Credit to Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing — Agriculture orientation in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Credit to Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing — Agriculture orientation was 1.17 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Credit to Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing — Agriculture orientation in Sri Lanka, 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 Sri Lanka is 1.17, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 4.3% on the previous year and down 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, credit to agriculture, forestry and fishing — agriculture orientation in Sri Lanka peaked at 1.65 in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.4232, in 2004.
Sri Lanka ranks 28th of 118 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Credit to Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing — Agriculture orientation in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 0.4895 | — |
| 1997 | 0.5034 | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 0.5141 | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 0.5658 | +10.0% |
| 2000 | 0.4637 | -18.1% |
| 2001 | 0.4687 | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 0.4763 | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 0.4735 | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 0.4232 | -10.6% |
| 2005 | 0.4982 | +17.7% |
| 2006 | 0.4755 | -4.6% |
| 2007 | 0.4971 | +4.5% |
| 2008 | 1.06 | +113.4% |
| 2009 | 1.44 | +35.7% |
| 2010 | 1.63 | +13.5% |
| 2011 | 1.53 | -6.1% |
| 2012 | 1.65 | +7.4% |
| 2013 | 1.46 | -11.6% |
| 2014 | 1.28 | -12.2% |
| 2015 | 1.1 | -14.2% |
| 2016 | 1.14 | +4.1% |
| 2017 | 1.22 | +7.2% |
| 2018 | 1.15 | -6.2% |
| 2019 | 1.09 | -5.0% |
| 2020 | 1.03 | -5.8% |
| 2021 | 1.06 | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 1.13 | +7.0% |
| 2023 | 1.12 | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 1.17 | +4.3% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 1.17 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.5098, 2.3× the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 1.17 is above the median for South Asia, which is 0.4503, 2.6× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Credit to Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing — Agriculture orientation in Sri Lanka changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +113.4% | 0.4971 | 1.06 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5182 | 0.4895 | 0.5658 | 4 |
| 2000s | 0.6276 | 0.4232 | 1.44 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.32 | 1.09 | 1.65 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.1 | 1.03 | 1.17 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
More environment data for Sri Lanka
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 5.24 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 5.49 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.207 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.849 °C (2025)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity, gaps filled 2 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use, gaps filled 140,628 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use, annual growth rate 17.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled 15,157 t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity, annual growth rate -23.28 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is credit to agriculture, forestry and fishing — agriculture orientation in Sri Lanka?
- Credit to agriculture, forestry and fishing — agriculture orientation in Sri Lanka was 1.17 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 Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 1.65 in 2012.
- What is the lowest credit to agriculture, forestry and fishing — agriculture orientation recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4232 in 2004.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for credit to agriculture, forestry and fishing — agriculture orientation?
- Sri Lanka ranks 28th out of 118 countries with data for 2024.
- Is credit to agriculture, forestry and fishing — agriculture orientation rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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.