2.5.1a Plant genetic resources accessions stored ex situ (number) — Value by country
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What the numbers show
2.5.1a Plant genetic resources accessions stored ex situ (number) — Value is currently reported for 114 countries. The highest value is 907,571 No in International Centres (FAO) (2.5.1.a); the lowest is 64 No in Mauritania.
The median across all reporting countries is 7,267 No, and the mean is 48,939 No.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 14,181.
Over the past decade 103 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Mauritania (up 6,300.0%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 33.4%).
2.5.1a Plant genetic resources accessions stored ex situ (number): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | International Centres (FAO) (2.5.1.a) | 907,571 No | 2024 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 2 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 848,922 No | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 3 | India | 424,812 No | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 4 | Australia and New Zealand | 333,342 No | 2024 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 5 | Australia | 297,198 No | 2024 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 6 | Japan | 235,673 No | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 7 | Brazil | 204,671 No | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 200,717 No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 9 | Germany | 185,014 No | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 10 | Canada | 124,356 No | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 11 | Ukraine | 107,675 No | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 12 | Mexico | 94,724 No | 2024 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 13 | Poland | 90,687 No | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 14 | Spain | 80,319 No | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 15 | Morocco | 75,907 No | 2024 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 16 | Ethiopia | 73,459 No | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 17 | Bulgaria | 70,550 No | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 18 | Uzbekistan | 68,169 No | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 19 | Czechia | 59,827 No | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 20 | Italy | 55,979 No | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 21 | Kenya | 51,405 No | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 22 | Hungary | 49,367 No | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 23 | Portugal | 48,363 No | 2024 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 24 | Chile | 47,065 No | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 25 | Pakistan | 41,422 No | 2024 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 26 | Switzerland | 40,037 No | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 27 | Romania | 38,666 No | 2024 | down 13.6% | flat |
| 28 | Bangladesh | 38,184 No | 2024 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 29 | France | 37,912 No | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 30 | New Zealand | 36,144 No | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 31 | Thailand | 31,887 No | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 32 | Ecuador | 29,756 No | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 33 | Israel | 28,884 No | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 34 | Belarus | 27,494 No | 2024 | up 36.5% | volatile |
| 35 | Tunisia | 24,485 No | 2024 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Uruguay | 24,346 No | 2024 | up 67.0% | rising |
| 37 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 23,892 No | 2024 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 38 | Argentina | 20,961 No | 2024 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 39 | Cuba | 19,929 No | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 40 | Mongolia | 19,593 No | 2024 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 41 | Slovakia | 18,967 No | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 42 | Sudan | 17,168 No | 2024 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 43 | Colombia | 15,315 No | 2024 | down 20.2% | rising |
| 44 | Peru | 15,257 No | 2024 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 45 | Egypt | 14,610 No | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 46 | Azerbaijan | 13,430 No | 2024 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 47 | Malaysia | 13,401 No | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 48 | Ghana | 13,064 No | 2024 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 49 | Sri Lanka | 12,392 No | 2024 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 50 | Austria | 12,071 No | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 51 | Myanmar | 12,050 No | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 52 | Madagascar | 10,662 No | 2024 | up 21.1% | flat |
| 53 | Philippines | 9,912 No | 2024 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 54 | Greece | 9,570 No | 2024 | up 52.6% | rising |
| 55 | Belgium | 9,311 No | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 56 | Nigeria | 7,692 No | 2024 | up 62.6% | rising |
| 57 | Zambia | 7,583 No | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 58 | South Africa | 6,951 No | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 59 | Armenia | 6,830 No | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 60 | Nepal | 6,470 No | 2024 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 61 | Albania | 6,368 No | 2024 | up 63.9% | rising |
