2.5.1b Number of local: Value, annual growth rate in Western Asia and Northern Africa
Western Asia and Northern Africa: 2.5.1b Number of local: Value, annual growth rate was 0.8757 % change on previous year in 2025. ◆ Volatile
2.5.1b Number of local breeds kept in the country — Value, annual in Western Asia and Northern Africa, 2001–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in % change on previous year.
Analysis
In 2025, 2.5.1b number of local breeds kept in the country — value, annual in Western Asia and Northern Africa stood at 0.8757 % change on previous year.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 17.5% on the previous year and down 69.7% over five years.
Over the whole period, 2.5.1b number of local breeds kept in the country — value, annual in Western Asia and Northern Africa peaked at 162.09 % change on previous year in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0 % change on previous year, in 2002.
That places Western Asia and Northern Africa 17th out of 34 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
2.5.1b Number of local: Value, annual growth rate in Western Asia and Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | % change on previous year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1.22 % change on previous year | — |
| 2002 | 0 % change on previous year | -100.0% |
| 2003 | 6.63 % change on previous year | — |
| 2004 | 1.69 % change on previous year | -74.4% |
| 2005 | 1.11 % change on previous year | -34.4% |
| 2006 | 162.09 % change on previous year | +14487.9% |
| 2007 | 0 % change on previous year | -100.0% |
| 2008 | 0.8386 % change on previous year | — |
| 2009 | 0 % change on previous year | -100.0% |
| 2010 | 0 % change on previous year | — |
| 2011 | 0 % change on previous year | — |
| 2012 | 0.4158 % change on previous year | — |
| 2013 | 0 % change on previous year | -100.0% |
| 2014 | 0 % change on previous year | — |
| 2015 | 0 % change on previous year | — |
| 2016 | 0 % change on previous year | — |
| 2017 | 0.207 % change on previous year | — |
| 2018 | 0 % change on previous year | -100.0% |
| 2019 | 0.2066 % change on previous year | — |
| 2020 | 2.89 % change on previous year | +1297.1% |
| 2021 | 3.21 % change on previous year | +11.1% |
| 2022 | 5.24 % change on previous year | +63.5% |
| 2023 | 4.24 % change on previous year | -19.1% |
| 2024 | 1.06 % change on previous year | -75.0% |
| 2025 | 0.8757 % change on previous year | -17.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where 2.5.1b Number of local: Value, annual growth rate in Western Asia and Northern Africa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +14487.9% | 1.11 % change on previous year | 162.09 % change on previous year |
| 2020 | +1297.1% | 0.2066 % change on previous year | 2.89 % change on previous year |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 19.29 % change on previous year | 0 % change on previous year | 162.09 % change on previous year | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.0829 % change on previous year | 0 % change on previous year | 0.4158 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.92 % change on previous year | 0.8757 % change on previous year | 5.24 % change on previous year | 6 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia and Northern Africa
- 14 China, mainland 1.16 % change on previous year compare
- 15 Italy 0.8811 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Afghanistan 0 % change on previous year
- 16 Angola 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Albania 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Argentina 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Armenia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Antigua and Barbuda 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Australia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Austria 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Azerbaijan 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Belgium 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Benin 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Burkina Faso 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Bangladesh 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Bulgaria 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Bahrain 0 % change on previous year
- 16 Bahamas 0 % change on previous year
- 16 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Belarus 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Belize 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Bermuda 0 % change on previous year
- 16 Brazil 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Barbados 0 % change on previous year
- 16 Botswana 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Central African Republic 0 % change on previous year
- 16 Canada 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Switzerland 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Chile 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Cameroon 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Congo 0 % change on previous year
- 16 Colombia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Comoros 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Costa Rica 0 % change on previous year
- 16 Cuba 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Cyprus 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Czechia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Germany 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Djibouti 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Dominica 0 % change on previous year
- 16 Dominican Republic 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Algeria 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Egypt 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Eritrea 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Spain 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Estonia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Ethiopia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Finland 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Fiji 0 % change on previous year
- 16 France 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Faroe Islands 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Georgia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Ghana 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Guinea 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Gambia 0 % change on previous year
- 16 Guinea-Bissau 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Greece 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Grenada 0 % change on previous year
- 16 Greenland 0 % change on previous year
- 16 Guatemala 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Guam 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Guyana 0 % change on previous year
- 16 Honduras 0 % change on previous year
- 16 Croatia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Haiti 0 % change on previous year
- 16 Hungary 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 India 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Ireland 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Iraq 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Iceland 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Israel 0 % change on previous year
- 16 Jamaica 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Jordan 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Japan 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Kazakhstan 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Kenya 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Kyrgyzstan 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Cambodia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Kiribati 0 % change on previous year
- 16 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Lebanon 0 % change on previous year
