Number of transboundary breeds (including extinct ones) in Kenya
Kenya: Number of transboundary breeds (including extinct ones) was 56 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Number of transboundary breeds in Kenya, 2000–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 56 for number of transboundary breeds in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of transboundary breeds in Kenya peaked at 56 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 6, in 2000.
Kenya ranks 44th of 207 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Number of transboundary breeds (including extinct ones) in Kenya, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6 | — |
| 2001 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 54 | +800.0% |
| 2007 | 54 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 54 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 54 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 54 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 54 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 54 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 54 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 54 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 54 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 54 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 54 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 54 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 54 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 54 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 54 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 56 | +3.7% |
| 2023 | 56 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 56 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 56 | +0.0% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 56 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 22, 2.5× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 56 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 19.5, 2.9× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 25.2 | 6 | 54 | 10 |
| 2010s | 54 | 54 | 54 | 10 |
| 2020s | 55.33 | 54 | 56 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
More development goals data for Kenya
- Red List Index 0.8338 (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 21.09 (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 158.85 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 56 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 51 (2025)
- Number of local breeds with unknown risk status 30 (2025)
- Number of local breeds (not extinct) 32 (2025)
- Number of local breeds kept in the country 32 (2025)
- Infant deaths 51,310 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths 31,481 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of transboundary breeds in Kenya?
- Number of transboundary breeds in Kenya was 56 in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest number of transboundary breeds recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 56 in 2022.
- What is the lowest number of transboundary breeds recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 6 in 2000.
- How does Kenya rank for number of transboundary breeds?
- Kenya ranks 44th out of 207 countries with data for 2025.
- Is number of transboundary breeds rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya 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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