Proportion of local breeds classified as being at risk of extinction in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Proportion of local breeds classified as being at risk of extinction was 74.0% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Proportion of local breeds classified as being at risk of extinction in Southern Africa, 2000–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
The most recent figure for proportion of local breeds classified as being at risk of extinction in Southern Africa is 74.0%, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 10.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of local breeds classified as being at risk of extinction in Southern Africa peaked at 100.0% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 63.0%, in 2022.
That places Southern Africa 10th out of 32 groups with data for 2025, putting it 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 Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 64.0% | — |
| 2001 | 64.0% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 65.0% | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 87.0% | +33.8% |
| 2004 | 92.0% | +5.7% |
| 2005 | 96.0% | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 96.0% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 96.0% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 95.0% | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 100.0% | +5.3% |
| 2010 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 85.0% | -15.0% |
| 2012 | 87.0% | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 82.0% | -5.7% |
| 2014 | 68.0% | -17.1% |
| 2015 | 67.0% | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 68.0% | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 69.0% | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 69.0% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 69.0% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 69.0% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 67.0% | -2.9% |
| 2022 | 63.0% | -6.0% |
| 2023 | 63.0% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 74.0% | +17.5% |
| 2025 | 74.0% | +0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Proportion of local breeds classified as being at risk of extinction in Southern Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +33.8% | 65.0% | 87.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 85.5% | 64.0% | 100.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 76.4% | 67.0% | 100.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 68.3% | 63.0% | 74.0% | 6 |
More infrastructure data for Southern Africa
- Proportion of children moderately or severely stunted 24.1% (2024)
- Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight 12.1% (2024)
- Proportion of the target population who received 3 doses of 76.0% (2024)
- Developing countries’ and least developed countries’ share of global 0.6% (2024)
- Developing countries’ and least developed countries’ share of global 0.5% (2024)
- Developing countries’ and least developed countries’ share of global 0.3% (2024)
- Developing countries’ and least developed countries’ share of global 0.2% (2024)
- Proportion of population practicing open defecation, by urban/rural 2.3% (2024)
- Total official flows for infrastructure, by recipient countries 2,644 (2024)
- Total reserves in months of imports 5.55 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of local breeds classified as being at risk of extinction in Southern Africa?
- Proportion of local breeds classified as being at risk of extinction in Southern Africa was 74.0% 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 Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2009.
- What is the lowest proportion of local breeds classified as being at risk of extinction recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 63.0% in 2022.
- How does Southern Africa rank for proportion of local breeds classified as being at risk of extinction?
- Southern Africa ranks 10th out of 32 groups with data for 2025.
- Is proportion of local breeds classified as being at risk of extinction rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Africa 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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