The Ministry of Finance and Public Credit presented this Friday, February 7, the execution balance of January of the General Budget of the Nation of 2025.
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According to information, in the first month of this year, The accumulated commitments of the PGN totaled 12.5% of the appropriate resources; figure equivalent to $ 65.3 billion of the appropriate $ 523 billion for this year.
Of the $ 65.3 committed, obligations for $ 16.3 billion were acquired, of which 97.1% ($ 15.8 billion) were paid. Of these payments, $ 350 billion were allocated to the service of the debt, which represents 0.5% of the annual total scheduled in this area.
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Likewise, excluding debt service, contractual commitments were acquired for $ 64.9 billion, 42.3% more than $ 45.6 billion committed to the closure of the same month of 2024.
“Thanks to this contractual management effort, goods and services were received for $ 15.9 billion, which correspond, 3.9% of the expenditure without debt authorized for the whole year”highlighted the Ministry of Finance.
On the other hand, payments made for concepts other than public debt amounted to $ 15.4 billion, representing 97.2% of the obligations of this type and 3.8% of the current appropriation.
General Budget of the Nation.
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Sectors with greater execution
The accumulated execution of goods and services reached 3.9% of the appropriation without debt, 0.4% lower than that registered in January 2024 (4.3%). Foreign relations (6.6%) sectors, health and social protection (6.5%) and education (6.2%) showed the highest percentages of budget execution.
In operation, 4.7% of the appropriate total ($ 327.9 billion) was forced; 0.5% lower than its historical average 2000-2024 (5.2%). In investment, $ 17.6 billion were committed; 19.2% more than compromised in January 2024 ($ 14.8 billion). The delivery of goods and services associated with investment added $ 383 billion of the programmed annual value; 69.9% less than in January 2024 ($ 1.3 billion).
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The sectors with the highest execution of Investment in terms of delivery of goods and services were: ICT (2.9%), equality and equity (1.8%), work (1.2%) and defense (1.0%).
The total lag constituted amounted to $ 63.3 billion (3.8% of GDP), with obligations for $ 29.9 billion; of which $ 15.4 billion were investment, $ 11.7 billion operation and $ 2.9 billion debt service.
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