Regulatory activity in Colombia: mid-2026 update
Over the last twelve months (June 2025 – May 2026), the national and sector-level entities monitored by FaroMonitor issued 2,946 regulations. This mid-2026 update reviews Colombia's regulatory pace with fresh data and explains what is driving it.
national and sector-level regulations issued in 2025
≈ 11 regulations per business day
The regulatory pace stays high: 2,946 regulations in the last 12 months, close to 12 per business day. With its history now consolidated, the 2025 anchor year rises to 2,781 regulations —driven mostly by ANLA's environmental resolutions—. The data comes from the same auditable pipeline that feeds FaroMonitor.
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 it calculated, and what changed?
We count each regulation actually enacted (laws, decrees, resolutions, circulars, external circulars, agreements, directives and administrative acts) by the year of its issue date, with national legislation taken from SUIN-Juriscol so laws and decrees are not double-counted. It is the same public methodology as the evergreen edition; only the time cut changes here.
The 2025 anchor year is a floor that only rises when official sources publish with a lag and the backfill incorporates them. In this cut (2026-07-16) it went from 2,410 to 2,781: +371 regulations, almost all from ANLA (environmental licenses and resolutions consolidated after May), plus minor additions from UGPP and DIAN's tariff resolutions. Zero decreases: no group lost regulations.
- What we DO count: in-force and repealed regulations issued in the period, from structured official sources.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.
- Recent panel: rolling 12-month window with a one-month lag, by issue date.
- Source: FaroMonitor monitoring database, queried on July 16, 2026.
What changed since the previous edition?
The Observatory's first edition (May 2026) reported 2,410 regulations in 2025. As the history consolidated, that figure rose to 2,781. It is not that more regulations were issued: the ones that already existed finished being published and captured, mostly on environmental matters.
The bulk of the increase is ANLA (National Environmental Licensing Authority) resolutions, which roughly quintupled their 2025 count in our coverage as the history consolidated. A good reminder of why we prefer a "defensible floor" that adjusts with data over a fixed estimate.
Why does the last-12-months pace matter?
Beyond the calendar year, the recent-activity panel (2,946 regulations in June 2025 – May 2026) shows the real load a legal or compliance team faces today: close to 12 new regulations per business day in the national and sector-level scope alone. That is the number FaroMonitor filters, classifies and prioritizes automatically.
Key data
national and sector-level regulations in the last 12 months (June 2025 – May 2026)
Source: FaroMonitor — monitoring database (queried 07-16-2026)
regulations recorded in 2025 after consolidating the history (was 2,410)
Source: FaroMonitor — monitoring database (queried 07-16-2026)
new regulations per business day over the last 12 months
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 have been issued in the last year?
The national and sector-level entities monitored by FaroMonitor issued 2,946 regulations over the last 12 months (June 2025 – May 2026), about 12 per business day. It is the regulatory activity we cover with auditable data; the country's total is higher.
Why did the 2025 figure rise from 2,410 to 2,781?
Because the anchor year is a floor that adjusts when official sources publish with a lag. Between May and July 2026, hundreds of 2025 resolutions —mostly environmental, from ANLA— finished consolidating; they already existed but were not yet captured. No regulation was "invented": they finished being recorded.
How often is the Observatory updated?
The headline corresponds to a calendar year and only moves as the history consolidates. The "recent activity" panel is a rolling 12-month window with a one-month lag, refreshed periodically. Each update is reviewed before publishing and the date of the last query stays visible on the page.