Number of local breeds (not extinct) (number) in Ecuador
Ecuador: Number of local breeds (not extinct) (number) was 28 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Number of local breeds (not extinct) in Ecuador, 2000–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
The most recent figure for number of local breeds (not extinct) in Ecuador is 28, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.7% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of local breeds (not extinct) in Ecuador peaked at 28 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 7, in 2000.
Ecuador ranks 67th of 200 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Number of local breeds (not extinct) (number) in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 7 | — |
| 2001 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 8 | +14.3% |
| 2003 | 8 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 8 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 8 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 27 | +237.5% |
| 2007 | 27 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 27 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 27 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 27 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 27 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 27 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 27 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 27 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 27 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 27 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 27 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 27 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 27 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 27 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 27 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 27 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 27 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 27 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 28 | +3.7% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 28 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 19.5, 1.4× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 28 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 9, 3.1× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 15.4 | 7 | 27 | 10 |
| 2010s | 27 | 27 | 27 | 10 |
| 2020s | 27.17 | 27 | 28 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
More development goals data for Ecuador
- Red List Index 0.7358 (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 28.06 (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 829.96 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds 41 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 41 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 14 (2025)
- Number of local breeds with unknown risk status 20 (2025)
- Number of local breeds kept in the country 28 (2025)
- Infant deaths 2,945 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths 1,880 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of local breeds (not extinct) in Ecuador?
- Number of local breeds (not extinct) in Ecuador was 28 in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest number of local breeds (not extinct) recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 28 in 2025.
- What is the lowest number of local breeds (not extinct) recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 in 2000.
- How does Ecuador rank for number of local breeds (not extinct)?
- Ecuador ranks 67th out of 200 countries with data for 2025.
- Is number of local breeds (not extinct) rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Number of local breeds (not extinct) (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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