Government budget and revenue in Cartago, Colombia: official figures

The Cartago municipal government reported total revenue of COP 407.9 billion for 2025 to the Comptroller General's CUIPO system, 22nd smallest of 74 Colombian cities on this site; that was up 13.6% on 2024 (COP 359.1 billion) and up 24.9% on 2023.

Municipal revenue collected (CUIPO)

COP 407.9 billion

2025

How much does Cartago collect per person?

Revenue collected by the Cartago municipal government in 2025 came to about COP 2,840,612 per resident (2025 projected population), 36th lowest of 74 Colombian cities on this site.

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How much tax does Cartago collect?

Tax revenue made up 22.2% of the revenue collected by the Cartago municipal government in 2025 (COP 90.5 billion, COP 630,182 per resident), 35th lowest of 74 Colombian cities on this site on share; the rest came from non-tax income, transfers and capital resources.

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How much property tax does Cartago collect?

In 2025 Cartago collected COP 27.3 billion in property tax (impuesto predial unificado, COP 190,152 per resident, 31st highest of 74 Colombian cities on this site) and COP 24.7 billion in industry and commerce tax (ICA).

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How much of the budget of Cartago comes from the national government?

Current transfers, mainly from the national government, were COP 254.7 billion in 2025, 62.4% of the revenue collected by the Cartago municipal government, 34th highest of 74 Colombian cities on this site.

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How much does Cartago borrow?

Capital resources (such as the opening cash balance, borrowing and capital transfers) accounted for COP 40.2 billion, 9.9% of the total revenue reported by the Cartago municipal government for 2025.

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How has the budget of Cartago changed?

Total revenue reported by the Cartago municipal government was COP 326.7 billion in 2023, COP 359.1 billion in 2024 and COP 407.9 billion in 2025, a change of +24.9% over two years, 34th slowest growth of 74 Colombian cities on this site.

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How Cartago compares with other cities in Colombia

Municipal revenue collected per resident, 2025 (COP; 2025 projected population) (2025)

Cartago ranks 39 of 74, highest first.

Rank	City	Municipal revenue collected per resident, 2025 (COP; 2025 projected population)
36	Popayán	COP 2,963,891
37	Girón	COP 2,893,980
38	Magangué	COP 2,842,334
39	Cartago	COP 2,840,612
40	Fusagasugá	COP 2,837,940
41	Gudalajara de Buga	COP 2,827,643
42	Piedecuesta	COP 2,724,371

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Tax revenue as a share of total municipal revenue, 2025 (2025)

Cartago ranks 40 of 74, highest first.

Rank	City	Tax revenue as a share of total municipal revenue, 2025
37	Villavicencio	24.3%
38	Soacha	23.5%
39	Sogamoso	22.5%
40	Cartago	22.2%
41	Neiva	21.9%
42	Ibagué	21.6%
43	Popayán	21.0%

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Municipal tax revenue per resident, 2025 (COP) (2025)

Cartago ranks 35 of 74, highest first.

Rank	City	Municipal tax revenue per resident, 2025 (COP)
32	Manizales	COP 674,188
33	Ibagué	COP 661,703
34	Dosquebradas	COP 638,147
35	Cartago	COP 630,182
36	Popayán	COP 621,115
37	Villavicencio	COP 619,631
38	Neiva	COP 589,712

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Change in municipal revenue collected, 2023 to 2025 (2023-2025)

Cartago ranks 41 of 74, highest first.

Rank	City	Change in municipal revenue collected, 2023 to 2025
38	Riohacha	+26.0%
39	Barrancabermeja	+25.5%
40	Bogotá, D.C.	+25.3%
41	Cartago	+24.9%
42	Yopal	+24.7%
43	Manizales	+23.1%
44	Bucaramanga	+22.6%

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Current transfers as a share of total municipal revenue, 2025 (2025)

Cartago ranks 34 of 74, highest first.

Rank	City	Current transfers as a share of total municipal revenue, 2025
31	Arauca	64.2%
32	Duitama	63.5%
33	Los Patios	62.9%
34	Cartago	62.4%
35	Gudalajara de Buga	62.2%
36	Villavicencio	61.8%
37	Dosquebradas	60.5%

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Property tax (impuesto predial) collected per resident, 2025 (COP) (2025)

Cartago ranks 31 of 74, highest first.

Rank	City	Property tax (impuesto predial) collected per resident, 2025 (COP)
28	Dosquebradas	COP 221,761
29	Sogamoso	COP 218,837
30	Santa Marta	COP 208,726
31	Cartago	COP 190,152
32	Tuluá	COP 179,374
33	Madrid	COP 178,697
34	Bello	COP 175,711

Source: Contraloría General de la República · saved copy

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Sources

Contraloría General de la República: OVCF - CUIPO - Ejecución de ingresos: year-end cumulative revenue collected by each municipal government, 2023-2025 (datos.gov.co aggregate query; saved as cuipo.request.txt), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 7255e8150122…)

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