Wakkanai, Hokkaido
Individual figures come from official statistics. The overall score and rating weigh future risks such as fiscal health and population. Livability (transit and retail) contributes lightly; rent is shown as a reference only.
Municipality Profile
- Municipality code
- 012149
- Population
- 30,336
- Overall score
- 39 / 100
- Overall rating
- Needs planned action
Scores by area
Each area is scored from 0 to 100. Higher scores indicate a stronger position. Livability covers transit and retail convenience, not rent.
- Finance: 28 / 100
- Infrastructure: 60 / 100
- Healthcare: 71 / 100
- Population: 40 / 100
- Livability: 59 / 100
Strengths
- Spending on roads and facilities per resident looks relatively stable compared with the national distribution
- How much sewer costs are covered by fees looks relatively stable compared with the national distribution
- Share of spending used for upkeep looks relatively stable compared with the national distribution
Indicators to watch
- How large future debt will be tends to show a relatively heavier burden compared with the national distribution
- How heavy yearly loan repayments are tends to show a relatively heavier burden compared with the national distribution
- How tightly the budget is locked in tends to show a relatively heavier burden compared with the national distribution
Key figures in plain language
Technical names are shown under everyday titles. Compare this municipality with prefectural and national averages.
- How large future debt will be: 45.4%（39 / 100）
- How heavy yearly loan repayments are: 10.8%（17 / 100）
- How tightly the budget is locked in: 92.7%（42 / 100）
- Emergency savings per resident: 31.6k¥（12 / 100）
- Share of people with wastewater treatment: 95.9%（65 / 100）
- Spending on roads and facilities per resident: 155.7k¥（75 / 100）
- How much water costs are covered by bills: 84.2%（30 / 100）
- How much sewer costs are covered by fees: 99.9%（76 / 100）
- How much sewer renewal is likely ahead: 73.2pts（27 / 100）
- Share of spending used for upkeep: 27.2%（89 / 100）
- Doctors per 1,000 residents: 1.8（65 / 100）
- Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 16.1（76 / 100）
- Overall medical capacity: 70.6pts（73 / 100）
- Share of working-age residents: 55.9%（59 / 100）
- How population is expected to change: -47.2%（25 / 100）
- Share of residents aged 65+: 34.9%（51 / 100）
- How many rail stations there are: 1.3stations/10k（62 / 100）
- How many shops there are: 9.1stores/1k（57 / 100）
Municipalities with similar scores
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