OVCF - SGR: Colombian Royalty System Budget Execution and Commitments

OVCF - SGR - Ejecución de Gastos provides information on the programming and execution of income and expenses associated with Colombia's General Royalties System (Sistema General de Regalías). The dataset is hosted by www.datos.gov.co and was last updated on 2026-05-18. It contains columns detailing budget items, entities, third parties, and financial execution stages like commitments, obligations, and payments.

Use Cases

• Analyze budget execution efficiency by comparing COMPROMISOS (commitments), OBLIGACIONES (obligations), and PAGOS (payments) across different NOM_SECTOR (sectors).
• Track public spending by entity using CODIGO_ENTIDAD and NOMBRE_ENTIDAD, filtered by PERIODO (period) and NOM_POLITICA_PUBLICA (public policy).
• Identify major funding recipients by aggregating PAGOS (payments) by COD_TERCEROS and NOM_TERCEROS (third-party codes and names).
• Examine funding allocation by policy and sector using COD_POLITICA_PUBLICA, NOM_POLITICA_PUBLICA, COD_SECTOR, and NOM_SECTOR alongside financial columns.

Strengths

• Dataset provides a detailed breakdown of financial execution with columns for COMPROMISOS, OBLIGACIONES, and PAGOS.
• Includes identifiers for tracking entities (CODIGO_ENTIDAD), projects (BPIN), and third parties (COD_TERCEROS) for granular analysis.
• Offers multiple export formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF for flexibility.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co

Collection Method

Likely administrative data reported by entities within Colombia's General Royalties System.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 17:15:48; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colombia (inferred from platform and system name Sistema General de Regalías).