2.5.1b Number of local breeds kept in the country — Value in Northern Europe
Northern Europe: 2.5.1b Number of local breeds kept in the country — Value was 631 No in 2025. ▲ Rising
2.5.1b Number of local breeds kept in the country — Value in Northern Europe, 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 Northern Europe is 631 No, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, 2.5.1b number of local breeds kept in the country — value in Northern Europe peaked at 631 No in 2025 and was at its lowest, 212 No, in 2000.
That places Northern Europe 15th 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 Northern Europe, year by year
| Year | No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 212 No | — |
| 2001 | 214 No | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 338 No | +57.9% |
| 2003 | 348 No | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 354 No | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 355 No | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 582 No | +63.9% |
| 2007 | 582 No | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 582 No | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 582 No | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 582 No | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 582 No | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 582 No | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 582 No | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 582 No | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 582 No | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 584 No | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 584 No | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 584 No | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 586 No | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 601 No | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 608 No | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 609 No | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 627 No | +3.0% |
| 2024 | 627 No | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 631 No | +0.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where 2.5.1b Number of local breeds kept in the country — Value in Northern Europe 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 | +63.9% | 355 No | 582 No |
| 2002 | +57.9% | 214 No | 338 No |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 414.9 No | 212 No | 582 No | 10 |
| 2010s | 583 No | 582 No | 586 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 617.17 No | 601 No | 631 No | 6 |
Countries ranked near Northern Europe
- 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
- 15 Australia 108 No compare
- 15 Lao People's Democratic Republic 16 No compare
- 16 Pakistan 105 No compare
- 16 Syrian Arab Republic 9 No compare
- 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
More economy & growth data for Northern Europe
- Gross Domestic Product, GDP in millions constant 2021 international $ 6.84 million (2027)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ 6.26 million million USD (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value US$, 2015 prices 1.08 million million USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita 57,638 USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices 51,132 USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices 5.56 million million USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ 6.15 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ per capita 5.5 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Annual growth US$ 1.13 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$, 2015 prices 19.37 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is 2.5.1b number of local breeds kept in the country — value in Northern Europe?
- 2.5.1b number of local breeds kept in the country — value in Northern Europe was 631 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 Northern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 631 No in 2025.
- What is the lowest 2.5.1b number of local breeds kept in the country — value recorded in Northern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 212 No in 2000.
- How does Northern Europe rank for 2.5.1b number of local breeds kept in the country — value?
- Northern Europe ranks 15th 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 Northern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern Europe 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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