2.5.2 Number of local breeds (not extinct) — Value in Americas
Americas: 2.5.2 Number of local breeds (not extinct) — Value was 682 No in 2025. ▲ Rising
2.5.2 Number of local breeds (not extinct) — Value in Americas, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in No.
Analysis
In 2025, 2.5.2 number of local breeds (not extinct) — value in Americas stood at 682 No. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, 2.5.2 number of local breeds (not extinct) — value in Americas peaked at 682 No in 2025 and was at its lowest, 153 No, in 2000.
That places Americas 13th 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.
2.5.2 Number of local breeds (not extinct) — Value in Americas, year by year
| Year | No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 153 No | — |
| 2001 | 158 No | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 174 No | +10.1% |
| 2003 | 185 No | +6.3% |
| 2004 | 189 No | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 194 No | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 633 No | +226.3% |
| 2007 | 636 No | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 636 No | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 636 No | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 636 No | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 635 No | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 635 No | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 636 No | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 635 No | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 635 No | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 634 No | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 635 No | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 636 No | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 636 No | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 642 No | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 649 No | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 653 No | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 676 No | +3.5% |
| 2024 | 679 No | +0.4% |
| 2025 | 682 No | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 359.4 No | 153 No | 636 No | 10 |
| 2010s | 635.3 No | 634 No | 636 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 663.5 No | 642 No | 682 No | 6 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 10 Russian Federation 150 No compare
- 11 Australia and New Zealand 143 No compare
- 12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 25 No compare
- 12 Poland 125 No compare
- 13 Pakistan 104 No compare
- 14 Ethiopia 93 No compare
- 14 Romania 93 No compare
- 16 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 88 No compare
More economy & growth data for Americas
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$, 2015 prices 2.58 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Annual growth US$ 5.11 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$, 2015 prices 21.5 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$ 21.18 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value US$, 2015 prices 6.55 million million USD (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value US$ 8.17 million million USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ per capita, 2015 prices 1.9 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita 36,841 USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices 29,094 USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices 30.48 million million USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is 2.5.2 number of local breeds (not extinct) — value in Americas?
- 2.5.2 number of local breeds (not extinct) — value in Americas was 682 No in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest 2.5.2 number of local breeds (not extinct) — value recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 682 No in 2025.
- What is the lowest 2.5.2 number of local breeds (not extinct) — value recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 153 No in 2000.
- How does Americas rank for 2.5.2 number of local breeds (not extinct) — value?
- Americas ranks 13th out of 32 groups with data for 2025.
- Is 2.5.2 number of local breeds (not extinct) — value rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of 2.5.2 Number of local breeds (not extinct) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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