Credit to Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing — Share of Total Credit in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Credit to Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing — Share of Total Credit was 8.85 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Credit to Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing — Share of Total Credit in Sri Lanka, 1996–2024
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 Sri Lanka is 8.85 %, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and down 14.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, credit to agriculture, forestry and fishing — share of total credit in Sri Lanka peaked at 14.36 % in 2010 and was at its lowest, 3.81 %, in 2004.
Sri Lanka ranks 21st of 119 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 — Share of Total Credit in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 5.45 % | — |
| 1997 | 5.42 % | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 5.42 % | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 6.06 % | +11.9% |
| 2000 | 4.79 % | -20.9% |
| 2001 | 4.73 % | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 4.71 % | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 4.49 % | -4.6% |
| 2004 | 3.81 % | -15.3% |
| 2005 | 4.3 % | +12.8% |
| 2006 | 3.9 % | -9.3% |
| 2007 | 4.04 % | +3.6% |
| 2008 | 9.16 % | +127.0% |
| 2009 | 12.74 % | +39.1% |
| 2010 | 14.36 % | +12.7% |
| 2011 | 13.07 % | -9.0% |
| 2012 | 13.61 % | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 12.03 % | -11.6% |
| 2014 | 10.39 % | -13.7% |
| 2015 | 9.01 % | -13.2% |
| 2016 | 8.51 % | -5.5% |
| 2017 | 8.41 % | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 8.2 % | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 7.84 % | -4.4% |
| 2020 | 7.68 % | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 7.65 % | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 8.47 % | +10.6% |
| 2023 | 8.8 % | +3.9% |
| 2024 | 8.85 % | +0.6% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 8.85 % is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2.26 %, 3.9× the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 8.85 % is above the median for South Asia, which is 5.68 %, 1.6× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Credit to Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing — Share of Total Credit 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 | +127.0% | 4.04 % | 9.16 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.59 % | 5.42 % | 6.06 % | 4 |
| 2000s | 5.67 % | 3.81 % | 12.74 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.54 % | 7.84 % | 14.36 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.29 % | 7.65 % | 8.85 % | 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)
- Cooling Degree Days, annual growth rate 4.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Heating Degree Days, gaps filled 0.01 (2024)
- Heating Degree Days, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Heating Degree Days, per capita 0 units per person (2024)
- Value Added Deflator (Agriculture, forestry and fishery) — Value 10.06 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is credit to agriculture, forestry and fishing — share of total credit in Sri Lanka?
- Credit to agriculture, forestry and fishing — share of total credit in Sri Lanka was 8.85 % 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 Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 14.36 % in 2010.
- What is the lowest credit to agriculture, forestry and fishing — share of total credit recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.81 % in 2004.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for credit to agriculture, forestry and fishing — share of total credit?
- Sri Lanka ranks 21st out of 119 countries with data for 2024.
- Is credit to agriculture, forestry and fishing — share of total credit rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.8%. 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 — 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.