Credit to Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing — Share of Total Credit in Nepal
Nepal: Credit to Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing — Share of Total Credit was 6.85 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Credit to Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing — Share of Total Credit in Nepal, 1994–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for credit to agriculture, forestry and fishing — share of total credit in Nepal is 6.85 %, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 12.9% on the previous year and up 15.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, credit to agriculture, forestry and fishing — share of total credit in Nepal peaked at 7.87 % in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1.72 %, in 2008.
That places Nepal 25th out of 119 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Credit to Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing — Share of Total Credit in Nepal, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 1.8 % | — |
| 1995 | 1.82 % | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 1.83 % | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 1.82 % | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 2.07 % | +14.0% |
| 1999 | 2.21 % | +6.3% |
| 2000 | 2.22 % | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 2.56 % | +15.4% |
| 2002 | 2.93 % | +14.6% |
| 2003 | 3.1 % | +5.7% |
| 2004 | 3.04 % | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 2.81 % | -7.7% |
| 2006 | 2.72 % | -3.3% |
| 2007 | 2.18 % | -19.6% |
| 2008 | 1.72 % | -21.0% |
| 2009 | 3.42 % | +98.4% |
| 2010 | 3.16 % | -7.7% |
| 2011 | 4.07 % | +28.9% |
| 2012 | 4.25 % | +4.4% |
| 2013 | 5.79 % | +36.2% |
| 2014 | 5.95 % | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 6.73 % | +13.0% |
| 2016 | 4.69 % | -30.3% |
| 2017 | 4.52 % | -3.4% |
| 2018 | 4.87 % | +7.8% |
| 2019 | 5.57 % | +14.2% |
| 2020 | 5.99 % | +7.5% |
| 2021 | 6.78 % | +13.3% |
| 2022 | 7.4 % | +9.1% |
| 2023 | 7.87 % | +6.4% |
| 2024 | 6.85 % | -12.9% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 6.85 % is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 4.56 %, 1.5× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 6.85 % is above the median for South Asia, which is 5.68 %, 1.2× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Credit to Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing — Share of Total Credit in Nepal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +98.4% | 1.72 % | 3.42 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.92 % | 1.8 % | 2.21 % | 6 |
| 2000s | 2.67 % | 1.72 % | 3.42 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.96 % | 3.16 % | 6.73 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.98 % | 5.99 % | 7.87 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
More environment data for Nepal
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 2.73 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.41 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.265 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.43 °C (2025)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity, gaps filled 0 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use, gaps filled 79,991 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled 43,147 t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is credit to agriculture, forestry and fishing — share of total credit in Nepal?
- Credit to agriculture, forestry and fishing — share of total credit in Nepal was 6.85 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest credit to agriculture, forestry and fishing — share of total credit recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 7.87 % in 2023.
- What is the lowest credit to agriculture, forestry and fishing — share of total credit recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.72 % in 2008.
- How does Nepal rank for credit to agriculture, forestry and fishing — share of total credit?
- Nepal ranks 25th out of 119 countries with data for 2024.
- Is credit to agriculture, forestry and fishing — share of total credit rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nepal 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 — Share of Total Credit 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.