Number of local breeds with unknown risk status (number) in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Number of local breeds with unknown risk status (number) was 121 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Number of local breeds with unknown risk status in Northern Africa, 2000–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Northern Africa recorded 121 for number of local breeds with unknown risk status in 2025.
The figure is down 25.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of local breeds with unknown risk status in Northern Africa peaked at 162 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 4, in 2000.
That places Northern Africa 28th out of 34 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Number of local breeds with unknown risk status (number) in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4 | — |
| 2001 | 25 | +525.0% |
| 2002 | 31 | +24.0% |
| 2003 | 63 | +103.2% |
| 2004 | 71 | +12.7% |
| 2005 | 71 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 156 | +119.7% |
| 2007 | 158 | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 158 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 157 | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 156 | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 156 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 156 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 160 | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 161 | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 162 | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 148 | -8.6% |
| 2017 | 148 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 124 | -16.2% |
| 2019 | 108 | -12.9% |
| 2020 | 109 | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 120 | +10.1% |
| 2022 | 121 | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 121 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 121 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 121 | +0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Number of local breeds with unknown risk status (number) in Northern Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +525.0% | 4 | 25 |
| 2006 | +119.7% | 71 | 156 |
| 2003 | +103.2% | 31 | 63 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 89.4 | 4 | 158 | 10 |
| 2010s | 147.9 | 108 | 162 | 10 |
| 2020s | 118.83 | 109 | 121 | 6 |
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More development goals data for Northern Africa
- Red List Index 0.8703 index (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 969.73 per 100,000 people (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 428.42 constant US$ (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds 76 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 75 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 51 (2025)
- Number of local breeds (not extinct) 185 (2025)
- Number of local breeds kept in the country 187 (2025)
- Infant deaths 150,684 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths 94,364 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of local breeds with unknown risk status in Northern Africa?
- Number of local breeds with unknown risk status in Northern Africa was 121 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 Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 162 in 2015.
- What is the lowest number of local breeds with unknown risk status recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 4 in 2000.
- How does Northern Africa rank for number of local breeds with unknown risk status?
- Northern Africa ranks 28th out of 34 groups with data for 2025.
- Is number of local breeds with unknown risk status rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern Africa 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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