Number of local breeds with unknown risk status in China
China: Number of local breeds with unknown risk status was 216 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Number of local breeds with unknown risk status in China, 2000–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
The most recent figure for number of local breeds with unknown risk status in China is 216, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 4.9% on the previous year and down 56.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of local breeds with unknown risk status in China peaked at 689 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 202, in 2021.
That places China 1st out of 173 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Number of local breeds with unknown risk status in China, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 380 | — |
| 2001 | 379 | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 381 | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 382 | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 390 | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 367 | -5.9% |
| 2006 | 465 | +26.7% |
| 2007 | 450 | -3.2% |
| 2008 | 433 | -3.8% |
| 2009 | 431 | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 431 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 431 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 431 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 442 | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 444 | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 492 | +10.8% |
| 2016 | 630 | +28.0% |
| 2017 | 648 | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 679 | +4.8% |
| 2019 | 683 | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 689 | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 202 | -70.7% |
| 2022 | 202 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 202 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 206 | +2.0% |
| 2025 | 216 | +4.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 405.8 | 367 | 465 | 10 |
| 2010s | 531.1 | 431 | 683 | 10 |
| 2020s | 286.17 | 202 | 689 | 6 |
Countries ranked near China
More development goals data for China
- Red List Index 0.8295 (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 11.52 (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 3,492 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds 76 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 76 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 37 (2025)
- Number of local breeds (not extinct) 849 (2025)
- Number of local breeds kept in the country 872 (2025)
- Infant deaths 36,113 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths 22,892 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of local breeds with unknown risk status in China?
- Number of local breeds with unknown risk status in China was 216 in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest number of local breeds with unknown risk status recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 689 in 2020.
- What is the lowest number of local breeds with unknown risk status recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 202 in 2021.
- How does China rank for number of local breeds with unknown risk status?
- China ranks 1st out of 173 countries with data for 2025.
- Is number of local breeds with unknown risk status rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 56.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Number of local breeds with unknown risk status (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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