Credit to Agriculture and Forestry — 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 and Forestry — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices is currently reported for 25 countries. The highest value is 1.69 million million SLC in Uganda; the lowest is 75.43 million SLC in Ecuador.
The median across all reporting countries is 53,094 million SLC, and the mean is 185,028 million SLC.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 22,451.
Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Ecuador (up 814.5%), and the largest decrease in Argentina (down 72.5%).
Credit to Agriculture and Forestry — Value Standard Local Currency: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uganda | 1.69 million million SLC | 2022 | up 161.6% | rising |
| 2 | Nigeria | 837,695 million SLC | 2021 | up 163.7% | volatile |
| 3 | Japan | 777,645 million SLC | 2024 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 4 | Nepal | 215,334 million SLC | 2024 | up 305.2% | volatile |
| 5 | Philippines | 208,907 million SLC | 2013 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 6 | Pakistan | 197,607 million SLC | 2022 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 7 | Angola | 112,232 million SLC | 2019 | up 415.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Mali | 110,048 million SLC | 2021 | up 131.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Senegal | 80,155 million SLC | 2021 | up 202.9% | volatile |
| 10 | Thailand | 71,529 million SLC | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 11 | Ukraine | 61,812 million SLC | 2011 | up 219.9% | rising |
| 12 | Czechia | 56,000 million SLC | 2018 | up 54.1% | rising |
| 13 | Benin | 53,094 million SLC | 2021 | up 97.5% | volatile |
| 14 | Burkina Faso | 52,386 million SLC | 2021 | up 76.9% | volatile |
| 15 | Malaysia | 29,855 million SLC | 2023 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 16 | Argentina | 21,022 million SLC | 2024 | down 72.5% | rising |
| 17 | Guyana | 14,377 million SLC | 2021 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 18 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 13,753 million SLC | 2023 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 19 | Albania | 7,080 million SLC | 2015 | up 182.2% | rising |
| 20 | Niger | 5,957 million SLC | 2018 | up 47.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Ireland | 3,403 million SLC | 2020 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 22 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,646 million SLC | 2021 | up 118.2% | volatile |
| 23 | Togo | 521.73 million SLC | 2021 | down 68.6% | volatile |
| 24 | Suriname | 83.2 million SLC | 2019 | down 15.9% | rising |
| 25 | Ecuador | 75.43 million SLC | 2014 | up 814.5% | 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 1.53 million million SLC
- Côte d'Ivoire 120,017 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.