- 16 Libya 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Saint Lucia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Lesotho 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Lithuania 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Luxembourg 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Latvia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Morocco 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Madagascar 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Maldives 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 North Macedonia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Mali 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Malta 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Myanmar 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Montenegro 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Mongolia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Northern Mariana Islands 0 % change on previous year
- 16 Mozambique 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Mauritania 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Mauritius 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Malawi 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Malaysia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Namibia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Niger 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Nicaragua 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Norway 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Nepal 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 New Zealand 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Oman 0 % change on previous year
- 16 Pakistan 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Panama 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Peru 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Philippines 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Papua New Guinea 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Poland 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Portugal 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Paraguay 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Romania 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Rwanda 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Saudi Arabia 0 % change on previous year
- 16 Sudan 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Senegal 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Solomon Islands 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 El Salvador 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Somalia 0 % change on previous year
- 16 Serbia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Sao Tome and Principe 0 % change on previous year
- 16 Suriname 0 % change on previous year
- 16 Slovakia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Slovenia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Sweden 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Eswatini 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Seychelles 0 % change on previous year
- 16 Chad 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Togo 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Thailand 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Tajikistan 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Turkmenistan 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Tonga 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Trinidad and Tobago 0 % change on previous year
- 16 Tunisia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Tuvalu 0 % change on previous year
- 16 Ukraine 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Uruguay 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Uzbekistan 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 British Virgin Islands 0 % change on previous year
- 16 United States Virgin Islands 0 % change on previous year
- 16 Vanuatu 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Samoa 0 % change on previous year
- 16 Yemen 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Zambia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Zimbabwe 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 French Guiana 0 % change on previous year
- 16 Cook Islands 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Niue 0 % change on previous year
- 16 Micronesia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Melanesia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Polynesia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0 % change on previous year
- 16 Caribbean 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Republic of Korea 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Republic of Moldova 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Syrian Arab Republic 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Viet Nam 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Türkiye 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Australia and New Zealand 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Côte d'Ivoire 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 United Republic of Tanzania 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0 % change on previous year compare
- 16 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0 % change on previous year
- 16 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0 % change on previous year
More economy & growth data for Western Asia and Northern Africa
- 2.5.1b Number of transboundary breeds (including extinct ones) — Value 156 No (2025)
- 2.5.2 Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) — Value 148 No (2025)
- 2.5.2 Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status — Value 105 No (2025)
- 2.5.2 Number of local breeds with unknown risk status — Value 372 No (2025)
- 2.5.2 Number of local breeds (not extinct) — Value 525 No (2025)
- 2.5.1b Number of local breeds kept in the country — Value 576 No (2025)
- 2.5.1b Number of transboundary breeds (including extinct ones) 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- 2.5.2 Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) — Value, annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- 2.5.2 Number of local breeds (not extinct) — Value, annual growth rate 0.9615 % change on previous year (2025)
- 2.5.2 Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 0.9615 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is 2.5.1b number of local breeds kept in the country — value, annual in Western Asia and Northern Africa?
- 2.5.1b number of local breeds kept in the country — value, annual in Western Asia and Northern Africa was 0.8757 % change on previous year in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest 2.5.1b number of local breeds kept in the country — value, annual recorded in Western Asia and Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 162.09 % change on previous year in 2006.
- What is the lowest 2.5.1b number of local breeds kept in the country — value, annual recorded in Western Asia and Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 % change on previous year in 2002.
- How does Western Asia and Northern Africa rank for 2.5.1b number of local breeds kept in the country — value, annual?
- Western Asia and Northern Africa ranks 17th out of 34 groups with data for 2025.
- Where does this Western Asia and Northern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of 2.5.1b Number of local breeds kept in the country — Value, annual growth rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The year-on-year percentage change in 2.5.1b Number of local breeds kept in the country — Value. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
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- 2.5.1b Number of local breeds kept in the country — Value Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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The year-on-year percentage change in 2.5.1b Number of local breeds kept in the country — Value. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.