Proportion of local breeds classified as being at risk of extinction as a share of local breeds with known level of extinction risk (%) by country
Countries reporting
125
Highest
100.0%
Belgium
Lowest
0.0%
Syrian Arab Republic
Median
71.0%
Years covered
26
2000–2025
Data points
3,444
What the numbers show
Proportion of local breeds classified as being at risk of extinction as a share of local breeds with known level of extinction risk (%) is currently reported for 125 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Belgium; the lowest is 0.0% in Syrian Arab Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is 71.0%, and the mean is 59.1%.
Over the past decade 44 countries rose and 41 fell. The largest increase was in Egypt (up 2,400.0%), and the largest decrease in Dominican Republic (down 100.0%).
Proportion of local breeds classified as being at risk of extinction: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium | 100.0% | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 1 | Belarus | 100.0% | 2013 | up 300.0% | rising |
| 1 | Botswana | 100.0% | 2025 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 1 | Cyprus | 100.0% | 2025 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 1 | Algeria | 100.0% | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Egypt | 100.0% | 2012 | up 2,400.0% | volatile |
| 1 | Estonia | 100.0% | 2025 | up 49.3% | rising |
| 1 | Guatemala | 100.0% | 2017 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 1 | Ireland | 100.0% | 2025 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 1 | Jamaica | 100.0% | 2014 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100.0% | 2010 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Luxembourg | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Madagascar | 100.0% | 2012 | up 354.5% | volatile |
| 1 | Malta | 100.0% | 2025 | — | flat |
| 1 | Mauritius | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Namibia | 100.0% | 2025 | up 58.7% | falling |
| 1 | Nicaragua | 100.0% | 2011 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Peru | 100.0% | 2025 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 1 | Paraguay | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 1 | Solomon Islands | 100.0% | 2004 | — | rising |
| 1 | Eswatini | 100.0% | 2012 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Tonga | 100.0% | 2010 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Niue | 100.0% | 2009 | unchanged | flat |
| 24 | Denmark | 96.0% | 2025 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 24 | New Zealand | 96.0% | 2025 | — | flat |
| 24 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 96.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Czechia | 95.0% | 2025 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 28 | Korea | 94.0% | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 28 | Republic of Korea | 94.0% | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 30 | Montenegro | 92.0% | 2025 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 30 | Serbia | 92.0% | 2025 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 32 | Lithuania | 91.0% | 2025 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 32 | Australia and New Zealand | 91.0% | 2025 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 34 | Italy | 90.0% | 2025 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 35 | Germany | 89.0% | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 35 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 89.0% | 2025 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 35 | Latvia | 89.0% | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 35 | Romania | 89.0% | 2012 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 35 | Sweden | 89.0% | 2025 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 35 | United States of America | 89.0% | 2025 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 35 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 89.0% | 2025 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 42 | Slovenia | 88.0% | 2025 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 43 | Australia | 87.0% | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 43 | Norway | 87.0% | 2025 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 45 | Austria | 86.0% | 2025 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 45 | Panama | 86.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 47 | Slovakia | 84.0% | 2025 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 48 | France | 83.0% | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 48 | Poland | 83.0% | 2025 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 50 | South Africa | 81.0% | 2025 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 51 | Bangladesh | 80.0% | 2013 | unchanged | rising |
| 51 | Croatia | 80.0% | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 53 | Bulgaria | 79.0% | 2025 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 53 | Finland | 79.0% | 2025 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 55 | Switzerland | 78.0% | 2025 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 55 | Ukraine | 78.0% | 2025 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 55 | Uruguay | 78.0% | 2025 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 58 | Japan | 75.0% | 2017 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 58 | Republic of Moldova | 75.0% | 2025 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 58 | Republic of Moldova | 75.0% | 2025 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 61 | Russian Federation | 74.0% | 2025 | up 208.3% | volatile |
