Credit to Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing — Share of Total Credit US$, 2015 prices by country
Credit to agriculture measures the amount of loans and advances given by the banking sector to farmers, rural households, agricultural cooperatives, or any other agri-related businesses. Each country’s central bank compiles its credit stocks by economic activities as part of its monetary and financial statistics...
What the numbers show
Credit to Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing — Share of Total Credit US$, 2015 prices is currently reported for 131 countries. The highest value is 18.55 % in Sudan; the lowest is 0.0095 % in Montserrat.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.99 %, and the mean is 4.57 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,956.
Over the past decade 52 countries rose and 79 fell. The largest increase was in Syrian Arab Republic (up 2,177.7%), and the largest decrease in Montserrat (down 97.8%).
Credit to Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing — Share of Total Credit: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sudan | 18.55 % | 2022 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 1 | Syrian Arab Republic | 12.45 % | 2021 | up 2,177.7% | volatile |
| 2 | Namibia | 16.86 % | 2024 | down 44.3% | rising |
| 2 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 10.72 % | 2018 | up 63.8% | falling |
| 3 | Malawi | 16.29 % | 2024 | down 19.6% | rising |
| 3 | United Republic of Tanzania | 10.63 % | 2023 | up 6.4% | flat |
| 4 | Zimbabwe | 15.87 % | 2024 | down 15.8% | flat |
| 4 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 8.85 % | 2016 | down 40.2% | falling |
| 5 | Burundi | 15.79 % | 2024 | up 1,855.9% | volatile |
| 5 | Viet Nam | 6.55 % | 2024 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 6 | Ukraine | 15.41 % | 2024 | up 116.9% | rising |
| 6 | Republic of Moldova | 6.28 % | 2024 | down 1.9% | volatile |
| 7 | Uruguay | 14.55 % | 2024 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 8 | Kyrgyzstan | 13.92 % | 2024 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 9 | India | 12.88 % | 2024 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 10 | Tajikistan | 12.73 % | 2024 | up 6.3% | volatile |
| 10 | Melanesia | 2.07 % | 2024 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 11 | Ecuador | 12.69 % | 2022 | up 56.8% | rising |
| 11 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.5734 % | 2023 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 12 | Nicaragua | 12.17 % | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 13 | Uganda | 11.95 % | 2024 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 13 | Timor-Leste | 0.3865 % | 2024 | down 91.8% | volatile |
| 14 | Cambodia | 11.61 % | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 14 | Türkiye | 0.0332 % | 2023 | down 82.4% | volatile |
| 15 | Zambia | 11.2 % | 2024 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 16 | Australia | 11.06 % | 2024 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 17 | Guyana | 11.01 % | 2024 | up 14.5% | falling |
| 18 | Argentina | 10.88 % | 2024 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 19 | Gambia | 9.09 % | 2024 | up 671.2% | volatile |
| 20 | Australia and New Zealand | 9 % | 2024 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 21 | Sri Lanka | 8.85 % | 2024 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 21 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.28 % | 2024 | down 55.4% | rising |
| 22 | Belize | 8.75 % | 2024 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 23 | Canada | 8.7 % | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 24 | Indonesia | 7.22 % | 2024 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 25 | Nepal | 6.85 % | 2024 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 26 | New Zealand | 6.48 % | 2024 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 27 | Estonia | 6.29 % | 2024 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 28 | Italy | 5.74 % | 2024 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 28 | Cabo Verde | 0.4319 % | 2024 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 29 | Mali | 5.55 % | 2023 | down 15.2% | volatile |
| 30 | Armenia | 5.44 % | 2024 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 31 | Gabon | 5.37 % | 2012 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Nigeria | 5.06 % | 2023 | up 47.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Ireland | 5.03 % | 2024 | up 62.7% | rising |
| 34 | Hungary | 4.93 % | 2024 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 35 | Ethiopia | 4.89 % | 2024 | down 43.9% | volatile |
| 36 | France | 4.89 % | 2024 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 37 | Pakistan | 4.82 % | 2024 | down 46.0% | falling |
| 38 | Tunisia | 4.79 % | 2024 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 39 | Serbia | 4.74 % | 2024 | down 19.3% | flat |
| 40 | Ghana | 4.71 % | 2024 | up 19.7% | falling |
| 41 | Slovakia | 4.61 % | 2024 | up 48.4% | rising |
| 42 | Guatemala | 4.58 % | 2024 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 43 | Angola | 4.56 % | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 44 | Bangladesh | 4.5 % | 2024 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 45 | Honduras | 4.48 % | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 46 | Liberia | 4.1 % | 2024 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 47 | Belarus | 4.07 % | 2024 | down 69.3% | volatile |
| 48 | Suriname | 3.96 % | 2024 | up 47.6% | falling |
| 49 | Republic of Korea | 3.92 % | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 50 | Benin | 3.9 % | 2024 | up 136.6% | volatile |
| 51 | Kenya | 3.86 % | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 52 | Peru | 3.83 % | 2015 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 53 | Russian Federation | 3.64 % | 2024 | down 41.9% | falling |
