2.5.1b Number of local breeds kept in the country — Value in Western Europe
Western Europe: 2.5.1b Number of local breeds kept in the country — Value was 1,083 No in 2025. ▲ Rising
2.5.1b Number of local breeds kept in the country — Value in Western Europe, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in No.
Analysis
Western Europe recorded 1,083 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 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, 2.5.1b number of local breeds kept in the country — value in Western Europe peaked at 1,083 No in 2024 and was at its lowest, 532 No, in 2000.
That places Western Europe 5th out of 32 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
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 Western Europe, year by year
| Year | No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 532 No | — |
| 2001 | 579 No | +8.8% |
| 2002 | 582 No | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 591 No | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 664 No | +12.4% |
| 2005 | 697 No | +5.0% |
| 2006 | 998 No | +43.2% |
| 2007 | 998 No | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 998 No | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 998 No | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 998 No | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 999 No | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 999 No | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 999 No | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 999 No | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 999 No | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 999 No | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 999 No | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 999 No | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1,009 No | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 1,010 No | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 1,016 No | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 1,032 No | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 1,055 No | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 1,083 No | +2.7% |
| 2025 | 1,083 No | +0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where 2.5.1b Number of local breeds kept in the country — Value in Western 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 | +43.2% | 697 No | 998 No |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 763.7 No | 532 No | 998 No | 10 |
| 2010s | 999.9 No | 998 No | 1,009 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,046 No | 1,010 No | 1,083 No | 6 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
- 2 Germany 532 No compare
- 3 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 335 No compare
- 4 France 309 No compare
- 5 India 297 No compare
- 5 Türkiye 113 No compare
- 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 69 No compare
- 6 Russian Federation 270 No compare
- 6 Viet Nam 69 No compare
- 7 Italy 229 No compare
- 8 Spain 221 No compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 51 No compare
More economy & growth data for Western Europe
- Gross Domestic Product, GDP in millions constant 2021 international $ 12.78 million (2027)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ 11.28 million million USD (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value US$, 2015 prices 1.94 million million USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita 56,453 USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices 45,841 USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices 9.16 million million USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ 3.64 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ per capita 3.47 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Annual growth US$ 0.7042 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$, 2015 prices 21.22 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is 2.5.1b number of local breeds kept in the country — value in Western Europe?
- 2.5.1b number of local breeds kept in the country — value in Western Europe was 1,083 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 Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 1,083 No in 2024.
- What is the lowest 2.5.1b number of local breeds kept in the country — value recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 532 No in 2000.
- How does Western Europe rank for 2.5.1b number of local breeds kept in the country — value?
- Western Europe ranks 5th 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 Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western 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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