Credit to Agriculture — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices by country
Credit to agriculture measures the amount of loans and advances given by the banking sector to farmers, rural households, agricultural cooperatives, or any other agri-related businesses. Each country’s central bank compiles its credit stocks by economic activities as part of its monetary and financial statistics...
What the numbers show
Credit to Agriculture — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices is currently reported for 61 countries. The highest value is 16.67 million million SLC in India; the lowest is 0.011 million SLC in Montserrat.
The median across all reporting countries is 1,689 million SLC, and the mean is 334,168 million SLC.
Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea-Bissau (up 16,633.9%), and the largest decrease in Anguilla (down 96.3%).
Credit to Agriculture — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 16.67 million million SLC | 2024 | up 125.7% | volatile |
| 2 | Uganda | 843,142 million SLC | 2024 | down 2.8% | volatile |
| 3 | Costa Rica | 479,981 million SLC | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 3 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 39,764 million SLC | 2021 | up 92.4% | falling |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 349,920 million SLC | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 5 | Burundi | 343,621 million SLC | 2024 | up 4,806.1% | volatile |
| 6 | Lebanon | 340,581 million SLC | 2024 | down 64.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Türkiye | 380.3 million SLC | 2023 | down 80.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Sri Lanka | 295,913 million SLC | 2022 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 8 | Nepal | 229,376 million SLC | 2023 | up 419.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Mali | 109,419 million SLC | 2021 | up 130.1% | volatile |
| 10 | Senegal | 99,304 million SLC | 2024 | up 154.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Benin | 85,597 million SLC | 2024 | up 364.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Argentina | 79,330 million SLC | 2020 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 13 | Thailand | 72,780 million SLC | 2024 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 14 | Czechia | 54,002 million SLC | 2018 | up 56.7% | rising |
| 15 | Burkina Faso | 49,873 million SLC | 2024 | up 17.2% | volatile |
| 16 | Canada | 39,582 million SLC | 2024 | up 114.4% | rising |
| 17 | Guyana | 30,466 million SLC | 2024 | up 176.5% | volatile |
| 18 | Malaysia | 27,906 million SLC | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 19 | Brazil | 27,291 million SLC | 2021 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 20 | Niger | 22,020 million SLC | 2024 | up 292.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Kyrgyzstan | 20,985 million SLC | 2023 | up 99.9% | volatile |
| 22 | Ethiopia | 17,647 million SLC | 2022 | down 20.3% | rising |
| 23 | Egypt | 15,740 million SLC | 2024 | up 100.1% | falling |
| 24 | Togo | 8,936 million SLC | 2024 | up 397.1% | volatile |
| 25 | Peru | 7,154 million SLC | 2015 | up 118.3% | rising |
| 26 | Bhutan | 3,561 million SLC | 2023 | up 111.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Ireland | 2,555 million SLC | 2024 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 28 | Mozambique | 2,308 million SLC | 2024 | down 45.2% | rising |
| 29 | Tajikistan | 2,061 million SLC | 2024 | up 112.1% | volatile |
| 30 | Liberia | 1,689 million SLC | 2022 | up 55.5% | volatile |
| 31 | Singapore | 1,393 million SLC | 2024 | down 75.6% | volatile |
| 32 | United Arab Emirates | 1,375 million SLC | 2024 | down 39.1% | flat |
| 33 | Afghanistan | 1,215 million SLC | 2020 | up 67.0% | rising |
| 34 | Greece | 1,105 million SLC | 2021 | down 42.5% | volatile |
| 35 | Botswana | 1,044 million SLC | 2021 | up 333.6% | volatile |
| 36 | Guinea-Bissau | 937.95 million SLC | 2024 | up 16,633.9% | volatile |
| 37 | Gambia | 856.92 million SLC | 2024 | up 1,169.9% | volatile |
| 38 | Uruguay | 817.83 million SLC | 2021 | down 20.4% | rising |
| 39 | Vanuatu | 535.12 million SLC | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 40 | Jordan | 518.23 million SLC | 2023 | up 108.0% | rising |
| 41 | Azerbaijan | 280.13 million SLC | 2024 | down 63.7% | falling |
| 42 | Gabon | 240.91 million SLC | 2012 | up 113.3% | rising |
| 43 | Trinidad and Tobago | 137.98 million SLC | 2024 | up 130.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Seychelles | 129.96 million SLC | 2023 | up 209.3% | rising |
| 45 | Papua New Guinea | 61.75 million SLC | 2024 | up 2,304.6% | volatile |
| 46 | Lesotho | 50.82 million SLC | 2024 | up 165.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Oman | 48.6 million SLC | 2023 | up 29.5% | flat |
| 48 | Suriname | 47.67 million SLC | 2024 | down 49.1% | falling |
| 49 | Qatar | 34.65 million SLC | 2002 | down 78.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Grenada | 17.14 million SLC | 2024 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 51 | Maldives | 16.18 million SLC | 2024 | up 90.8% | volatile |
| 52 | Barbados | 9.43 million SLC | 2021 | down 58.7% | volatile |
| 53 | Saint Lucia | 6.2 million SLC | 2024 | down 73.6% | volatile |
| 54 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.67 million SLC | 2024 | up 83.1% | volatile |
| 55 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.63 million SLC | 2024 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 56 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.9287 million SLC | 2024 | down 31.8% | volatile |
| 57 | Dominica | 0.6095 million SLC | 2024 | down 85.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Anguilla | 0.0664 million SLC | 2023 | down 96.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Montserrat | 0.011 million SLC | 2017 | down 57.7% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- United Republic of Tanzania 2.54 million million SLC
- United States of America 62,826 million SLC
- Syrian Arab Republic 42,377 million SLC
- Côte d'Ivoire 39,600 million SLC
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 15,063 million SLC
- Republic of Moldova 3,090 million SLC
About this data
Credit to agriculture measures the amount of loans and advances given by the banking sector to farmers, rural households, agricultural cooperatives, or any other agri-related businesses. Each country’s central bank compiles its credit stocks by economic activities as part of its monetary and financial statistics publications via annual or quarterly reports online. Data collection has been carried out mostly through reports found on the central bank websites. Data are collected and compiled according to the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC Rev. 4: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/classifications/Econ/isic) with a special concentration on the credit to agriculture, forestry and fishing sector separately from the ones to manufacturing and services.