Number of local breeds (not extinct) (number) in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Number of local breeds (not extinct) (number) was 820 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Number of local breeds (not extinct) in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 2000–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) recorded 820 for number of local breeds (not extinct) in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of local breeds (not extinct) in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 820 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 221, in 2000.
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 9th of 34 groups 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 (not extinct) (number) in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 221 | — |
| 2001 | 226 | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 229 | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 232 | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 240 | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 249 | +3.8% |
| 2006 | 752 | +202.0% |
| 2007 | 752 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 753 | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 753 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 753 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 753 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 753 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 752 | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 752 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 753 | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 753 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 753 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 753 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 753 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 764 | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 765 | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 774 | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 781 | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 811 | +3.8% |
| 2025 | 820 | +1.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Number of local breeds (not extinct) (number) in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +202.0% | 249 | 752 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 440.7 | 221 | 753 | 10 |
| 2010s | 752.8 | 752 | 753 | 10 |
| 2020s | 785.83 | 764 | 820 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
More development goals data for Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- Red List Index 0.7542 (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 1,312 (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 177.54 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds 307 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 295 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 227 (2025)
- Number of local breeds with unknown risk status 663 (2025)
- Number of local breeds kept in the country 834 (2025)
- Infant deaths 1.48 million (2024)
- Neonatal deaths 867,867 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of local breeds (not extinct) in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Number of local breeds (not extinct) in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 820 in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest number of local breeds (not extinct) recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 820 in 2025.
- What is the lowest number of local breeds (not extinct) recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 221 in 2000.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for number of local breeds (not extinct)?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 9th out of 34 groups with data for 2025.
- Is number of local breeds (not extinct) rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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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