2.5.1b Number of local breeds kept in the country — Value, per square kilometre by country
2.5.1b Number of local breeds kept in the country — Value divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
What the numbers show
2.5.1b Number of local breeds kept in the country — Value, per square kilometre is currently reported for 163 countries. The highest value is 0.1 No per square kilometre in Tuvalu; the lowest is 0 No per square kilometre in Greenland.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0001 No per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.0024 No per square kilometre.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 41,045.
Over the past decade 77 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Libya (up 450.0%), and the largest decrease in Guyana (down 6.8%).
2.5.1b Number of local: Value, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tuvalu | 0.1 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0731 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 3 | Bermuda | 0.037 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 4 | Saint Lucia | 0.0213 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 85.7% | rising |
| 5 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0182 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 6 | Barbados | 0.014 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 7 | Maldives | 0.0134 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 8 | Malta | 0.0094 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 9 | Guam | 0.0093 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 10 | Tonga | 0.0069 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 11 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0067 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 12 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0063 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 13 | Mauritius | 0.004 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 14 | Dominica | 0.004 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 15 | Comoros | 0.0038 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 16 | Grenada | 0.0029 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 17 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.0029 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 18 | Kiribati | 0.0025 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 19 | Belgium | 0.0024 No per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 20 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.0022 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 20 | Seychelles | 0.0022 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 22 | Luxembourg | 0.0019 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 23 | Cyprus | 0.0018 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 24 | Hungary | 0.0017 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 25 | Slovenia | 0.0016 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 26 | Albania | 0.0016 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 27 | Germany | 0.0015 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 28 | Faroe Islands | 0.0015 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 29 | Denmark | 0.0013 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 30 | Bahrain | 0.0013 No per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 31 | Samoa | 0.0011 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 32 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.001 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Montenegro | 0.001 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.3% | flat |
| 34 | Croatia | 0.0009 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 35 | Bulgaria | 0.0009 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 36 | Eswatini | 0.0009 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 37 | Switzerland | 0.0008 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 38 | Italy | 0.0008 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 39 | Jamaica | 0.0007 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 40 | Azerbaijan | 0.0007 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 87.1% | volatile |
| 41 | Djibouti | 0.0007 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 77.8% | rising |
| 42 | Rwanda | 0.0007 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 70.0% | rising |
| 43 | Slovakia | 0.0007 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 44 | Fiji | 0.0007 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 45 | Bhutan | 0.0007 No per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Czechia | 0.0006 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 55.3% | rising |
| 47 | Georgia | 0.0006 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 90.5% | rising |
| 48 | Portugal | 0.0006 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 49 | Ireland | 0.0006 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 50 | Poland | 0.0005 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 51 | France | 0.0005 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 52 | Austria | 0.0005 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 53 | Armenia | 0.0005 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 54 | Vanuatu | 0.0005 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 55 | Romania | 0.0005 No per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 56 | Lithuania | 0.0005 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 70.8% | rising |
| 57 | Spain | 0.0004 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 58 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0004 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 59 | Lesotho | 0.0004 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 60 | Cuba | 0.0004 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 61 | Bangladesh | 0.0004 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 62 | El Salvador | 0.0004 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 63 | Haiti | 0.0003 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 64 | Greece | 0.0003 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 65 | Sri Lanka | 0.0003 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 66 | Latvia | 0.0003 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 67 | Solomon Islands | 0.0003 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 68 | Estonia | 0.0003 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 69 | North Macedonia | 0.0003 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 70 | Burundi | 0.0003 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 71 | Jordan | 0.0003 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 72 | Nepal | 0.0002 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 73 | Ukraine | 0.0002 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 74 | Serbia | 0.0002 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 75 | Guatemala | 0.0002 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 76 | Philippines | 0.0002 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 77 | New Zealand | 0.0002 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 183.3% | rising |
| 78 | Honduras | 0.0002 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 79 | Malawi | 0.0002 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 80 | Tajikistan | 0.0002 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 81 | Sweden | 0.0002 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 82 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0001 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 83 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0001 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 84 | Israel | 0.0001 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 85 | Japan | 0.0001 No per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 86 | Pakistan | 0.0001 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 87 | Norway | 0.0001 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 88 | Togo | 0.0001 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 89 | Dominican Republic | 0.0001 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 90 | Ecuador | 0.0001 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 91 | Senegal | 0.0001 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 92 | Bahamas | 0.0001 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 93 | Iceland | 0.0001 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 65.7% | rising |
| 94 | Gambia | 0.0001 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 95 | Costa Rica | 0.0001 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 96 | Lebanon | 0.0001 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 97 | Benin | 0.0001 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 98 | India | 0.0001 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 99 | Uruguay | 0.0001 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 100 | Panama | 0.0001 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 101 | Belarus | 0.0001 No per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 102 | Ghana | 0.0001 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 103 | Cambodia | 0.0001 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 104 | Belize | 0.0001 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 105 | Chile | 0.0001 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Burkina Faso | 0.0001 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 107 | Indonesia | 0.0001 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 108 | Suriname | 0.0001 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 109 | Morocco | 0.0001 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 110 | Malaysia | 0.0001 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 111 | Nicaragua | 0.0001 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 112 | Iraq | 0.0001 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 113 | Finland | 0.0001 No per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 114 | Yemen | 0.0001 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 115 | Egypt | 0.0001 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 116 | Oman | 0.0001 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 117 | Ethiopia | 0.0001 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 118 | Afghanistan | 0.0001 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 119 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0001 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 120 | Kenya | 0.0001 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 121 | Uzbekistan | 0.0001 No per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 122 | Guyana | 0.0001 No per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 123 | Tunisia | 0.0001 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 124 | Eritrea | 0 No per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 125 | Cameroon | 0 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 126 | Mali | 0 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 127 | South Africa | 0 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 128 | Gabon | 0 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 129 | Namibia | 0 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Thailand | 0 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 131 | Uganda | 0 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 132 | Turkmenistan | 0 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 133 | Mongolia | 0 No per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 134 | Madagascar | 0 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 135 | Myanmar | 0 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 136 | Somalia | 0 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 137 | Guinea | 0 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 138 | Chad | 0 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 139 | Kazakhstan | 0 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 74.4% | rising |
| 140 | Sudan | 0 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 141 | Colombia | 0 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 142 | Botswana | 0 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 143 | Paraguay | 0 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 301.3% | volatile |
| 144 | Zambia | 0 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 145 | Mexico | 0 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 146 | Papua New Guinea | 0 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 147 | Niger | 0 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 148 | Nigeria | 0 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 149 | Zimbabwe | 0 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 150 | Peru | 0 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 151 | Mozambique | 0 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 152 | Central African Republic | 0 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 153 | Angola | 0 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 154 | Australia | 0 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 155 | Argentina | 0 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 156 | Algeria | 0 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 157 | Congo | 0 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 158 | Mauritania | 0 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 159 | Brazil | 0 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 160 | Libya | 0 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 450.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Saudi Arabia | 0 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 162 | Canada | 0 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 163 | Greenland | 0 No per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.0001 No per square kilometre
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0 No per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
2.5.1b Number of local breeds kept in the country — Value divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
2.5.1b Number of local breeds kept in the country — Value ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- 2.5.1b Number of local breeds kept in the country — Value Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
2.5.1b Number of local breeds kept in the country — Value divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.