Number of local breeds kept in the country in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Number of local breeds kept in the country was 93 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Number of local breeds kept in the country in Ethiopia, 2000–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
The most recent figure for number of local breeds kept in the country in Ethiopia is 93, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 43.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of local breeds kept in the country in Ethiopia peaked at 93 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8, in 2000.
Ethiopia ranks 18th of 174 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Number of local breeds kept in the country in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 8 | — |
| 2001 | 8 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 8 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 8 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 8 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 9 | +12.5% |
| 2006 | 65 | +622.2% |
| 2007 | 65 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 65 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 65 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 65 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 65 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 65 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 65 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 65 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 65 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 65 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 65 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 65 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 65 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 65 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 66 | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 66 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 66 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 93 | +40.9% |
| 2025 | 93 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 30.9 | 8 | 65 | 10 |
| 2010s | 65 | 65 | 65 | 10 |
| 2020s | 74.83 | 65 | 93 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 15 Australia 108 compare
- 16 Pakistan 105 compare
- 17 Bulgaria 96 compare
- 19 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 91 compare
- 20 Republic of Korea 86 compare
- 21 Kazakhstan 75 compare
More development goals data for Ethiopia
- Red List Index 0.8413 (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 122.55 (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 52.47 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds 14 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 14 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 14 (2025)
- Number of local breeds with unknown risk status 81 (2025)
- Number of local breeds (not extinct) 93 (2025)
- Infant deaths 141,578 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths 104,789 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of local breeds kept in the country in Ethiopia?
- Number of local breeds kept in the country in Ethiopia was 93 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 Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 93 in 2024.
- What is the lowest number of local breeds kept in the country recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 8 in 2000.
- How does Ethiopia rank for number of local breeds kept in the country?
- Ethiopia ranks 18th out of 174 countries with data for 2025.
- Is number of local breeds kept in the country rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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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