Non-Financial Public Sector (NFPS)

The "nonfinancial public sector" includes the central national government, social security institutions, the electric sector, national public establishments, regional and local public sector, municipal and state companies, among others. The data contains information on income, expenses, interest, fiscal deficit (-) or surplus (+) and, internal and external financing, under two methodologies:


  • The first set corresponds to a measurement of cash operations. This series includes historical information from the National Department of Planning and the latest official data from the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit.


  • The second set corresponds to the official statistics, which in addition to cash operations, includes accrual accounting adjustments originated under the Extended Arrangement signed between Colombia and the International Monetary Fund in 1999.


Additionally, fiscal deficit (-) or fiscal surplus (+) series for non-financial public enterprises (NFPE) is presented. This data includes subnational and national enterprises.


FormatFiscal Balance
Monthly Empleo y desempleo - Total nacional Quarterly
(Official - Information available since 2005)
(Cash basis
- Information available since 1995)
Monthly Empleo y desempleo - Total nacional Annually
(Official - Information available since2005)
(Cash basis - Information available since1985)