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A set of rankings that line up all 1,920 municipalities in Japan by a single metric. 5 categories · 27 metrics.
Prefecture-level rankings are at /ranking.
Total resident population of the municipality.
How much of its required spending a municipality can fund from its own tax revenue. Above 1.0 means it relies on no national local-allocation tax — a financially independent government.
Share of recurring revenue consumed by fixed recurring costs. Lower means more room in the budget for discretionary spending.
Share of the budget taken up by annual debt repayment. Higher means the budget is more constrained by debt.
Ordinance-set monthly pay of a rank-and-file member of a designated-city assembly (the 20 ordinance-designated cities).
Total number of business establishments in the municipality (2021 Economic Census). A measure of the scale of industrial concentration, not the size of any single establishment.
Total number of people working at all establishments in the municipality (2021 Economic Census). A gauge of the scale of local employment.
Share of children who applied for daycare but could not get a place. Lower means easier to enroll.
Share of residents aged 65 and over. A state indicator — higher or lower is not better or worse.
Annual births per 1,000 residents. A different concept from the prefectural total fertility rate.
Share of households with a member under 18 (Census basis). A gauge of how many child-rearing families live nearby.
Median transaction price per m² for detached houses. Based on land + building total.
Median transaction price per m² for used condominiums.
Median per-m² posted land price for residential standard sites (MLIT land-price publication + prefectural survey). Land only — not directly comparable with used-apartment or detached-house transaction prices, which include the building.
Median per-m² posted land price for commercial standard sites. Land only; commercial sites tend to be priced higher than residential.
Share of the municipality covered by designated flood-inundation hazard areas (largest-assumed scale). Areas outside the zone are not risk-free.
Share of the municipality covered by designated landslide warning and special-warning areas. Areas outside the zone are not risk-free.
Share of the municipality covered by designated tsunami-inundation areas. Only coastal municipalities carry a value.
Share of the municipality covered by designated storm-surge inundation areas. Only coastal municipalities carry a value.
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Upper age covered by outpatient child medical-cost aid, set by prefectural ordinance as the baseline every municipality must meet. Higher means more generous.
Average monthly rent for private rentals. High or low also reflects convenience, so it is not a ranking of better-or-worse.