2.5.2 Number of local breeds (not extinct) — Value in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: 2.5.2 Number of local breeds (not extinct) — Value was 698 No in 2025. ▲ Rising
2.5.2 Number of local breeds (not extinct) — Value in Southern Europe, 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 Southern Europe stood at 698 No. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, 2.5.2 number of local breeds (not extinct) — value in Southern Europe peaked at 698 No in 2025 and was at its lowest, 359 No, in 2000.
Southern Europe ranks 12th 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.
2.5.2 Number of local breeds (not extinct) — Value in Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 359 No | — |
| 2001 | 392 No | +9.2% |
| 2002 | 400 No | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 411 No | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 425 No | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 445 No | +4.7% |
| 2006 | 644 No | +44.7% |
| 2007 | 645 No | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 644 No | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 642 No | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 633 No | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 639 No | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 637 No | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 642 No | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 644 No | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 646 No | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 646 No | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 645 No | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 672 No | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 682 No | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 684 No | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 684 No | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 689 No | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 694 No | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 696 No | +0.3% |
| 2025 | 698 No | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 500.7 No | 359 No | 645 No | 10 |
| 2010s | 648.6 No | 633 No | 682 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 690.83 No | 684 No | 698 No | 6 |
Countries ranked near Southern Europe
- 9 Hungary 153 No compare
- 9 Melanesia 35 No compare
- 10 Russian Federation 150 No compare
- 10 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 27 No compare
- 11 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 26 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
- 13 Polynesia 21 No compare
- 14 Ethiopia 93 No compare
- 14 Republic of Moldova 17 No compare
- 14 Romania 93 No compare
- 15 Lao People's Democratic Republic 16 No compare
More economy & growth data for Southern Europe
- Gross Domestic Product, GDP in millions constant 2021 international $ 7.33 million (2027)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ 5.03 million million USD (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$ 20.85 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita 33,234 USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices 27,640 USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices 4.18 million million USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ 4.81 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ per capita 5.14 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Annual growth US$ 3.1 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$, 2015 prices 21.32 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is 2.5.2 number of local breeds (not extinct) — value in Southern Europe?
- 2.5.2 number of local breeds (not extinct) — value in Southern Europe was 698 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 Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 698 No in 2025.
- What is the lowest 2.5.2 number of local breeds (not extinct) — value recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 359 No in 2000.
- How does Southern Europe rank for 2.5.2 number of local breeds (not extinct) — value?
- Southern Europe ranks 12th out of 32 groups with data for 2025.
- Is 2.5.2 number of local breeds (not extinct) — value rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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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