Colombian Justice Sector Budget Execution Tracking by Month and Year

Budget execution data for the justice sector reported to Colombia's Integrated Financial Information System (SIIF Nación). The dataset includes monthly and yearly figures for payments, obligations, commitments, and appropriations. It is hosted by the Colombian open data portal www.datos.gov.co and was last updated on 2026-05-18.

Use Cases

• Analyze spending trends over time using the `año` (year) and `mes` (month) columns.
• Assess budget execution efficiency by comparing `% pago` (payment percentage) against `% Obligado` (obligation percentage).
• Model financial commitments by examining the relationship between `Compromiso` (commitment) and `Apropiación Vigente` (current appropriation).
• Track payments to specific entities using the `Pagos` (payments) and `Entidad` (entity) columns.

Strengths

• Provides 11 detailed financial columns including percentages for payments, obligations, and commitments.
• Data is structured with temporal granularity via `año` (year) and `mes` (month) columns.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

• Row count and total data 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 (Colombian open data portal).

Collection Method

Reported to the national Integrated Financial Information System (SIIF Nación).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 18:22:49; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colombia (implied by source).