Colombian Family Subsidy System Population and Affiliation Data

Population data for Colombia's Family Subsidy System, covering affiliated companies, workers, and their dependents. The dataset includes monthly figures from 2024 onward, published by the Colombian open data portal. It tracks key metrics like total covered population, number of affiliated companies, and counts of different beneficiary types.

Use Cases

• Analyze monthly trends in 'Total Población Cubierta' and 'Cantidad de Afiliados' to assess program growth.
• Model the relationship between 'Empresas Afiliadas' and 'Trabajadores Empleados Dependientes' to understand corporate participation.
• Compare counts of 'Afiliados Pensionados', 'Afiliados Facultativos Independientes', and 'No Afiliados con Derecho a Subsidios' to profile beneficiary categories.
• Forecast future 'Personas a Cargo' based on historical 'Año' and 'Mes' data for budgetary planning.

Strengths

• Contains 12 distinct columns detailing subsidy system components.
• Data is updated frequently, with a last update timestamp of 2026-01-27.
• Provides temporal granularity with both 'Año' and 'Mes' columns.

Limitations

• Unknown total row count prevents assessment of dataset scale.
• Sample data is unavailable for previewing record-level detail.
• Data coverage begins in 2024, offering a limited historical perspective.

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co (Colombian government open data portal).

Collection Method

Administrative records from the Family Subsidy System.

Time Range

From 2024 onward.

Freshness

Updated on 2026-01-27.

Geography

Colombia.