Number of local breeds with unknown risk status (number) in United States
United States: Number of local breeds with unknown risk status (number) was 61 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Number of local breeds with unknown risk status in United States, 2000–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
In 2025, number of local breeds with unknown risk status in United States stood at 61. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 32.6% on the previous year and up 154.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of local breeds with unknown risk status in United States peaked at 61 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 7, in 2000.
That places United States 15th out of 200 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 (number) in United States, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 7 | — |
| 2001 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 15 | +114.3% |
| 2005 | 15 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 39 | +160.0% |
| 2007 | 39 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 37 | -5.1% |
| 2009 | 36 | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 31 | -13.9% |
| 2011 | 30 | -3.2% |
| 2012 | 31 | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 30 | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 33 | +10.0% |
| 2015 | 24 | -27.3% |
| 2016 | 26 | +8.3% |
| 2017 | 25 | -3.8% |
| 2018 | 23 | -8.0% |
| 2019 | 23 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 32 | +39.1% |
| 2021 | 37 | +15.6% |
| 2022 | 38 | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 38 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 46 | +21.1% |
| 2025 | 61 | +32.6% |
United States compared with similar countries
- United States's 61 is above the median for high income countries, which is 4, 15.2× the median. (61 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Number of local breeds with unknown risk status (number) in United States 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 | +160.0% | 15 | 39 |
| 2004 | +114.3% | 7 | 15 |
| 2020 | +39.1% | 23 | 32 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 20.9 | 7 | 39 | 10 |
| 2010s | 27.6 | 23 | 33 | 10 |
| 2020s | 42 | 32 | 61 | 6 |
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- Red List Index 0.8221 index (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 0.4084 per 100,000 people (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 6,933 constant US$ (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds 197 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 195 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 102 (2025)
- Number of local breeds (not extinct) 89 (2025)
- Number of local breeds kept in the country 96 (2025)
- Infant deaths 20,024 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths 13,347 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of local breeds with unknown risk status in United States?
- Number of local breeds with unknown risk status in United States was 61 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 United States?
- The highest recorded value was 61 in 2025.
- What is the lowest number of local breeds with unknown risk status recorded in United States?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 in 2000.
- How does United States rank for number of local breeds with unknown risk status?
- United States ranks 15th out of 200 countries with data for 2025.
- Is number of local breeds with unknown risk status rising or falling in United States?
- Over the last ten years it is up 154.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United States 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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