2.5.1b Number of local breeds kept in the country — Value in Central Asia and Southern Asia
Central Asia and Southern Asia: 2.5.1b Number of local breeds kept in the country — Value was 811 No in 2025. ▲ Rising
2.5.1b Number of local breeds kept in the country — Value in Central Asia and Southern Asia, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in No.
Analysis
Central Asia and Southern Asia recorded 811 No for 2.5.1b number of local breeds kept in the country — value in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 16.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, 2.5.1b number of local breeds kept in the country — value in Central Asia and Southern Asia peaked at 811 No in 2025 and was at its lowest, 175 No, in 2000.
That places Central Asia and Southern Asia 11th out of 32 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 Central Asia and Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 175 No | — |
| 2001 | 178 No | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 185 No | +3.9% |
| 2003 | 194 No | +4.9% |
| 2004 | 201 No | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 202 No | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 659 No | +226.2% |
| 2007 | 662 No | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 662 No | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 663 No | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 664 No | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 666 No | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 681 No | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 688 No | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 694 No | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 697 No | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 706 No | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 708 No | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 708 No | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 713 No | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 713 No | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 715 No | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 723 No | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 794 No | +9.8% |
| 2024 | 805 No | +1.4% |
| 2025 | 811 No | +0.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where 2.5.1b Number of local breeds kept in the country — Value in Central Asia and Southern Asia 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 | +226.2% | 202 No | 659 No |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 378.1 No | 175 No | 663 No | 10 |
| 2010s | 692.5 No | 664 No | 713 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 760.17 No | 713 No | 811 No | 6 |
Countries ranked near Central Asia and Southern Asia
- 8 Spain 221 No compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 51 No compare
- 9 Australia and New Zealand 182 No compare
- 9 Melanesia 35 No compare
- 10 Indonesia 173 No compare
- 10 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 29 No compare
- 11 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 26 No compare
- 11 Poland 162 No compare
- 12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 25 No compare
- 12 Hungary 155 No compare
- 13 Ukraine 132 No compare
- 13 Polynesia 21 No compare
- 14 Republic of Moldova 20 No compare
- 14 Romania 113 No compare
More economy & growth data for Central Asia and Southern Asia
- 2.5.1b Number of transboundary breeds (including extinct ones) — Value 194 No (2025)
- 2.5.2 Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) — Value 193 No (2025)
- 2.5.2 Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status — Value 140 No (2025)
- 2.5.2 Number of local breeds (not extinct) — Value 796 No (2025)
- 2.5.2 Number of local breeds with unknown risk status — Value 546 No (2025)
- Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (15-49 years) 48.7 % (2023)
- 2.5.2 Proportion of local breeds classified as being at risk of 13.89 % (2013)
- 2.1.1 Prevalence of undernourishment — Value 9.1 % (2025)
- 15.6.1 Countries that are contracting Parties to the International 10 No (2025)
- 15.6.1 Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer Agreements 19,719 No (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is 2.5.1b number of local breeds kept in the country — value in Central Asia and Southern Asia?
- 2.5.1b number of local breeds kept in the country — value in Central Asia and Southern Asia was 811 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 Central Asia and Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 811 No in 2025.
- What is the lowest 2.5.1b number of local breeds kept in the country — value recorded in Central Asia and Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 175 No in 2000.
- How does Central Asia and Southern Asia rank for 2.5.1b number of local breeds kept in the country — value?
- Central Asia and Southern Asia ranks 11th out of 32 groups with data for 2025.
- Is 2.5.1b number of local breeds kept in the country — value rising or falling in Central Asia and Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central Asia and Southern 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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