Number of local breeds with unknown risk status in Malawi
Malawi: Number of local breeds with unknown risk status was 16 in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Number of local breeds with unknown risk status in Malawi, 2000–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
In 2025, number of local breeds with unknown risk status in Malawi stood at 16. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 45.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of local breeds with unknown risk status in Malawi peaked at 16 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0, in 2000.
Malawi ranks 57th of 173 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Number of local breeds with unknown risk status in Malawi, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0 | — |
| 2001 | 0 | — |
| 2002 | 0 | — |
| 2003 | 0 | — |
| 2004 | 0 | — |
| 2005 | 0 | — |
| 2006 | 11 | — |
| 2007 | 11 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 11 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 11 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 11 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 11 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 11 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 11 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 11 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 11 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 11 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 11 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 11 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 11 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 11 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 11 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 12 | +9.1% |
| 2023 | 16 | +33.3% |
| 2024 | 16 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 16 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.4 | 0 | 11 | 10 |
| 2010s | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.67 | 11 | 16 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
More development goals data for Malawi
- Red List Index 0.8845 (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 2.52 (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 70.35 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds 31 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 31 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 31 (2025)
- Number of local breeds (not extinct) 16 (2025)
- Number of local breeds kept in the country 17 (2025)
- Infant deaths 25,217 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths 15,906 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of local breeds with unknown risk status in Malawi?
- Number of local breeds with unknown risk status in Malawi was 16 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 Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 16 in 2023.
- What is the lowest number of local breeds with unknown risk status recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 2000.
- How does Malawi rank for number of local breeds with unknown risk status?
- Malawi ranks 57th out of 173 countries with data for 2025.
- Is number of local breeds with unknown risk status rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Malawi 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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