Number of local breeds with unknown risk status in Japan
Japan: Number of local breeds with unknown risk status was 48 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Number of local breeds with unknown risk status in Japan, 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 Japan is 48, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 50.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of local breeds with unknown risk status in Japan peaked at 48 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 19, in 2001.
That places Japan 16th 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.
Number of local breeds with unknown risk status in Japan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 20 | — |
| 2001 | 19 | -5.0% |
| 2002 | 19 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 20 | +5.3% |
| 2004 | 20 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 22 | +10.0% |
| 2006 | 24 | +9.1% |
| 2007 | 24 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 24 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 28 | +16.7% |
| 2010 | 28 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 29 | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 29 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 30 | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 32 | +6.7% |
| 2015 | 32 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 36 | +12.5% |
| 2017 | 36 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 48 | +33.3% |
| 2019 | 48 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 48 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 48 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 48 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 48 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 48 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 48 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 22 | 19 | 28 | 10 |
| 2010s | 34.8 | 28 | 48 | 10 |
| 2020s | 48 | 48 | 48 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Japan
More development goals data for Japan
- Red List Index 0.7393 (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 0.0374 (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 9,331 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds 41 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 40 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 40 (2025)
- Number of local breeds (not extinct) 48 (2025)
- Number of local breeds kept in the country 50 (2025)
- Infant deaths 1,363 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths 651 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of local breeds with unknown risk status in Japan?
- Number of local breeds with unknown risk status in Japan was 48 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 Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 48 in 2018.
- What is the lowest number of local breeds with unknown risk status recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 19 in 2001.
- How does Japan rank for number of local breeds with unknown risk status?
- Japan ranks 16th out of 173 countries with data for 2025.
- Is number of local breeds with unknown risk status rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Japan 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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