Kurume, Fukuoka
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
- 402036
- Population
- 300,199
- Overall score
- 59 / 100
- Overall rating
- Needs attention
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: 45 / 100
- Infrastructure: 60 / 100
- Healthcare: 93 / 100
- Population: 80 / 100
- Livability: 40 / 100
Strengths
- How heavy yearly loan repayments are looks relatively stable compared with the national distribution
- How much water costs are covered by bills 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 tightly the budget is locked in tends to show a relatively heavier burden compared with the national distribution
- Emergency savings per resident tends to show a relatively heavier burden compared with the national distribution
- Spending on roads and facilities per resident 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 heavy yearly loan repayments are: 3.5%（86 / 100）
- How tightly the budget is locked in: 94.8%（26 / 100）
- Emergency savings per resident: 21.5k¥（5 / 100）
- Share of people with wastewater treatment: 97%（69 / 100）
- Spending on roads and facilities per resident: 35.3k¥（11 / 100）
- How much water costs are covered by bills: 109.1%（85 / 100）
- How much sewer costs are covered by fees: 96.5%（67 / 100）
- How much sewer renewal is likely ahead: 87.5pts（13 / 100）
- Share of spending used for upkeep: 14.7%（72 / 100）
- Doctors per 1,000 residents: 5.8（98 / 100）
- Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 21.6（87 / 100）
- Overall medical capacity: 92.3pts（96 / 100）
- Share of working-age residents: 58.6%（74 / 100）
- How population is expected to change: -14.0%（83 / 100）
- Share of residents aged 65+: 28.2%（79 / 100）
- How many rail stations there are: 0.5stations/10k（39 / 100）
- How many shops there are: 7.8stores/1k（41 / 100）
Municipalities with similar scores
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