2.5.2 Number of local breeds (not extinct) — Value in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): 2.5.2 Number of local breeds (not extinct) — Value was 820 No in 2025. ▲ Rising
2.5.2 Number of local breeds (not extinct) — Value in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in No.
Analysis
The most recent figure for 2.5.2 number of local breeds (not extinct) — value in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) is 820 No, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, 2.5.2 number of local breeds (not extinct) — value in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 820 No in 2025 and was at its lowest, 221 No, in 2000.
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 Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 221 No | — |
| 2001 | 226 No | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 229 No | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 232 No | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 240 No | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 249 No | +3.8% |
| 2006 | 752 No | +202.0% |
| 2007 | 752 No | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 753 No | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 753 No | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 753 No | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 753 No | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 753 No | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 752 No | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 752 No | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 753 No | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 753 No | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 753 No | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 753 No | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 753 No | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 764 No | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 765 No | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 774 No | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 781 No | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 811 No | +3.8% |
| 2025 | 820 No | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 440.7 No | 221 No | 753 No | 10 |
| 2010s | 752.8 No | 752 No | 753 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 785.83 No | 764 No | 820 No | 6 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
More economy & growth data for Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value US$, 2015 prices 437,904 million USD (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Annual growth US$, 2015 prices 6.33 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Annual growth US$ 2.46 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$, 2015 prices 31.16 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$ 25.21 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ 1.51 million million USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita 1,271 USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices 1,183 USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ 5.94 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value US$ 380,646 million USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is 2.5.2 number of local breeds (not extinct) — value in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- 2.5.2 number of local breeds (not extinct) — value in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 820 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 Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 820 No in 2025.
- What is the lowest 2.5.2 number of local breeds (not extinct) — value recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 221 No in 2000.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for 2.5.2 number of local breeds (not extinct) — value?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 2nd out of 18 groups with data for 2025.
- Is 2.5.2 number of local breeds (not extinct) — value rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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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