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