Colombian municipalities El Retiro and Itagüí rank high in fiscal performance

The National Planning Department (DNP) has released the 2025 Fiscal Performance Index (IDF) results, highlighting several Colombian municipalities for their financial management.

El Retiro ranked third nationally among 1,103 municipalities, earning 82.45 points. The municipality achieved the highest category of “Sustainable” and saw an improvement of over 10 points compared to 2024. It received perfect scores of 100 in revenue collection, programming capacity, and financial slack.

Itagüí was also named among the top 10 municipalities in the country. It was categorized under “solvent fiscal performance,” indicating healthy financial conditions and the ability to maintain fiscal balance. The municipality showed improvement over its 2024 results.

The index evaluates territorial entities based on several factors, including the generation of own resources, debt levels, current savings, and the balance between income and expenditures.