Number of local breeds (not extinct) in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Number of local breeds (not extinct) was 93 in 2025. β² Rising
Number of local breeds (not extinct) in Ethiopia, 2000β2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Ethiopia recorded 93 for number of local breeds (not extinct) 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 (not extinct) in Ethiopia peaked at 93 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8, in 2000.
That places Ethiopia 14th out of 173 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
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
- 11 Australia and New Zealand 143 compare
- 12 Poland 125 compare
- 13 Pakistan 104 compare
- 14 Romania 93 compare
- 16 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 88 compare
- 17 Republic of Korea 86 compare
More development goals data for Ethiopia
- Red List Index 0.8413 index (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 122.55 per 100,000 people (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 52.47 constant US$ (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 kept in the country 93 (2025)
- Infant deaths 141,578 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths 104,789 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of local breeds (not extinct) in Ethiopia?
- Number of local breeds (not extinct) in Ethiopia was 93 in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest number of local breeds (not extinct) recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 93 in 2024.
- What is the lowest number of local breeds (not extinct) recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 8 in 2000.
- How does Ethiopia rank for number of local breeds (not extinct)?
- Ethiopia ranks 14th out of 173 countries with data for 2025.
- Is number of local breeds (not extinct) 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 (not extinct) (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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