Number of local breeds with unknown risk status (number) by country
Countries reporting
173
Highest
216
China
Lowest
0
Thailand
Median
9
Years covered
26
2000β2025
Data points
5,575
What the numbers show
Number of local breeds with unknown risk status (number) is currently reported for 173 countries. The highest value is 216 in China; the lowest is 0 in Thailand.
The median across all reporting countries is 9, and the mean is 19.23.
Over the past decade 48 countries rose and 45 fell. The largest increase was in Namibia (up 2,200.0%), and the largest decrease in Bulgaria (down 100.0%).
Number of local breeds with unknown risk status: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 216 | 2025 | down 56.1% | falling |
| 2 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 171 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 3 | Indonesia | 153 | 2025 | up 66.3% | volatile |
| 4 | India | 141 | 2025 | up 23.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Pakistan | 104 | 2025 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 6 | Romania | 93 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 7 | France | 85 | 2025 | down 27.4% | volatile |
| 8 | Ethiopia | 81 | 2025 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 81 | 2025 | down 31.4% | rising |
| 10 | Kazakhstan | 75 | 2025 | up 74.4% | rising |
| 11 | Egypt | 62 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 12 | Belgium | 58 | 2025 | up 176.2% | volatile |
| 13 | Mali | 57 | 2025 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 14 | Azerbaijan | 52 | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Spain | 50 | 2025 | down 5.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Bangladesh | 48 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 16 | Japan | 48 | 2025 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 18 | Chile | 47 | 2025 | up 11.9% | volatile |
| 19 | Cuba | 44 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 20 | Albania | 43 | 2025 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 20 | Hungary | 43 | 2025 | down 42.7% | volatile |
| 22 | South Africa | 40 | 2025 | down 7.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Mexico | 38 | 2025 | up 46.2% | volatile |
| 23 | Philippines | 38 | 2025 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 25 | Afghanistan | 37 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 26 | Brazil | 36 | 2025 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 26 | Georgia | 36 | 2025 | up 111.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Chad | 35 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 29 | Ireland | 33 | 2025 | up 65.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Nepal | 33 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 31 | Germany | 30 | 2025 | up 42.9% | volatile |
| 31 | Kenya | 30 | 2025 | up 57.9% | rising |
| 33 | Kyrgyzstan | 26 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 34 | Burkina Faso | 23 | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 34 | Jordan | 23 | 2025 | up 4.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Namibia | 23 | 2025 | up 2,200.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Tajikistan | 23 | 2025 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 34 | Australia and New Zealand | 23 | 2025 | down 63.5% | volatile |
| 36 | Cook Islands | 8 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 39 | Iraq | 22 | 2025 | up 69.2% | rising |
| 40 | Cameroon | 21 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 40 | Guatemala | 21 | 2025 | up 5.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Honduras | 21 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 40 | Peru | 21 | 2025 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 40 | Niue | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 44 | Algeria | 20 | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 44 | Ecuador | 20 | 2025 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 44 | Uzbekistan | 20 | 2025 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 47 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 19 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 47 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 19 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 47 | Myanmar | 19 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 47 | Nigeria | 19 | 2025 | up 18.8% | volatile |
| 51 | Angola | 18 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 51 | Ghana | 18 | 2025 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 51 | Somalia | 18 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 51 | Republic of Korea | 18 | 2025 | down 21.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Madagascar | 17 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 55 | Sudan | 17 | 2025 | down 64.6% | falling |
| 57 | Cambodia | 16 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 57 | Malawi | 16 | 2025 | up 45.5% | volatile |
| 57 | Malaysia | 16 | 2025 | up 45.5% | volatile |
| 57 | New Zealand | 16 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 57 | Poland | 16 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 57 | Yemen | 16 | 2025 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 63 | United Arab Emirates | 15 | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 63 | Belarus | 15 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 63 | Eswatini | 15 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 63 | Zambia | 15 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 67 | Uganda | 14 | 2025 | up 133.3% | volatile |
| 68 | Armenia | 13 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 68 | Cyprus | 13 | 2025 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Saint Lucia | 13 | 2025 | up 85.7% | rising |
| 68 | Suriname | 13 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 72 | Fiji | 12 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 73 | Botswana | 11 | 2025 | up 120.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Gabon | 11 | 2025 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 73 | Guyana | 11 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 73 | Sri Lanka | 11 | 2025 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 73 | Mozambique | 11 | 2025 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 73 | Niger | 11 | 2025 | down 31.2% | volatile |
| 79 | Benin | 10 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 79 | Estonia | 10 | 2025 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Libya | 10 | 2025 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Morocco | 10 | 2025 | down 67.7% | volatile |
