Number of local breeds kept in the country in Egypt
Egypt: Number of local breeds kept in the country was 62 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Number of local breeds kept in the country in Egypt, 2000–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 62 for number of local breeds kept in the country in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of local breeds kept in the country in Egypt peaked at 62 in 2006 and was at its lowest, 31, in 2000.
Egypt ranks 36th of 201 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Number of local breeds kept in the country in Egypt, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 31 | — |
| 2001 | 31 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 31 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 31 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 31 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 31 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 62 | +100.0% |
| 2007 | 62 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 62 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 62 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 62 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 62 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 62 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 62 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 62 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 62 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 62 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 62 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 62 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 62 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 62 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 62 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 62 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 62 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 62 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 62 | +0.0% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 62 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 16, 3.9× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 62 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 15.5, 4.0× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 43.4 | 31 | 62 | 10 |
| 2010s | 62 | 62 | 62 | 10 |
| 2020s | 62 | 62 | 62 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 34 Chile 64 compare
- 34 Sweden 64 compare
- 37 South Africa 61 compare
- 38 Brazil 60 compare
- 39 Azerbaijan 58 compare
- 39 Philippines 58 compare
More development goals data for Egypt
- Red List Index 0.9179 index (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 20.4 per 100,000 people (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 560.3 constant US$ (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds 18 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 18 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 18 (2025)
- Number of local breeds with unknown risk status 62 (2025)
- Number of local breeds (not extinct) 62 (2025)
- Infant deaths 50,279 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths 33,761 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of local breeds kept in the country in Egypt?
- Number of local breeds kept in the country in Egypt was 62 in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest number of local breeds kept in the country recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 62 in 2006.
- What is the lowest number of local breeds kept in the country recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 31 in 2000.
- How does Egypt rank for number of local breeds kept in the country?
- Egypt ranks 36th out of 201 countries with data for 2025.
- Is number of local breeds kept in the country rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Number of local breeds kept in the country. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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