Colombia Regulatory Activity Observatory
In 2025, the national and sector-level entities monitored by FaroMonitor issued 2,781 regulations —laws, decrees, resolutions, circulars and administrative acts—, close to 11 per business day on average. The Regulatory Activity Observatory measures that regulatory pace with a public methodology and auditable data.
national and sector-level regulations issued in 2025
≈ 11 regulations per business day
FaroMonitor recorded 2,781 regulations issued in 2025 by national and sector-level entities in Colombia (≈11 per business day). It is the regulatory activity we monitor, not the country's full universe: the figure is a defensible floor, not an estimate.
Data updated on July 16, 2026 · rolling 12-month window with a one-month lag so the most recent period is not undercounted.
How are the 2,781 regulations of 2025 distributed?
FaroMonitor also tracks acts from territorial entities (municipal councils and regional autonomous corporations) with still-partial coverage; that is why they are not added to this national and sector-level figure.
How is this figure calculated?
We count each regulation by the year of its issue date and only include normative acts actually enacted: laws, decrees, resolutions, circulars, external circulars, agreements, directives and administrative acts from national and sector-level entities.
For national legislation we use SUIN-Juriscol as the single source, so laws and decrees are not counted twice alongside the Presidency's publication. The rest comes directly from each regulator's official portal.
The figure describes the regulatory activity FaroMonitor monitors —a verifiable floor—, not the country's total. Entities with still-incomplete coverage (for example, the Superintendency of Industry and Commerce) are excluded until their history is consolidated.
- What we DO count: in-force and repealed regulations issued in the period, from structured official sources.
- What we do NOT count: draft regulations, legal opinions, case law and court orders, regulatory agendas, sanctions and contracts.
- Period: calendar year of the issue date.
- Source: FaroMonitor monitoring database, queried on July 16, 2026.
Why does measuring regulatory activity matter?
Colombia produces regulation at a pace that is hard to follow manually: on top of national laws and decrees, hundreds of resolutions and circulars from superintendencies, ministries and regulators change the rules of the game in every sector.
A legal or compliance team relying on manual reviews faces close to eleven new regulations per business day in the national and sector-level scope alone. The Observatory puts a number on that load and makes it comparable over time.
Key data
national and sector-level regulations recorded in 2025 by FaroMonitor
Source: FaroMonitor — monitoring database (queried 07-16-2026)
new regulations per business day on average (2025)
Source: FaroNova calculation based on FaroMonitor data
official sources monitored live (out of 153 cataloged regulatory entities)
Source: FaroMonitor — monitoring database
Frequently asked questions
How many regulations does Colombia issue per year?
The national and sector-level entities monitored by FaroMonitor issued 2,781 regulations in 2025, about 11 per business day. It is the regulatory activity we cover with auditable data; the country's total, adding all territorial and local sources, is higher.
Where does this data come from?
From FaroMonitor's monitoring database, which collects structured metadata directly from each entity's official portals (DIAN, SFC, ministries, superintendencies, SUIN-Juriscol, among others). The figure was queried on July 16, 2026.
Is this the total of all of Colombia's regulations?
No. It is a verifiable floor: we count the national and sector-level regulations we monitor, without including entities with still-partial coverage or the entire territorial universe. We prefer a number we can defend over an inflated estimate.
Why 2,781 and not the "more than 2,000 a year" cited by the press?
Press figures use different definitions and tend to be rough, outdated estimates. Ours is a direct count, by regulation type and entity, over consultable data, with national legislation deduplicated so the same laws and decrees are not counted twice.
How often is the Observatory updated?
The headline figure corresponds to a closed calendar year (2025) and is stable: it only changes when each new year closes. The "recent activity" panel is updated monthly —with a one-month lag so the most recent period is not undercounted while official sources finish consolidating— from the same pipeline that feeds FaroMonitor. Each update is reviewed before publishing and the date of the last query stays visible on the page.