Proportion of local breeds classified as being at risk of extinction in China
China: Proportion of local breeds classified as being at risk of extinction was 25.0% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Proportion of local breeds classified as being at risk of extinction in China, 2000–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
China recorded 25.0% for proportion of local breeds classified as being at risk of extinction in 2025.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of local breeds classified as being at risk of extinction in China peaked at 31.0% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 11.0%, in 2019.
China ranks 93rd of 151 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Proportion of local breeds classified as being at risk of extinction in China, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 31.0% | — |
| 2001 | 30.0% | -3.2% |
| 2002 | 31.0% | +3.3% |
| 2003 | 26.0% | -16.1% |
| 2004 | 13.0% | -50.0% |
| 2005 | 12.0% | -7.7% |
| 2006 | 21.0% | +75.0% |
| 2007 | 21.0% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 21.0% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 21.0% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 21.0% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 21.0% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 21.0% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 22.0% | +4.8% |
| 2014 | 22.0% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 25.0% | +13.6% |
| 2016 | 20.0% | -20.0% |
| 2017 | 17.0% | -15.0% |
| 2018 | 14.0% | -17.6% |
| 2019 | 11.0% | -21.4% |
| 2020 | 11.0% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 25.0% | +127.3% |
| 2022 | 25.0% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 25.0% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 25.0% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 25.0% | +0.0% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 25.0% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 38.0%, 66% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
- China's 25.0% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 50.0%, 50% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Proportion of local breeds classified as being at risk of extinction in China changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +127.3% | 11.0% | 25.0% |
| 2006 | +75.0% | 12.0% | 21.0% |
| 2004 | -50.0% | 26.0% | 13.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 22.7% | 12.0% | 31.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.4% | 11.0% | 25.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.7% | 11.0% | 25.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near China
More infrastructure data for China
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 1.87 billion (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 131.75 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 166.51 million (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 11.73 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.1182 units per person (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -7.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 166.51 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.33 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of local breeds classified as being at risk of extinction in China?
- Proportion of local breeds classified as being at risk of extinction in China was 25.0% in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of local breeds classified as being at risk of extinction recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 31.0% in 2000.
- What is the lowest proportion of local breeds classified as being at risk of extinction recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.0% in 2019.
- How does China rank for proportion of local breeds classified as being at risk of extinction?
- China ranks 93rd out of 151 countries with data for 2025.
- Is proportion of local breeds classified as being at risk of extinction rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of local breeds classified as being at risk of extinction as a share of local breeds with known level of extinction risk (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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