukuoka Prefecture | Fukuoka | 5,086,957 | ¥399,576 | |
| 41 | Hiroshima Prefecture | Hiroshima | 2,728,771 | ¥393,681 | |
| 42 | Osaka Prefecture | Osaka | 8,771,961 | ¥373,917 | |
| 43 | Aichi Prefecture | Aichi | 7,483,755 | ¥371,399 | |
| 44 | Shizuoka Prefecture | Shizuoka | 3,575,704 | ¥362,351 | |
| 45 | Chiba Prefecture | Chiba | 6,311,579 | ¥330,085 | |
| 46 | Saitama Prefecture | Saitama | 7,374,294 | ¥286,952 | |
| 47 | Kanagawa Prefecture | Kanagawa | 9,202,559 | ¥248,974 |
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.