| 54 | Afghanistan | 3.57 % | 2020 | up 305.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Morocco | 3.51 % | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 56 | Panama | 3.39 % | 2024 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 57 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 3.29 % | 2024 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 58 | Belgium | 3.11 % | 2021 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 59 | Costa Rica | 3.06 % | 2024 | down 22.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Bulgaria | 2.99 % | 2024 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 61 | Germany | 2.99 % | 2024 | down 19.3% | rising |
| 62 | Kazakhstan | 2.93 % | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 63 | Dominican Republic | 2.83 % | 2024 | down 42.0% | falling |
| 64 | Lesotho | 2.61 % | 2024 | up 172.8% | volatile |
| 65 | Senegal | 2.49 % | 2024 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 66 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.43 % | 2024 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 67 | Yemen | 2.36 % | 2014 | up 98.0% | rising |
| 68 | Seychelles | 2.28 % | 2024 | down 1.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Georgia | 2.27 % | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 70 | Botswana | 2.25 % | 2024 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 71 | Mexico | 2.25 % | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 72 | Brazil | 2.19 % | 2024 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 73 | Papua New Guinea | 2.18 % | 2024 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 74 | Philippines | 2.14 % | 2024 | down 54.6% | volatile |
| 75 | Finland | 2.05 % | 2022 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 76 | Jordan | 2.01 % | 2023 | up 41.3% | falling |
| 77 | Azerbaijan | 2 % | 2024 | down 56.1% | falling |
| 78 | Bhutan | 1.99 % | 2024 | down 45.1% | rising |
| 79 | El Salvador | 1.96 % | 2024 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 80 | Greece | 1.81 % | 2024 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 81 | Iraq | 1.8 % | 2024 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 82 | Spain | 1.77 % | 2024 | up 33.7% | falling |
| 83 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.71 % | 2024 | up 85.7% | volatile |
| 84 | Burkina Faso | 1.69 % | 2024 | down 39.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Egypt | 1.67 % | 2024 | up 47.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Czechia | 1.65 % | 2024 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 87 | Malaysia | 1.62 % | 2024 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 88 | Mozambique | 1.61 % | 2024 | down 23.8% | volatile |
| 89 | Niger | 1.51 % | 2024 | up 60.5% | volatile |
| 90 | Lebanon | 1.51 % | 2024 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 91 | China, mainland | 1.48 % | 2024 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 92 | Maldives | 1.34 % | 2024 | down 51.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Cyprus | 1.33 % | 2017 | up 91.9% | rising |
| 94 | Vanuatu | 1.31 % | 2024 | up 30.3% | falling |
| 95 | Albania | 1.3 % | 2024 | down 26.1% | flat |
| 96 | Jamaica | 1.04 % | 2024 | down 58.6% | volatile |
| 97 | Togo | 0.9928 % | 2024 | up 210.8% | volatile |
| 98 | Grenada | 0.9065 % | 2024 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 99 | Austria | 0.8941 % | 2024 | up 150.1% | rising |
| 100 | Rwanda | 0.8442 % | 2024 | down 72.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Switzerland | 0.7759 % | 2024 | down 24.4% | flat |
| 102 | Thailand | 0.51 % | 2024 | down 36.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Israel | 0.4742 % | 2024 | down 35.9% | volatile |
| 104 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.2774 % | 2024 | up 34.6% | volatile |
| 105 | Oman | 0.2456 % | 2024 | down 22.9% | volatile |
| 106 | Singapore | 0.2172 % | 2024 | down 76.2% | volatile |
| 107 | Barbados | 0.21 % | 2023 | down 10.1% | volatile |
| 108 | Saint Lucia | 0.1957 % | 2024 | down 68.9% | volatile |
| 109 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.1759 % | 2024 | up 55.1% | volatile |
| 110 | Japan | 0.1694 % | 2024 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 111 | Bahrain | 0.1567 % | 2024 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 112 | Dominica | 0.0872 % | 2024 | down 80.2% | volatile |
| 113 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0868 % | 2024 | down 58.9% | volatile |
| 114 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0653 % | 2024 | up 20.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Qatar | 0.048 % | 2002 | down 89.8% | volatile |
| 116 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0414 % | 2024 | down 53.8% | volatile |
| 117 | Anguilla | 0.0196 % | 2024 | down 88.6% | volatile |
| 118 | Aruba | 0.0144 % | 2024 | down 52.2% | volatile |
| 119 | Montserrat | 0.0095 % | 2021 | down 97.8% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Southern Asia 11.99 %
- Oceania 8.98 %
- Eastern Africa 6.09 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 5.32 %
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 5.29 %
- Western Africa 4.71 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 5.42 %
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 4.1 %
- Africa 3.95 %
- Middle Africa 3.25 %
- Eastern Europe 3.52 %
- Asia 2.2 %
- South America 3.49 %
- Northern Europe 3.3 %
- South-Eastern Asia 3.28 %
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 0.4553 %
- Southern Europe 3.16 %
- Central Asia 3.05 %
- European Union (27) 2.97 %
- Central America 2.85 %
- Northern Africa 2.77 %
- Europe 2.74 %
- Southern Africa 2.51 %
- Western Europe 2.41 %
- World 2.25 %
- Caribbean 1.68 %
- Eastern Asia 1.39 %
- Americas 1.22 %
- Northern America 1.01 %
- United States of America 0.6912 %
- Western Asia 0.3319 %
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.