Number of transboundary breeds (including extinct ones) by country
Countries reporting
207
Highest
280
United Kingdom
Lowest
1
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
Median
24
Years covered
26
2000–2025
Data points
6,046
What the numbers show
Number of transboundary breeds (including extinct ones) is currently reported for 207 countries. The highest value is 280 in United Kingdom; the lowest is 1 in Falkland Islands (Malvinas).
The median across all reporting countries is 24, and the mean is 40.18.
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 | 280 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 280 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 3 | Australia and New Zealand | 272 | 2025 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 4 | Australia | 249 | 2025 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 5 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 242 | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 6 | Germany | 202 | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 7 | United States | 197 | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 8 | Canada | 185 | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 9 | France | 146 | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 10 | New Zealand | 131 | 2025 | up 718.8% | volatile |
| 11 | Ireland | 130 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 12 | Russia | 118 | 2025 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 12 | Uruguay | 118 | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 12 | Russian Federation | 118 | 2025 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 15 | Caribbean | 117 | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 16 | Botswana | 109 | 2025 | up 137.0% | volatile |
| 17 | Brazil | 105 | 2025 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 17 | South Africa | 105 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 19 | Slovakia | 95 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 20 | Chile | 91 | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 21 | Belgium | 90 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 22 | Argentina | 84 | 2025 | up 82.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Ukraine | 81 | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 24 | Czechia | 79 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 24 | Hungary | 79 | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 26 | China | 76 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 26 | Paraguay | 76 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 28 | Guatemala | 75 | 2025 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Italy | 73 | 2025 | up 62.2% | rising |
| 29 | Mexico | 73 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 29 | Philippines | 73 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 32 | India | 72 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 33 | Honduras | 70 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 34 | Peru | 65 | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 34 | Serbia | 65 | 2025 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 36 | Austria | 64 | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 37 | Lithuania | 63 | 2025 | up 53.7% | rising |
| 38 | Denmark | 61 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 38 | Romania | 61 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 40 | Poland | 60 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 41 | Mali | 58 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 41 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 58 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 43 | Cuba | 57 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 44 | Kenya | 56 | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 45 | Namibia | 55 | 2025 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 46 | Indonesia | 53 | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 46 | Nicaragua | 53 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 46 | Suriname | 53 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 49 | Colombia | 52 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 50 | Zimbabwe | 51 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 51 | South Korea | 49 | 2025 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 51 | El Salvador | 49 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 51 | Republic of Korea | 49 | 2025 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 51 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 49 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 55 | Croatia | 48 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 55 | Kazakhstan | 48 | 2025 | up 77.8% | rising |
| 55 | Nepal | 48 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 55 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 48 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 59 | Finland | 45 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 59 | Panama | 45 | 2025 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 61 | Bulgaria | 41 | 2025 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 61 | Ecuador | 41 | 2025 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 61 | Japan | 41 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 64 | Antigua and Barbuda | 40 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 64 | United Republic of Tanzania | 40 | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 66 | Melanesia | 39 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 67 | Polynesia | 38 | 2025 | up 8.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Burkina Faso | 36 | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 68 | Malaysia | 36 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 68 | Senegal | 36 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 71 | Azerbaijan | 35 | 2025 | up 94.4% | rising |
| 71 | Dominican Republic | 35 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 71 | Estonia | 35 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 71 | Togo | 35 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 75 | Trinidad and Tobago | 34 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 75 | Vietnam | 34 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 75 | Viet Nam | 34 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 78 | Bangladesh | 33 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 78 | Rwanda | 33 | 2025 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 78 | Uganda | 33 | 2025 | up 73.7% | rising |
| 78 | Zambia | 33 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 78 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 33 | 2025 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 83 | Morocco | 31 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 83 | Malawi | 31 | 2025 | up 3.3% | volatile |
| 83 | Pakistan | 31 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 86 | Costa Rica | 30 | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 86 | Norway | 30 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 88 | Albania | 29 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 88 | Spain | 29 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 88 | Guyana | 29 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 88 | Haiti | 29 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 88 | Moldova | 29 | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 88 | Republic of Moldova | 29 | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 94 | Dominica | 28 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 94 | Luxembourg | 28 | 2025 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 94 | Solomon Islands | 28 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 94 | Uzbekistan | 28 | 2025 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 98 | Ghana | 26 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 98 | Sri Lanka | 26 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 98 | Lesotho | 26 | 2025 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Armenia | 25 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 102 | Latvia | 24 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 102 | Tajikistan | 24 | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 102 | Turkey | 24 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 102 | Türkiye | 24 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 106 | Barbados | 23 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 106 | Kyrgyzstan | 23 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 106 | Slovenia | 23 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 109 | Angola | 22 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 109 | Myanmar | 22 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 109 | Nigeria | 22 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 109 | Portugal | 22 | 2025 | up 120.