DNP-Liquidación: Colombian Natural Resource Royalty Payments to Territorial Entities

Mapa Inversiones data on royalties liquidated for Colombian territorial entities from the exploitation of non-renewable natural resources. The dataset includes columns for Municipio, Departamento, RecursoNatural, CantidadExtraida, and RegaliasLiquidadas. It is hosted by www.datos.gov.co and was last updated on 2026-05-18.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the relationship between CantidadExtraida and RegaliasLiquidadas by RecursoNatural type across different Vigencias.
• Mapping royalty distribution by Departamento and Municipio to study regional fiscal equity.
• Forecasting future RegaliasLiquidadas using time-series features from Periodo and Vigencia.
• Classifying resource exploitation projects by TipoRecursoNatural and UnidadMedida for sectoral analysis.

Strengths

• Dataset is updated with a recent timestamp of 2026-05-18 19:20:39.
• Provides structured data on fiscal transfers linked to specific natural resources and extraction quantities.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co

Collection Method

Likely collected through government reporting mechanisms as part of the Mapa Inversiones platform.

Time Range

Implied by Vigencia and Periodo columns; specific range is unknown.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 19:20:39.

Geography

Colombia, with granularity to the Departamento and Municipio level.