Number of transboundary breeds (including extinct ones) by country
Countries reporting
193
Highest
280
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Lowest
1
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
Median
23
Years covered
26
2000–2025
Data points
5,760
What the numbers show
Number of transboundary breeds (including extinct ones) is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 280 in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; the lowest is 1 in Falkland Islands (Malvinas).
The median across all reporting countries is 23, and the mean is 37.93.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 280.
Number of transboundary breeds: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 280 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 2 | Australia and New Zealand | 272 | 2025 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 3 | Australia | 249 | 2025 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 4 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 242 | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 5 | Germany | 202 | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 6 | Canada | 185 | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 7 | France | 146 | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 8 | New Zealand | 131 | 2025 | up 718.8% | volatile |
| 9 | Ireland | 130 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 10 | Uruguay | 118 | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 10 | Russian Federation | 118 | 2025 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 12 | Botswana | 109 | 2025 | up 137.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Brazil | 105 | 2025 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 14 | Slovakia | 95 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 15 | Chile | 91 | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 16 | Belgium | 90 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 17 | Argentina | 84 | 2025 | up 82.6% | volatile |
| 18 | Ukraine | 81 | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 19 | Czechia | 79 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 19 | Hungary | 79 | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 21 | China | 76 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 21 | Paraguay | 76 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | Guatemala | 75 | 2025 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 24 | Italy | 73 | 2025 | up 62.2% | rising |
| 24 | Mexico | 73 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 24 | Philippines | 73 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 27 | India | 72 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 28 | Honduras | 70 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 29 | Peru | 65 | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 29 | Serbia | 65 | 2025 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 31 | Austria | 64 | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 32 | Lithuania | 63 | 2025 | up 53.7% | rising |
| 33 | Denmark | 61 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 33 | Romania | 61 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 35 | Poland | 60 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 36 | Mali | 58 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 36 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 58 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 38 | Cuba | 57 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 39 | Kenya | 56 | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 40 | Namibia | 55 | 2025 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Indonesia | 53 | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 41 | Nicaragua | 53 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 41 | Suriname | 53 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 44 | Colombia | 52 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 45 | Zimbabwe | 51 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 46 | El Salvador | 49 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 46 | Republic of Korea | 49 | 2025 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 46 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 49 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 49 | Croatia | 48 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 49 | Kazakhstan | 48 | 2025 | up 77.8% | rising |
| 49 | Nepal | 48 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 49 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 48 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 53 | Finland | 45 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 53 | Panama | 45 | 2025 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 55 | Bulgaria | 41 | 2025 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 55 | Ecuador | 41 | 2025 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Japan | 41 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 58 | Antigua and Barbuda | 40 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 58 | United Republic of Tanzania | 40 | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 60 | Melanesia | 39 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 61 | Polynesia | 38 | 2025 | up 8.6% | volatile |
| 62 | Burkina Faso | 36 | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 62 | Malaysia | 36 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 62 | Senegal | 36 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 65 | Azerbaijan | 35 | 2025 | up 94.4% | rising |
| 65 | Dominican Republic | 35 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 65 | Estonia | 35 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 65 | Togo | 35 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 69 | Trinidad and Tobago | 34 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 69 | Viet Nam | 34 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 71 | Bangladesh | 33 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 71 | Rwanda | 33 | 2025 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 71 | Uganda | 33 | 2025 | up 73.7% | rising |
| 71 | Zambia | 33 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 71 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 33 | 2025 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 76 | Morocco | 31 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 76 | Malawi | 31 | 2025 | up 3.3% | volatile |
| 76 | Pakistan | 31 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 79 | Costa Rica | 30 | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 79 | Norway | 30 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 81 | Albania | 29 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 81 | Spain | 29 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 81 | Guyana | 29 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 81 | Haiti | 29 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 81 | Republic of Moldova | 29 | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 86 | Dominica | 28 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 86 | Luxembourg | 28 | 2025 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 86 | Solomon Islands | 28 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 86 | Uzbekistan | 28 | 2025 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 90 | Ghana | 26 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 90 | Sri Lanka | 26 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 90 | Lesotho | 26 | 2025 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Armenia | 25 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 94 | Latvia | 24 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 94 | Tajikistan | 24 | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 94 | Türkiye | 24 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 97 | Barbados | 23 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 97 | Kyrgyzstan | 23 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 97 | Slovenia | 23 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 100 | Angola | 22 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 100 | Myanmar | 22 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 100 | Nigeria | 22 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 100 | Portugal | 22 | 2025 | up 120.