Number of transboundary breeds in Zambia
Zambia: Number of transboundary breeds was 33 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Number of transboundary breeds in Zambia, 2000–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 33 for number of transboundary breeds in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of transboundary breeds in Zambia peaked at 33 in 2006 and was at its lowest, 3, in 2000.
Zambia ranks 65th of 179 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Number of transboundary breeds in Zambia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3 | — |
| 2001 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 4 | +33.3% |
| 2005 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 33 | +725.0% |
| 2007 | 33 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 33 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 33 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 33 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 33 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 33 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 33 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 33 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 33 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 33 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 33 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 33 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 33 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 33 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 33 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 33 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 33 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 33 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 33 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 15.2 | 3 | 33 | 10 |
| 2010s | 33 | 33 | 33 | 10 |
| 2020s | 33 | 33 | 33 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 64 Trinidad and Tobago 34 compare
- 65 Bangladesh 33 compare
- 65 Rwanda 33 compare
- 65 Uganda 33 compare
More development goals data for Zambia
- Red List Index 0.9703 (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 1.38 (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 84.52 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 32 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 32 (2025)
- Number of local breeds with unknown risk status 15 (2025)
- Number of local breeds (not extinct) 15 (2025)
- Number of local breeds kept in the country 15 (2025)
- Infant deaths 23,802 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths 14,944 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of transboundary breeds in Zambia?
- Number of transboundary breeds in Zambia was 33 in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest number of transboundary breeds recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 33 in 2006.
- What is the lowest number of transboundary breeds recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 in 2000.
- How does Zambia rank for number of transboundary breeds?
- Zambia ranks 65th out of 179 countries with data for 2025.
- Is number of transboundary breeds rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zambia 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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