| 79 | Oman | 10 | 2025 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 79 | Turkmenistan | 10 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 79 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 10 | 2025 | up 233.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Central African Republic | 9 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 86 | Haiti | 9 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 86 | Lesotho | 9 | 2025 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Nicaragua | 9 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 86 | Papua New Guinea | 9 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 86 | Saudi Arabia | 9 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 86 | Senegal | 9 | 2025 | up 28.6% | volatile |
| 93 | Argentina | 8 | 2025 | down 55.6% | volatile |
| 93 | Antigua and Barbuda | 8 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 93 | Jamaica | 8 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 93 | Solomon Islands | 8 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 93 | El Salvador | 8 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 93 | Serbia | 8 | 2025 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 99 | Australia | 7 | 2025 | down 85.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Bhutan | 7 | 2025 | up 250.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Comoros | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 99 | Djibouti | 7 | 2025 | down 22.2% | rising |
| 99 | North Macedonia | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 104 | Barbados | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 104 | Eritrea | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 104 | Lithuania | 6 | 2025 | down 64.7% | volatile |
| 104 | Mauritius | 6 | 2025 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Rwanda | 6 | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 104 | Sao Tome and Principe | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 104 | Togo | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 104 | Vanuatu | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 112 | Dominican Republic | 5 | 2025 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 112 | Guam | 5 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 112 | Luxembourg | 5 | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 112 | Tonga | 5 | 2025 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 112 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 117 | Burundi | 4 | 2025 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 117 | Colombia | 4 | 2025 | down 84.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Guinea-Bissau | 4 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 117 | Greece | 4 | 2025 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 117 | Iceland | 4 | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 117 | Maldives | 4 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 117 | Slovak Republic | 4 | 2025 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Uruguay | 4 | 2025 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Zimbabwe | 4 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 126 | Congo | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 126 | Costa Rica | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 126 | Dominica | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 126 | Denmark | 3 | 2025 | down 76.9% | volatile |
| 126 | Israel | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 126 | Mongolia | 3 | 2025 | down 93.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Mauritania | 3 | 2025 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 126 | Paraguay | 3 | 2025 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Sweden | 3 | 2025 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Tuvalu | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 126 | Samoa | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 126 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 138 | Belize | 2 | 2025 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 138 | Bermuda | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 138 | Kiribati | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 138 | Malta | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 138 | Panama | 2 | 2025 | down 71.4% | volatile |
| 138 | Tunisia | 2 | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Bahrain | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 144 | Bahamas | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 144 | Switzerland | 1 | 2025 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Grenada | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 144 | Greenland | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 144 | Croatia | 1 | 2025 | down 91.7% | volatile |
| 144 | Lebanon | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 144 | Montenegro | 1 | 2025 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Northern Mariana Islands | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 144 | Norway | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 144 | Slovenia | 1 | 2025 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Seychelles | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 144 | Ukraine | 1 | 2025 | down 90.9% | volatile |
| 144 | British Virgin Islands | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 144 | United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 144 | French Guiana | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 160 | Austria | 0 | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 160 | Bulgaria | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Canada | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Czechia | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Finland | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Faroe Islands | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Guinea | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Italy | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Latvia | 0 | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 160 | Portugal | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Qatar | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 160 | Thailand | 0 | 2025 | β | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 3,606
- Europe and Northern America 886
- Africa 779
- Central and Southern Asia 546
- Americas 516
- Sub-Saharan Africa 658
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 372
- Latin America and the Caribbean 452
- Northern Europe 231
- Southern Asia 392
- Western Europe 189
- South-Eastern Asia 319