Number of local breeds with unknown risk status (number) in World
World: Number of local breeds with unknown risk status (number) was 3,606 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Number of local breeds with unknown risk status in World, 2000–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
In 2025, number of local breeds with unknown risk status in World stood at 3,606.
That represents a change of up 2.8% on the previous year and down 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of local breeds with unknown risk status in World peaked at 4,106 in 2006 and was at its lowest, 671, in 2000.
World ranks 1st of 34 groups on this measure, 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 World, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 671 | — |
| 2001 | 707 | +5.4% |
| 2002 | 773 | +9.3% |
| 2003 | 968 | +25.2% |
| 2004 | 1,156 | +19.4% |
| 2005 | 1,182 | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 4,106 | +247.4% |
| 2007 | 4,080 | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 4,001 | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 3,970 | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 3,874 | -2.4% |
| 2011 | 3,870 | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 3,935 | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 3,877 | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 3,814 | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 3,830 | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 3,954 | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 3,917 | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 3,844 | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 3,785 | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 3,872 | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 3,385 | -12.6% |
| 2022 | 3,443 | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 3,483 | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 3,507 | +0.7% |
| 2025 | 3,606 | +2.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Number of local breeds with unknown risk status (number) in World 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 | +247.4% | 1,182 | 4,106 |
| 2003 | +25.2% | 773 | 968 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,161 | 671 | 4,106 | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,870 | 3,785 | 3,954 | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,549 | 3,385 | 3,872 | 6 |
Countries ranked near World
- 1 China 216 compare
- 2 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 171 compare
- 2 United Kingdom 171 compare
- 4 Indonesia 153 compare
More development goals data for World
- Red List Index 0.7449 (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 444.14 (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 1,956 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds 1,126 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 1,110 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 366 (2025)
- Number of local breeds (not extinct) 7,377 (2025)
- Number of local breeds kept in the country 8,098 (2025)
- Infant deaths 3.62 million (2024)
- Neonatal deaths 2.27 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of local breeds with unknown risk status in World?
- Number of local breeds with unknown risk status in World was 3,606 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 World?
- The highest recorded value was 4,106 in 2006.
- What is the lowest number of local breeds with unknown risk status recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 671 in 2000.
- How does World rank for number of local breeds with unknown risk status?
- World ranks 1st out of 34 groups with data for 2025.
- Is number of local breeds with unknown risk status rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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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