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Credit to agriculture: Global and regional trends 2015–2024

  • Publication | 2026
Global Food and Nutrition Security

Credit plays a pivotal role in agricultural development, serving as a critical instrument that enables farmers to finance production, adopt improved technologies, and sustain productivity in the face of seasonal and market uncertainties.FAOSTAT provides total credit data series from 1991 to 2024 for over 170 countries and credit to agriculture data series for 131 countries. In real terms, credit to agriculture increased by 29 percent, from USD 961 billion in 2015 to USD 1 239 billion in 2024. Over the same period, total loans across all industries expanded by 40 percent, from USD 39.5 trillion to USD 55.3 trillion.

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19 Jan 2026

Related organisation(s)FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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