Credit to Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing — Agriculture orientation in Malawi
Malawi: Credit to Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing — Agriculture orientation was 0.7319 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Credit to Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing — Agriculture orientation in Malawi, 2003–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 0.7319 for credit to agriculture, forestry and fishing — agriculture orientation in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.7% on the previous year and down 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, credit to agriculture, forestry and fishing — agriculture orientation in Malawi peaked at 1.09 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.2633, in 2003.
Malawi ranks 44th of 118 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Credit to Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing — Agriculture orientation in Malawi, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 0.2633 | — |
| 2004 | 0.3278 | +24.5% |
| 2005 | 0.3 | -8.5% |
| 2006 | 0.482 | +60.7% |
| 2007 | 0.5069 | +5.2% |
| 2008 | 0.6445 | +27.2% |
| 2009 | 0.3537 | -45.1% |
| 2010 | 0.3733 | +5.6% |
| 2011 | 0.7551 | +102.3% |
| 2012 | 0.5279 | -30.1% |
| 2013 | 0.7671 | +45.3% |
| 2014 | 0.7611 | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 1.09 | +43.0% |
| 2016 | 0.8462 | -22.2% |
| 2017 | 1.03 | +21.8% |
| 2018 | 0.9036 | -12.3% |
| 2019 | 0.9689 | +7.2% |
| 2020 | 0.7978 | -17.7% |
| 2021 | 0.6809 | -14.7% |
| 2022 | 0.6453 | -5.2% |
| 2023 | 0.6991 | +8.3% |
| 2024 | 0.7319 | +4.7% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 0.7319 is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.1605, 4.6× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 0.7319 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.2372, 3.1× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.4112 | 0.2633 | 0.6445 | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.8022 | 0.3733 | 1.09 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.711 | 0.6453 | 0.7978 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
More environment data for Malawi
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.9153 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.8098 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.254 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.07 °C (2025)
- Cropland — Area, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cropland — Area, per unit of GDP 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cropland — Area, per capita 0.0002 1000 ha per person (2024)
- Arable land — Area, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arable land — Area, per unit of GDP 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is credit to agriculture, forestry and fishing — agriculture orientation in Malawi?
- Credit to agriculture, forestry and fishing — agriculture orientation in Malawi was 0.7319 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 Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 1.09 in 2015.
- What is the lowest credit to agriculture, forestry and fishing — agriculture orientation recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2633 in 2003.
- How does Malawi rank for credit to agriculture, forestry and fishing — agriculture orientation?
- Malawi ranks 44th out of 118 countries with data for 2024.
- Is credit to agriculture, forestry and fishing — agriculture orientation rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi 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.