Colombian Cannabis Cultivation Licenses by Municipality and Type, 2025

Datos.gov.co hosts a dataset of active cannabis cultivation licenses in Colombia, managed by the Subdirección de Control y Fiscalización de Sustancias Químicas y Estupefacientes of the Ministry of Justice and Law. The data lists licenses by department and municipality for psychoactive, non-psychoactive, and seed cultivation as of December 31, 2025. It was last updated on the platform on May 18, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze the geographic distribution of licensed cannabis cultivation using DEPARTAMENTO and MUNICIPIO columns.
• Compare the prevalence of psychoactive versus non-psychoactive cannabis cultivation using the PSICO and NO PSICO columns.
• Assess the scale of seed cultivation for planting versus plant cultivation using the SEMILLAS and TOTAL columns.
• Map regional regulatory activity and license density by aggregating the TOTAL column by DEPARTAMENTO.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the official Colombian government ministry responsible for regulation.
• Provides a breakdown of license types (SEMILLAS, PSICO, NO PSICO) for detailed analysis.
• Includes a specific cut-off date of December 31, 2025, providing a temporal snapshot.

Limitations

• Row count and total dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality and completeness require manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Subdirección de Control y Fiscalización de Sustancias Químicas y Estupefacientes, Ministerio de Justicia y del Derecho (Colombia), via www.datos.gov.co.

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official government licensing records.

Time Range

Snapshot as of December 31, 2025.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 19:24:57; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colombia, by department and municipality.