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Sao Tome and Principe | 22 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 100 | Tunisia | 22 | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 100 | Samoa | 22 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 100 | Micronesia | 22 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 108 | Greece | 21 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 108 | Saint Lucia | 21 | 2025 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 110 | Switzerland | 20 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 110 | Mozambique | 20 | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 110 | Mauritania | 20 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 110 | Eswatini | 20 | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 110 | Chad | 20 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 115 | Gabon | 19 | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 115 | Seychelles | 19 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 115 | Cook Islands | 19 | 2025 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 118 | Cameroon | 18 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 118 | Egypt | 18 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 118 | Jamaica | 18 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 118 | Tonga | 18 | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 122 | Madagascar | 17 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 123 | Burundi | 16 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 123 | Bhutan | 16 | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 123 | Eritrea | 16 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 123 | Fiji | 16 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 123 | Iraq | 16 | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 128 | Benin | 15 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 128 | Algeria | 15 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 130 | Belarus | 14 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 130 | Ethiopia | 14 | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 130 | Guinea-Bissau | 14 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 130 | Papua New Guinea | 14 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 130 | Sierra Leone | 14 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 130 | Turkmenistan | 14 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 136 | Cyprus | 13 | 2025 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 136 | Mongolia | 13 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 136 | Niger | 13 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 139 | Libya | 12 | 2025 | up 500.0% | volatile |
| 139 | North Macedonia | 12 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 139 | Northern Mariana Islands | 12 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 139 | Palau | 12 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 143 | Congo | 11 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 143 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 11 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 143 | Syrian Arab Republic | 11 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 146 | Jordan | 10 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 146 | Somalia | 10 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 148 | Afghanistan | 9 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 148 | Comoros | 9 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 148 | Israel | 9 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 148 | Cambodia | 9 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 148 | Sudan | 9 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 148 | Côte d'Ivoire | 9 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 148 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 9 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 155 | Georgia | 8 | 2025 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 155 | Grenada | 8 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 155 | Kiribati | 8 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 155 | Mauritius | 8 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 159 | Malta | 7 | 2025 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 160 | Iceland | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 160 | Yemen | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 162 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 162 | Djibouti | 5 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 162 | Guinea | 5 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 162 | Gambia | 5 | 2025 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 162 | Montenegro | 5 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 162 | Oman | 5 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 162 | Qatar | 5 | 2025 | — | rising |
| 162 | Saudi Arabia | 5 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 162 | Tuvalu | 5 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 162 | Vanuatu | 5 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 162 | Guadeloupe | 5 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 173 | Lebanon | 4 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 173 | Maldives | 4 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 173 | Sweden | 4 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 173 | Martinique | 4 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 173 | State of Palestine | 4 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 178 | Bermuda | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 178 | Guam | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 178 | Kuwait | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 178 | Liberia | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 182 | Equatorial Guinea | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 182 | Puerto Rico | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 182 | Thailand | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 182 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 182 | Anguilla | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 182 | Montserrat | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 188 | Bahamas | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 188 | Faroe Islands | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 188 | United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 188 | Cabo Verde | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 188 | Réunion | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 188 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 1,126
- Europe and Northern America 747
- Europe 695
- Americas 464
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 401
- Western Europe 395
- Asia 388
- Africa 386
- Northern Europe 368
- Sub-Saharan Africa 366
- Latin America and the Caribbean 348
- Eastern Europe 321