The National Government, through the Ministry of Finance, filed the bill of the General Budget of the Nation (PGN) for 2026. The amount for which the Executive bets is equivalent to $ 557 billionwhich is equal to 28.9% of the gross domestic product (GDP).
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Of that figure, $ 365.7 billion correspond to operating expenses. That is, these items exceed 11.1% to those assigned this year for this concept ($ 329.2 billion).
For its part, the disaggregated also shows that $ 102.4 billion will be designated to debt services. This translates into 9% less to what is intended in this year’s PGN, which is the same $ 112.6 billion.
Regarding investment, The Government increased the amount allocated by 5.7%thus going from $ 83.9 billion from this 2025 to $ 88.7 billion next year.
However, the Treasury portfolio clarified that of the total budgeted $ 26.3 billion corresponds to contingent resources whose execution will depend on the approval of the Financing Law.
“The approval of the Financing Law will allow the sources of resources for equal amounts, so the amount of the proposed PGN is consistent with the activation of the exhaust clause of the fiscal rule and the medium -term fiscal framework (MFMP) 2025, as provided by Law 1473 of 2011, modified by Law 2155 of 2021”explained the Minhacienda.
Thus, this tax reform I would have to raise the pending money required by the general budget. A move that the Petro administration already launched this year, but that did not result in the expected way.
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Budget for sectors
The bill evidences the entities to which I would assign them a greater amount for next year.
The first to head the list is the service of the national public debt, which would be allocated $ 99.1 billion. This is followed by the Ministry of Education, with $ 88.2 billion; Health, with $ 78.1 billion; The defense, with $ 68.9 billion; The work, with $ 59.4 billionand the Treasury, with $ 31.8 billion.
The breakdown of the accounts also shows that the transport portfolio would receive $ 20.3 billion, social inclusion would have resources equivalent to $ 14.7 billion, mines and energy for $ 13.4 billion, the judicial branch for $ 12.1 billion, equal for $ 11.2 billion and housing for $ 7.2 billion.
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Jessika Rodriguez M.
Portfolio journalist
