Credit to Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing — Agriculture orientation in India
India: Credit to Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing — Agriculture orientation was 0.8692 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Credit to Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing — Agriculture orientation in India, 1996–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Analysis
The most recent figure for credit to agriculture, forestry and fishing — agriculture orientation in India is 0.8692, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 29 years on record.
That represents a change of up 14.1% on the previous year and up 32.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, credit to agriculture, forestry and fishing — agriculture orientation in India peaked at 0.8692 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.3353, in 1996.
India ranks 34th of 118 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Credit to Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing — Agriculture orientation in India, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 0.3353 | — |
| 1997 | 0.3516 | +4.9% |
| 1998 | 0.3377 | -3.9% |
| 1999 | 0.3666 | +8.6% |
| 2000 | 0.3552 | -3.1% |
| 2001 | 0.3385 | -4.7% |
| 2002 | 0.3852 | +13.8% |
| 2003 | 0.3896 | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 0.4568 | +17.3% |
| 2005 | 0.4643 | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 0.5151 | +10.9% |
| 2007 | 0.5448 | +5.8% |
| 2008 | 0.5401 | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 0.5632 | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 0.603 | +7.1% |
| 2011 | 0.5782 | -4.1% |
| 2012 | 0.5183 | -10.4% |
| 2013 | 0.6551 | +26.4% |
| 2014 | 0.6551 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.7203 | +9.9% |
| 2016 | 0.7459 | +3.6% |
| 2017 | 0.7737 | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 0.7982 | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 0.7636 | -4.3% |
| 2020 | 0.701 | -8.2% |
| 2021 | 0.7443 | +6.2% |
| 2022 | 0.7273 | -2.3% |
| 2023 | 0.7618 | +4.7% |
| 2024 | 0.8692 | +14.1% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 0.8692 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.3383, 2.6× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- India's 0.8692 is above the median for South Asia, which is 0.4503, 1.9× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3478 | 0.3353 | 0.3666 | 4 |
| 2000s | 0.4553 | 0.3385 | 0.5632 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6811 | 0.5183 | 0.7982 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7607 | 0.701 | 0.8692 | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
More environment data for India
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 11.05 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 12.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.254 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.954 °C (2025)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use, gaps filled 2.38 million t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use, annual growth rate 26.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Country area — Area, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Country area — Area, per unit of GDP 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Country area — Area, per capita 0.0002 1000 ha per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is credit to agriculture, forestry and fishing — agriculture orientation in India?
- Credit to agriculture, forestry and fishing — agriculture orientation in India was 0.8692 in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest credit to agriculture, forestry and fishing — agriculture orientation recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8692 in 2024.
- What is the lowest credit to agriculture, forestry and fishing — agriculture orientation recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3353 in 1996.
- How does India rank for credit to agriculture, forestry and fishing — agriculture orientation?
- India ranks 34th out of 118 countries with data for 2024.
- Is credit to agriculture, forestry and fishing — agriculture orientation rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Credit to Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing — Agriculture orientation index US$, 2015 prices. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.