Number of local breeds (not extinct) in Spain
Spain: Number of local breeds (not extinct) was 201 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Number of local breeds (not extinct) in Spain, 2000–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
In 2025, number of local breeds (not extinct) in Spain stood at 201.
That represents a change of down 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of local breeds (not extinct) in Spain peaked at 209 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 131, in 2000.
That places Spain 8th out of 200 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.
Number of local breeds (not extinct) in Spain, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 131 | — |
| 2001 | 141 | +7.6% |
| 2002 | 141 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 141 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 141 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 143 | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 207 | +44.8% |
| 2007 | 208 | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 208 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 208 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 207 | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 207 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 207 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 206 | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 207 | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 209 | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 209 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 208 | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 209 | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 208 | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 208 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 208 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 208 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 205 | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 201 | -2.0% |
| 2025 | 201 | +0.0% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 201 is above the median for high income countries, which is 21, 9.6× the median. (61 countries reporting)
- Spain's 201 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 36, 5.6× the median. (49 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Number of local breeds (not extinct) in Spain 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 | +44.8% | 143 | 207 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 166.9 | 131 | 208 | 10 |
| 2010s | 207.7 | 206 | 209 | 10 |
| 2020s | 205.17 | 201 | 208 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Spain
More development goals data for Spain
- Red List Index 0.7958 index (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 0.1984 per 100,000 people (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 3,824 constant US$ (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds 29 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 27 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 1 (2025)
- Number of local breeds with unknown risk status 50 (2025)
- Number of local breeds kept in the country 221 (2025)
- Infant deaths 878 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths 575 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of local breeds (not extinct) in Spain?
- Number of local breeds (not extinct) in Spain was 201 in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest number of local breeds (not extinct) recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 209 in 2015.
- What is the lowest number of local breeds (not extinct) recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 131 in 2000.
- How does Spain rank for number of local breeds (not extinct)?
- Spain ranks 8th out of 200 countries with data for 2025.
- Is number of local breeds (not extinct) rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain 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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