Number of transboundary breeds (including extinct ones) in Belgium
Belgium: Number of transboundary breeds (including extinct ones) was 90 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Number of transboundary breeds in Belgium, 2000–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
The most recent figure for number of transboundary breeds in Belgium is 90, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of transboundary breeds in Belgium peaked at 90 in 2006 and was at its lowest, 24, in 2000.
Belgium ranks 21st of 207 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Number of transboundary breeds (including extinct ones) in Belgium, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 24 | — |
| 2001 | 24 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 24 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 24 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 24 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 24 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 90 | +275.0% |
| 2007 | 90 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 90 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 90 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 90 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 90 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 90 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 90 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 90 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 90 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 90 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 90 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 90 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 90 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 90 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 90 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 90 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 90 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 90 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 90 | +0.0% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 90 is above the median for high income countries, which is 32, 2.8× the median. (60 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 90 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 29.5, 3.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 50.4 | 24 | 90 | 10 |
| 2010s | 90 | 90 | 90 | 10 |
| 2020s | 90 | 90 | 90 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
More development goals data for Belgium
- Red List Index 0.9636 (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 0.5443 (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 5,558 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 85 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 77 (2025)
- Number of local breeds with unknown risk status 58 (2025)
- Number of local breeds (not extinct) 69 (2025)
- Number of local breeds kept in the country 73 (2025)
- Infant deaths 318 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths 225 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of transboundary breeds in Belgium?
- Number of transboundary breeds in Belgium was 90 in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest number of transboundary breeds recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 90 in 2006.
- What is the lowest number of transboundary breeds recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 24 in 2000.
- How does Belgium rank for number of transboundary breeds?
- Belgium ranks 21st out of 207 countries with data for 2025.
- Is number of transboundary breeds rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Number of transboundary breeds (including extinct ones). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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