| 61 | Russian Federation | 74.0% | 2025 | up 208.3% | volatile |
| 63 | Canada | 71.0% | 2025 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 64 | Spain | 70.0% | 2025 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 65 | Vanuatu | 67.0% | 2011 | — | rising |
| 66 | Brazil | 64.0% | 2025 | down 36.0% | rising |
| 67 | Greece | 62.0% | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 68 | Portugal | 61.0% | 2025 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 69 | Sri Lanka | 56.0% | 2025 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Hungary | 55.0% | 2025 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 71 | Bhutan | 52.0% | 2025 | up 73.3% | volatile |
| 72 | Argentina | 50.0% | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 72 | Faroe Islands | 50.0% | 2025 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Indonesia | 50.0% | 2025 | up 257.1% | volatile |
| 72 | Iceland | 50.0% | 2025 | up 51.5% | rising |
| 72 | Mexico | 50.0% | 2025 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 72 | North Macedonia | 50.0% | 2012 | up 51.5% | rising |
| 72 | Myanmar | 50.0% | 2006 | up 108.3% | rising |
| 72 | Papua New Guinea | 50.0% | 2012 | — | rising |
| 72 | State of Palestine | 50.0% | 2025 | — | flat |
| 81 | Malaysia | 43.0% | 2025 | down 25.9% | flat |
| 82 | Morocco | 42.0% | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 83 | Polynesia | 40.0% | 2010 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 84 | Philippines | 38.0% | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 85 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 33.0% | 2013 | up 312.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Melanesia | 33.0% | 2012 | unchanged | rising |
| 85 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 33.0% | 2013 | up 312.5% | volatile |
| 88 | Senegal | 30.0% | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 89 | Colombia | 29.0% | 2025 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 90 | Mongolia | 28.0% | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 90 | Türkiye | 28.0% | 2025 | down 34.9% | rising |
| 90 | Türkiye | 28.0% | 2025 | down 34.9% | rising |
| 93 | Albania | 25.0% | 2022 | down 68.8% | rising |
| 93 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 25.0% | 2012 | unchanged | rising |
| 93 | China | 25.0% | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 93 | Ecuador | 25.0% | 2025 | down 50.0% | flat |
| 93 | Togo | 25.0% | 2005 | unchanged | flat |
| 98 | Tunisia | 20.0% | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 98 | Viet Nam | 20.0% | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 98 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 20.0% | 2025 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Viet Nam | 20.0% | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 102 | United Republic of Tanzania | 19.0% | 2025 | up 171.4% | volatile |
| 103 | Guinea | 17.0% | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 104 | Sudan | 16.0% | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Niger | 15.0% | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Rwanda | 15.0% | 2025 | down 85.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Chile | 13.0% | 2025 | down 53.6% | volatile |
| 107 | India | 13.0% | 2025 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 107 | Thailand | 13.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 110 | Ethiopia | 8.0% | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Yemen | 6.0% | 2025 | down 88.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Cameroon | 0.0% | 2012 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Dominican Republic | 0.0% | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Ghana | 0.0% | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Iraq | 0.0% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 2012 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0% | 2012 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Lesotho | 0.0% | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Mali | 0.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Mozambique | 0.0% | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Pakistan | 0.0% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.0% | 2012 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Chad | 0.0% | 2009 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 0.0% | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.0% | 2012 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Northern Europe 89.0%
- United States of America 89.0%
- Western Europe 88.0%
- Europe 83.0%
- Europe and Northern America 83.0%
- Northern America 82.0%
- Southern Europe 79.0%
- Americas 75.2%
- Eastern Europe 75.0%
- Southern Africa 74.0%
- World 62.6%
- Oceania 60.0%
- Central America 56.0%
- Latin America and the Caribbean 47.2%
- South America 46.0%
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 45.5%
- South-Eastern Asia 33.9%
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 32.0%
- Eastern Asia 31.0%
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 29.5%
- Africa 28.5%
- Northern Africa 28.0%
- Western Asia 25.5%
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 24.8%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 23.3%
- Asia 23.2%
- Southern Asia 20.1%
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 19.1%
- Eastern Africa 18.9%
- Central and Southern Asia 13.9%
- Central Asia 0.0%
- Western Africa 0.0%