Historical General Royalties System (SGR) Budget and Expenditure Records

Detailed records of commitments, obligations, and payments made with resources from Colombia's General Royalties System (SGR) by all collecting, receiving, or executing entities. The dataset includes columns for project name, municipality, department, resource type, and quarterly periods. Data is published by www.datos.gov.co and was last updated on 2026-05-18.

Use Cases

• Analyzing expenditure flows by resource destination using `nombredestinorecurso` and `valorcompromisos` (from 26 available columns).
• Tracking budget execution over time by municipality using `nombremunicipio`, `periodotrimestral`, and `valorapropiaciondefinitiva` (from 26 available columns).
• Comparing initial versus definitive appropriations for projects using `valorapropiacioninicial` and `valorapropiaciondefinitiva` (from 26 available columns).
• Mapping financial commitments by department and resource origin using `nombredepartamento`, `nombrerecurso`, and `valorobligaciones` (from 26 available columns).

Strengths

• Includes 26 detailed columns covering financial commitments, obligations, payments, and project metadata.
• Data is structured with geographic identifiers (`codigomunicipio`, `codigodepartamento`) for spatial analysis.
• Covers a biennial validity period as indicated in the description.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• License information is unknown, which may restrict certain uses.

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co

Collection Method

Administrative records from entities involved in the General Royalties System (SGR).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 16:35:15; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colombia, indicated by municipality and department columns.