Colombian Missing Persons Historical Records from 1930 to 2026

Historical data from the Sistema de Información Red de Desaparecidos y Cadáveres (SIRDEC) on persons reported missing in Colombia from 1930 to April 2026. The dataset includes columns for demographic details, disappearance context, and geographic location. It was last updated on June 4, 2026, via the datos.gov.co platform.

Use Cases

• Analyze temporal trends in disappearances using Año de la desaparición, Mes de la desaparición, and Día de la desaparición (from 30 available columns).
• Model the relationship between disappearance context and demographic factors using Contexto, Pertenencia étnica del desaparecido, and Grupo de edad quinquenal del desaparecido (from 30 available columns).
• Perform geospatial analysis of disappearance incidents using Departamento where ocurre la desaparición DANE, Municipio where ocurre la desaparición DANE, and Zona where ocurre la desaparición (from 30 available columns).
• Classify the status of disappearance cases using Estado de la desaparición and Clasificación de la desaparición alongside demographic variables like Sexo del desaparecido and Escolaridad del desaparecido (from 30 available columns).

Strengths

• Covers a long temporal range from 1930 to April 2026, providing historical context.
• Includes over 30 detailed columns covering demographics, geography, and incident context.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality and completeness require manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Sistema de Información Red de Desaparecidos y Cadáveres (SIRDEC), published via datos.gov.co.

Collection Method

Administrative records of persons reported missing.

Time Range

1930 to April 2026.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 20:58:37.

Geography

Primarily Colombia, with columns for País where ocurre la desaparición and País de nacimiento del desaparecido.