2.5.1b Number of local breeds kept in the country — Value in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: 2.5.1b Number of local breeds kept in the country — Value was 342 No in 2025. ▲ Rising
2.5.1b Number of local breeds kept in the country — Value in Eastern Africa, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in No.
Analysis
Eastern Africa recorded 342 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.
The figure is up 2.7% on the previous year and up 22.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, 2.5.1b number of local breeds kept in the country — value in Eastern Africa peaked at 342 No in 2025 and was at its lowest, 64 No, in 2000.
Eastern Africa ranks 20th of 32 groups on this measure, 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 Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 64 No | — |
| 2001 | 69 No | +7.8% |
| 2002 | 69 No | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 70 No | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 70 No | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 71 No | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 280 No | +294.4% |
| 2007 | 280 No | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 280 No | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 280 No | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 280 No | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 280 No | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 280 No | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 280 No | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 280 No | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 280 No | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 280 No | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 280 No | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 280 No | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 280 No | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 286 No | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 287 No | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 295 No | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 303 No | +2.7% |
| 2024 | 333 No | +9.9% |
| 2025 | 342 No | +2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 153.3 No | 64 No | 280 No | 10 |
| 2010s | 280 No | 280 No | 280 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 307.67 No | 286 No | 342 No | 6 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 17 Bulgaria 96 No compare
- 17 Micronesia 8 No compare
- 18 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1 No compare
- 18 Ethiopia 93 No compare
- 19 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 91 No compare
- 20 Republic of Korea 86 No compare
- 21 Kazakhstan 75 No compare
- 22 New Zealand 74 No compare
- 23 Belgium 73 No compare
More economy & growth data for Eastern Africa
- Gross Domestic Product, GDP in millions constant 2021 international $ 1.86 million (2027)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ 920,068 million USD (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$ 15.15 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita 1,842 USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices 1,011 USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices 504,851 million USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ 62.86 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ per capita 58.67 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Annual growth US$ 6.36 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$, 2015 prices 25.33 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is 2.5.1b number of local breeds kept in the country — value in Eastern Africa?
- 2.5.1b number of local breeds kept in the country — value in Eastern Africa was 342 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 Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 342 No in 2025.
- What is the lowest 2.5.1b number of local breeds kept in the country — value recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 64 No in 2000.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for 2.5.1b number of local breeds kept in the country — value?
- Eastern Africa ranks 20th 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 Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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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