Public Sector in Colombia 220 indicators covering public sector for Colombia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Gross operating balance, Transactions -51,100.10 trillion 2025 — 35th Net operating balance, Transactions -61,571.30 trillion 2025 — 35th Overall primary balance, Transactions 28,107.70 trillion 2025 — 1st Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, Transactions 131,242.00 trillion 2025 — 1st Subnational government expenditure 35.71 Percentage of GDP 2024 up 12.3% 32nd Subnational government revenue 31.75 Percentage of GDP 2024 up 8.2% 32nd Tax revenue decentralization, Ratio of this level of government's 0.7989 2020 down 0.5% 55th Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, Ratio of this level of 0.9995 2020 up 0.1% 35th Capital spending, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on 0.5226 2020 down 37.5% 51st Interest, payable, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on 0.9704 2020 up 0.4% 45th Use of goods and services, Ratio of this level of government's 0.5826 2020 down 0.2% 40th Compensation of employees, Ratio of this level of government's 0.5223 2020 down 2.4% 48th Social contributions, Ratio of this level of government's revenue 0.026 2020 down 91.3% 43rd Taxes on goods and services, Ratio of this level of government's 0.7541 2020 up 2.5% 69th Social benefits, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on 0.0098 2020 down 97.6% 74th Taxes on property, Ratio of this level of government's revenue from 0.1625 2020 up 123.0% 26th Subsidies, payable, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure 0.7867 2020 down 11.7% 41st Excises, Ratio of this level of government's revenue from this item 0.3291 2020 down 17.0% 71st Value-added tax (VAT), Ratio of this level of government's revenue 0.9936 2020 up 0.6% 56th Other taxes, Ratio of this level of government's revenue from this 0.0858 2020 down 88.8% 52nd Size of public procurement - government at a glance indicators, 2025 10.34 Percentage of GDP 2024 down 8.3% 25th Other revenue, Ratio of this level of government's revenue from this 0.6359 2020 down 19.6% 42nd Revenue decentralization, Percent 0.6546 2020 down 10.4% 36th Deficit, Percent of own spending -0.4706 2020 down 87.9% 56th Transfer dependency method 2, Ratio of net transfers to own revenue -0.5485 2020 down 93.6% 55th Bibliometric indicators, by Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 535.63 Scientific publications 2024 up 115.1% 39th Transfer dependency method 1, Ratio of net transfers to own spending -0.6433 2020 down 117.1% 52nd Vertical fiscal imbalance, Percent -0.1727 2020 down 277.4% 44th Expenditure decentralization (ratio of own spending to general) 0.4484 2020 down 25.8% 48th Consumption of fixed capital (CFC), Ratio of this level of 0.5167 2020 down 0.4% 34th NAAG Chapter 6: General Government — Intermediate consumption by 5.38 Percentage of GDP 2024 down 4.3% 21st NAAG Chapter 6: General Government — Other expenditure by general 10.56 Percentage of GDP 2024 up 55.7% 5th Countries with national statistical plans with funding from Government 1 2025 unchanged 1st Other expense, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on 0.5847 2020 down 22.4% 44th Annual government deficit/surplus, revenue, expenditure and main 146.04 million Domestic currency (incl. conversion to current currency made using a fixed parit 2024 up 147.3% 2nd Internally displaced persons, new displacement associated with 293,000 number of cases 2023 up 86.6% 9th Size of public procurement - Government at a glance indicators, 2023 10.45 Percentage of GDP 2021 up 0.9% 26th Taxes on payroll and workforce, Ratio of this level of government's 1.22 2020 up 22.2% 1st Number of local governments 1,103 2024 up 0.1% 9th Number of local governments that adopt and implement local DRR 636 2024 down 12.6% 9th ← Previous Page 4 of 4