Ireland vs South America: Cereals, primary — Yield
Cereals, primary — Yield over time
- Ireland
- South America
How they compare
Ireland currently reports 7,325 kg/ha against 4,804 kg/ha in South America, a difference of 2,521 kg/ha.
That makes Ireland's figure about 1.5 times South America's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Ireland has been ahead every year.
Ireland ranks 13th and South America ranks 8th of 178 countries.
Ireland has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ireland | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,377 kg/ha | 1,403 kg/ha | 1,975 kg/ha | Ireland |
| 1970s | 4,131 kg/ha | 1,613 kg/ha | 2,518 kg/ha | Ireland |
| 1980s | 5,521 kg/ha | 1,992 kg/ha | 3,529 kg/ha | Ireland |
| 1990s | 6,498 kg/ha | 2,552 kg/ha | 3,946 kg/ha | Ireland |
| 2000s | 7,321 kg/ha | 3,360 kg/ha | 3,961 kg/ha | Ireland |
| 2010s | 8,027 kg/ha | 4,542 kg/ha | 3,486 kg/ha | Ireland |
| 2020s | 7,764 kg/ha | 4,807 kg/ha | 2,957 kg/ha | Ireland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cereals, primary — yield, Ireland or South America?
- Ireland, at 7,325 kg/ha against 4,804 kg/ha in South America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cereals, primary — yield between Ireland and South America?
- 2,521 kg/ha, with Ireland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and South America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Ireland and South America rank globally for cereals, primary — yield?
- Ireland ranks 13th and South America ranks 8th of 178 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cereals, primary — Yield. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.