Credit to Agriculture — Value Standard Local Currency 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 is currently reported for 59 countries. The highest value is 24.20 million million SLC in India; the lowest is 0.011 million SLC in Montserrat.
The median across all reporting countries is 2,311 million SLC, and the mean is 747,433 million SLC.
Over the past decade 44 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea-Bissau (up 23,980.0%), and the largest decrease in Anguilla (down 95.3%).
Credit to Agriculture — Value Standard Local Currency: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 24.20 million million SLC | 2024 | up 235.1% | volatile |
| 2 | Lebanon | 14.30 million million SLC | 2024 | up 1,430.2% | volatile |
| 3 | Uganda | 1.19 million million SLC | 2024 | up 24.8% | volatile |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 802,039 million SLC | 2023 | up 114.6% | rising |
| 5 | Burundi | 729,818 million SLC | 2024 | up 10,944.6% | volatile |
| 6 | Sri Lanka | 585,532 million SLC | 2022 | up 88.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Costa Rica | 585,219 million SLC | 2024 | up 26.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Argentina | 418,742 million SLC | 2020 | up 1,743.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Nepal | 365,523 million SLC | 2023 | up 833.7% | volatile |
| 10 | Senegal | 121,797 million SLC | 2024 | up 215.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Mali | 109,925 million SLC | 2021 | up 112.0% | volatile |
| 12 | Benin | 99,789 million SLC | 2024 | up 445.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Thailand | 83,744 million SLC | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 14 | Burkina Faso | 62,024 million SLC | 2024 | up 42.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Egypt | 60,597 million SLC | 2024 | up 746.9% | volatile |
| 16 | Czechia | 57,298 million SLC | 2018 | up 76.1% | rising |
| 17 | Ethiopia | 52,003 million SLC | 2022 | up 202.9% | volatile |
| 18 | Canada | 51,806 million SLC | 2024 | up 178.2% | volatile |
| 19 | Kyrgyzstan | 42,193 million SLC | 2023 | up 350.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Brazil | 40,093 million SLC | 2021 | up 59.1% | rising |
| 21 | Malaysia | 33,880 million SLC | 2024 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 22 | Niger | 26,720 million SLC | 2024 | up 383.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Guyana | 25,085 million SLC | 2024 | up 134.5% | volatile |
| 24 | Togo | 10,250 million SLC | 2024 | up 482.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Peru | 7,154 million SLC | 2015 | up 170.5% | rising |
| 26 | Bhutan | 5,046 million SLC | 2023 | up 227.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Mozambique | 3,850 million SLC | 2024 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 28 | Tajikistan | 3,127 million SLC | 2024 | up 230.9% | volatile |
| 29 | Ireland | 3,036 million SLC | 2024 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 30 | Liberia | 2,311 million SLC | 2022 | up 172.3% | volatile |
| 31 | Singapore | 1,813 million SLC | 2024 | down 67.2% | volatile |
| 32 | Gambia | 1,671 million SLC | 2024 | up 2,616.6% | volatile |
| 33 | United Arab Emirates | 1,604 million SLC | 2024 | down 40.5% | rising |
| 34 | Afghanistan | 1,412 million SLC | 2020 | up 152.1% | rising |
| 35 | Uruguay | 1,332 million SLC | 2021 | up 81.6% | volatile |
| 36 | Botswana | 1,294 million SLC | 2021 | up 539.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,204 million SLC | 2024 | up 23,980.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Greece | 1,114 million SLC | 2021 | down 44.6% | falling |
| 39 | Vanuatu | 825 million SLC | 2024 | up 70.6% | rising |
| 40 | Azerbaijan | 586.87 million SLC | 2024 | down 30.7% | rising |
| 41 | Jordan | 584.35 million SLC | 2023 | up 147.9% | volatile |
| 42 | Suriname | 504.4 million SLC | 2024 | up 427.6% | volatile |
| 43 | Gabon | 284.3 million SLC | 2012 | up 296.5% | rising |
| 44 | Trinidad and Tobago | 168.3 million SLC | 2024 | up 155.8% | rising |
| 45 | Seychelles | 147 million SLC | 2023 | up 254.2% | volatile |
| 46 | Papua New Guinea | 100.6 million SLC | 2024 | up 3,769.2% | volatile |
| 47 | Lesotho | 72.83 million SLC | 2024 | up 318.6% | volatile |
| 48 | Oman | 57.22 million SLC | 2023 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 49 | Grenada | 20.15 million SLC | 2024 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 50 | Maldives | 18.1 million SLC | 2024 | up 129.1% | volatile |
| 51 | Qatar | 17.4 million SLC | 2002 | down 72.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Barbados | 10.95 million SLC | 2021 | down 51.5% | volatile |
| 53 | Saint Lucia | 7.51 million SLC | 2024 | down 67.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.06 million SLC | 2024 | up 132.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.98 million SLC | 2024 | up 24.8% | volatile |
| 56 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.99 million SLC | 2024 | down 27.5% | volatile |
| 57 | Dominica | 0.74 million SLC | 2024 | down 81.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Anguilla | 0.08 million SLC | 2023 | down 95.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Montserrat | 0.011 million SLC | 2017 | down 56.0% | 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 3.25 million million SLC
- United States of America 71,126 million SLC
- Syrian Arab Republic 350,747 million SLC
- Côte d'Ivoire 45,503 million SLC
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 93,931 million SLC
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 16,241 million SLC
- Republic of Moldova 4,152 million SLC
- Türkiye 2,956 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.