2.5.2 Number of local breeds with unknown risk status — Value in Western Africa
Western Africa: 2.5.2 Number of local breeds with unknown risk status — Value was 171 No in 2025. ▲ Rising
2.5.2 Number of local breeds with unknown risk status — Value in Western Africa, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in No.
Analysis
In 2025, 2.5.2 number of local breeds with unknown risk status — value in Western Africa stood at 171 No.
The figure is up 3.6% on the previous year and down 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, 2.5.2 number of local breeds with unknown risk status — value in Western Africa peaked at 174 No in 2013 and was at its lowest, 9 No, in 2000.
Western Africa ranks 21st 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 with unknown risk status — Value in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 9 No | — |
| 2001 | 9 No | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 19 No | +111.1% |
| 2003 | 28 No | +47.4% |
| 2004 | 36 No | +28.6% |
| 2005 | 35 No | -2.8% |
| 2006 | 169 No | +382.9% |
| 2007 | 169 No | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 168 No | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 168 No | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 168 No | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 173 No | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 172 No | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 174 No | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 174 No | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 173 No | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 171 No | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 171 No | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 169 No | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 165 No | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 162 No | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 162 No | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 165 No | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 165 No | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 165 No | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 171 No | +3.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 81 No | 9 No | 169 No | 10 |
| 2010s | 171 No | 165 No | 174 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 165 No | 162 No | 171 No | 6 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
More economy & growth data for Western Africa
- Gross Domestic Product, GDP in millions constant 2021 international $ 2.53 million (2027)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ 535,797 million USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$, 2015 prices 4.28 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita 1,174 USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices 1,939 USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices 884,444 million USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ -23.38 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ per capita -25.09 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Annual growth US$ -31.89 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$, 2015 prices 17.61 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is 2.5.2 number of local breeds with unknown risk status — value in Western Africa?
- 2.5.2 number of local breeds with unknown risk status — value in Western Africa was 171 No in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest 2.5.2 number of local breeds with unknown risk status — value recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 174 No in 2013.
- What is the lowest 2.5.2 number of local breeds with unknown risk status — value recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 9 No in 2000.
- How does Western Africa rank for 2.5.2 number of local breeds with unknown risk status — value?
- Western Africa ranks 21st out of 32 groups with data for 2025.
- Is 2.5.2 number of local breeds with unknown risk status — value rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Africa 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 with unknown risk status — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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