Number of local breeds with unknown risk status (number) in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa: Number of local breeds with unknown risk status (number) was 658 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Number of local breeds with unknown risk status in Sub-Saharan Africa, 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 Sub-Saharan Africa is 658, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 12.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of local breeds with unknown risk status in Sub-Saharan Africa peaked at 658 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 35, in 2000.
Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 8th of 34 groups on this measure, in the top 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 Sub-Saharan Africa, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 35 | — |
| 2001 | 35 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 52 | +48.6% |
| 2003 | 78 | +50.0% |
| 2004 | 123 | +57.7% |
| 2005 | 121 | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 599 | +395.0% |
| 2007 | 591 | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 560 | -5.2% |
| 2009 | 596 | +6.4% |
| 2010 | 594 | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 596 | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 598 | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 607 | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 584 | -3.8% |
| 2015 | 587 | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 585 | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 592 | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 590 | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 587 | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 589 | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 584 | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 593 | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 592 | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 645 | +9.0% |
| 2025 | 658 | +2.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Number of local breeds with unknown risk status (number) in Sub-Saharan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +395.0% | 121 | 599 |
| 2004 | +57.7% | 78 | 123 |
| 2003 | +50.0% | 52 | 78 |
| 2002 | +48.6% | 35 | 52 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 279 | 35 | 599 | 10 |
| 2010s | 592 | 584 | 607 | 10 |
| 2020s | 610.17 | 584 | 658 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa
More development goals data for Sub-Saharan Africa
- Red List Index 0.8101 (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 616 (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 165.83 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds 366 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 355 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 232 (2025)
- Number of local breeds (not extinct) 794 (2025)
- Number of local breeds kept in the country 817 (2025)
- Infant deaths 1.89 million (2024)
- Neonatal deaths 1.08 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of local breeds with unknown risk status in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Number of local breeds with unknown risk status in Sub-Saharan Africa was 658 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 Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 658 in 2025.
- What is the lowest number of local breeds with unknown risk status recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 35 in 2000.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa rank for number of local breeds with unknown risk status?
- Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 8th out of 34 groups with data for 2025.
- Is number of local breeds with unknown risk status rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan 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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