| 62 | Zimbabwe | 6,231 No | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 63 | Uganda | 5,600 No | 2024 | up 32.5% | volatile |
| 64 | Serbia | 5,588 No | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 65 | Jordan | 4,933 No | 2024 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 66 | Indonesia | 4,902 No | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 67 | Niger | 4,795 No | 2024 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 68 | Tajikistan | 4,775 No | 2024 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 69 | Eritrea | 4,683 No | 2024 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 70 | Croatia | 4,634 No | 2024 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 71 | Estonia | 3,732 No | 2024 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 72 | Lesotho | 3,582 No | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 73 | Saudi Arabia | 3,340 No | 2024 | up 219.6% | volatile |
| 74 | Malawi | 3,253 No | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 75 | Costa Rica | 3,057 No | 2024 | up 100.7% | rising |
| 76 | Botswana | 3,044 No | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 77 | Slovenia | 3,008 No | 2024 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 78 | Georgia | 2,804 No | 2024 | up 537.3% | volatile |
| 79 | Latvia | 2,798 No | 2024 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 80 | Papua New Guinea | 2,662 No | 2024 | up 81.1% | rising |
| 81 | Kyrgyzstan | 2,638 No | 2024 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 82 | Cyprus | 2,541 No | 2024 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 83 | Lebanon | 2,516 No | 2024 | up 62.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Mali | 2,473 No | 2024 | up 195.1% | volatile |
| 85 | Libya | 2,345 No | 2024 | up 51.0% | rising |
| 86 | Lithuania | 2,296 No | 2024 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 87 | Norway | 2,246 No | 2024 | up 86.7% | rising |
| 88 | North Macedonia | 2,158 No | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 89 | Namibia | 2,153 No | 2024 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 90 | Burkina Faso | 1,933 No | 2024 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 91 | Senegal | 1,890 No | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 92 | Ireland | 1,636 No | 2024 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 93 | Denmark | 1,593 No | 2024 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 94 | Nicaragua | 1,364 No | 2023 | up 245.3% | volatile |
| 95 | El Salvador | 1,316 No | 2024 | up 86.7% | rising |
| 96 | Guyana | 1,294 No | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 97 | Bhutan | 1,162 No | 2024 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 98 | Qatar | 1,044 No | 2024 | up 432.7% | volatile |
| 99 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 971 No | 2024 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 100 | Afghanistan | 953 No | 2024 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 101 | Guatemala | 946 No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 102 | Togo | 845 No | 2024 | up 284.1% | volatile |
| 103 | Panama | 824 No | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 104 | Eswatini | 746 No | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 105 | Trinidad and Tobago | 736 No | 2024 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 106 | Finland | 721 No | 2024 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 107 | Benin | 483 No | 2024 | up 93.2% | rising |
| 108 | Sweden | 448 No | 2024 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 109 | Montenegro | 433 No | 2024 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 110 | Malta | 127 No | 2024 | up 92.4% | volatile |
| 111 | Guinea | 96 No | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 112 | Suriname | 83 No | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 113 | Honduras | 64 No | 2024 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 113 | Mauritania | 64 No | 2024 | up 6,300.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 5.99 million No
- Asia 1.06 million No
- Northern America and Europe 2.80 million No
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 203,505 No
- Europe 2.09 million No
- Türkiye 38,961 No
- Americas 1.21 million No
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 27,224 No
- Northern Europe 898,221 No
- Viet Nam 26,373 No
- Northern America 709,080 No
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 11,506 No
- Eastern Europe 670,058 No
- United Republic of Tanzania 7,279 No
- Central Asia and Southern Asia 600,977 No
- Republic of Moldova 6,108 No
- United States of America 584,724 No
- Melanesia 2,662 No
- Southern Asia 525,395 No
- Latin America and the Caribbean 504,164 No
- Africa 374,209 No
- South America 370,254 No
- Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 353,791 No
- Oceania 338,524 No
- Western Europe 308,237 No
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 256,491 No
- Eastern Asia 255,266 No
- Western Asia and Northern Africa 239,798 No
- Sub-Saharan Africa 239,694 No
- Southern Europe 217,518 No
- Eastern Africa 170,155 No
- Northern Africa 134,515 No
- Western Asia 105,283 No
- Central America 102,295 No
- South-Eastern Asia 98,525 No
- Central Asia 75,582 No
- Regional Centres (FAO) (2.5.1.a) 67,027 No
- Western Africa 33,335 No
- Caribbean 20,665 No
- Southern Africa 16,476 No
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