2.5.1b Number of local breeds kept in the country — Value in Asia
Asia: 2.5.1b Number of local breeds kept in the country — Value was 2,647 No in 2025. ▲ Rising
2.5.1b Number of local breeds kept in the country — Value in Asia, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in No.
Analysis
The most recent figure for 2.5.1b number of local breeds kept in the country — value in Asia is 2,647 No, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 18.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, 2.5.1b number of local breeds kept in the country — value in Asia peaked at 2,647 No in 2025 and was at its lowest, 915 No, in 2000.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
2.5.1b Number of local breeds kept in the country — Value in Asia, year by year
| Year | No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 915 No | — |
| 2001 | 922 No | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 950 No | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 987 No | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 1,005 No | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 1,019 No | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 2,175 No | +113.4% |
| 2007 | 2,178 No | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 2,192 No | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 2,195 No | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 2,198 No | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 2,200 No | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 2,217 No | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 2,226 No | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 2,233 No | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 2,239 No | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 2,250 No | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 2,254 No | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 2,255 No | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 2,266 No | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 2,289 No | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 2,425 No | +5.9% |
| 2022 | 2,463 No | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 2,560 No | +3.9% |
| 2024 | 2,607 No | +1.8% |
| 2025 | 2,647 No | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,454 No | 915 No | 2,195 No | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,234 No | 2,198 No | 2,266 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,498 No | 2,289 No | 2,647 No | 6 |
Countries ranked near Asia
- 1 China, mainland 872 No compare
- 2 Germany 532 No compare
- 3 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 335 No compare
- 4 France 309 No compare
More economy & growth data for Asia
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation Deflator — Value US$, 2015 prices 106.47 USD (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value US$ 13.40 million million USD (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value US$, 2015 prices 12.58 million million USD (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$ 33.73 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ per capita, 2015 prices 2.88 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$, 2015 prices 3.51 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ per capita 4.9 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ 5.54 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices 37.66 million million USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ 39.74 million million USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is 2.5.1b number of local breeds kept in the country — value in Asia?
- 2.5.1b number of local breeds kept in the country — value in Asia was 2,647 No in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest 2.5.1b number of local breeds kept in the country — value recorded in Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,647 No in 2025.
- What is the lowest 2.5.1b number of local breeds kept in the country — value recorded in Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 915 No in 2000.
- How does Asia rank for 2.5.1b number of local breeds kept in the country — value?
- Asia ranks 1st out of 18 groups with data for 2025.
- Is 2.5.1b number of local breeds kept in the country — value rising or falling in Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Asia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of 2.5.1b Number of local breeds kept in the country — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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