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Sao Tome and Principe | 22 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 109 | Tunisia | 22 | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 109 | Samoa | 22 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 109 | Micronesia | 22 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 117 | Greece | 21 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 117 | Saint Lucia | 21 | 2025 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 119 | Switzerland | 20 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 119 | Mozambique | 20 | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 119 | Mauritania | 20 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 119 | Eswatini | 20 | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 119 | Chad | 20 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 124 | Gabon | 19 | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 124 | Seychelles | 19 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 124 | Cook Islands | 19 | 2025 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 127 | Cameroon | 18 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 127 | Egypt | 18 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 127 | Jamaica | 18 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 127 | Tonga | 18 | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 131 | Madagascar | 17 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 132 | Burundi | 16 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 132 | Bhutan | 16 | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 132 | Eritrea | 16 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 132 | Fiji | 16 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 132 | Iraq | 16 | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 137 | Benin | 15 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 137 | Algeria | 15 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 139 | Belarus | 14 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 139 | Central African Republic | 14 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 139 | Ethiopia | 14 | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 139 | Guinea-Bissau | 14 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 139 | Papua New Guinea | 14 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 139 | Sierra Leone | 14 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 139 | Turkmenistan | 14 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 146 | Cyprus | 13 | 2025 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 146 | Mongolia | 13 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 146 | Niger | 13 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 149 | Libya | 12 | 2025 | up 500.0% | volatile |
| 149 | North Macedonia | 12 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 149 | Northern Mariana Islands | 12 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 149 | Palau | 12 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 153 | Congo | 11 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 153 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 11 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 153 | Syria | 11 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 153 | Syrian Arab Republic | 11 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 157 | Jordan | 10 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 157 | Somalia | 10 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 159 | Afghanistan | 9 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 159 | Cote d'Ivoire | 9 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 159 | Comoros | 9 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 159 | Israel | 9 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 159 | Cambodia | 9 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 159 | Laos | 9 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 159 | Sudan | 9 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 159 | Côte d'Ivoire | 9 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 159 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 9 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 168 | Georgia | 8 | 2025 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 168 | Grenada | 8 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 168 | Kiribati | 8 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 168 | Mauritius | 8 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 172 | Malta | 7 | 2025 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 173 | Iceland | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 173 | Yemen | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 175 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 175 | Djibouti | 5 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 175 | Guinea | 5 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 175 | Gambia | 5 | 2025 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 175 | Montenegro | 5 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 175 | Oman | 5 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 175 | Qatar | 5 | 2025 | — | rising |
| 175 | Saudi Arabia | 5 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 175 | Tuvalu | 5 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 175 | Vanuatu | 5 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 175 | Guadeloupe | 5 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 186 | Lebanon | 4 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 186 | Maldives | 4 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 186 | Sweden | 4 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 186 | Martinique | 4 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 186 | State of Palestine | 4 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 191 | Bermuda | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 191 | Guam | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 191 | Kuwait | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 191 | Liberia | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 195 | Equatorial Guinea | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 195 | Puerto Rico | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 195 | Thailand | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 195 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 195 | Anguilla | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 195 | Montserrat | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 201 | Bahamas | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 201 | Faroe Islands | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 201 | United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 201 | Reunion | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 201 | Cabo Verde | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 201 | Réunion | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 201 | 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
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 307
- Oceania 291
- South America 290
- Northern America 268
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 231
- United States of America 197
- Central and Southern Asia 194
- Eastern Africa 188
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 187
- Southern Africa 162
- Central America 161
- Southern Europe 158
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 156
- South-Eastern Asia 151
- Southern Asia 144
- Western Africa 131
- Eastern Asia 128
- Middle Africa 106
- Western Asia 101
- Central Asia 76
- Northern Africa 76
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 60