Local Finance (by City) Dashboard
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government, in cooperation with Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, has released a dashboard that enables users to understand the breakdown of revenues and expenditures of each local government and changes over time in financial indicators based on the Digital Agency Financial Status Survey, which is a statistical survey on the settlement of accounts of local governments, and to facilitate comparative analysis between local governments.
* As of April 2026, we only handle municipal financial data, but we plan to expand prefectural financial data in the future.
We are conducting a survey to improve this dashboard. Please use the form below to send us your opinions.
Notice
- April 24, 2026
- The "Dashboard on Local Finance (by Municipality)" was published.
Table of Contents
- Data and Operations in the Dashboard
- Know the characteristics of own organization
- Find a reference organization for your organization
- Points to consider
- Contact Information
1. Data and operation method used in the dashboard
1.1 Data
The dashboard visualizes local public finance figures such as fiscal indicators, revenues, expenditures (by purpose), expenditures (by nature), and analytical comments on each indicator. The figures used in this dashboard and the definitions of each item are described in "Explanation of Fiscal Items Used in the Dashboard on Local Public Finance ."
1.2 Operation Method
The detailed operation method of the dashboard related to local finance (by municipality) is explained in video.
2. Know the characteristics of your organization
2.1 Examining the Financial Status of Own Organization
On the financial status page, you can see the total revenue and expenditure, standard financial scale, annual trends in various financial indicators and comparisons with similar organizations, and analysis comments for each indicator.
*There are also organizations that do not display analytical comments and the future burden ratio.
2.2 Composition of Revenue and Expenditure of Local Governments
On the composition ratio of revenue and expenditure page, you can see the difference between the composition ratio of revenue and expenditure of your organization and similar organizations.
2.3 Comparing Your Organization with Other Organizations
Local governments can compare their own local governments with other local governments using revenue, expenditure (classified by purpose), and expenditure (classified by nature) data.
Other organizations to be compared can be selected from similar organizations or voluntary organizations (neighboring local governments, organization classification, etc.), and the comparison value can be selected from the amount per person, the year-on-year change in the amount per person, the actual amount (average value), the year-on-year change in the actual amount (average value), and the composition ratio.
3. Find a reference group for your organization
3.1 Looking at a single indicator on a map
You can check the numerical values of each item of revenue, expenditure (by purpose), expenditure (by nature), and fiscal index in a map format.
The revenue and expenditure can be switched between the amount per person, the composition ratio, and the rate of increase and decrease, and the fiscal indicator can be switched between the latest value and the rate of increase and decrease.
4. Important Points
Data:
- We plan to update the various figures on the dashboard around April every year.
- Various kinds of date used for the dashboard are published by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
- Publish structured data for dashboards as well.
- DataTable (ZIP/16,276 kb) (updated April 24, 2026)
True or false information
For true-or-false information about the date in this dashboard, see True-or-false Information: Dashboard on Local Finance (by Municipality).
5. Contact Information
For inquiries regarding the details of local public finance: Financial Research Division, Local Finance Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
- Address: 2-1-2 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8926
- Phone: 03 5253 5649
Dashboard Inquiry
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