Ireland vs Northern Europe: Wheat — Yield
Wheat — Yield over time
- Ireland
- Northern Europe
How they compare
Ireland currently reports 8,140 kg/ha against 6,026 kg/ha in Northern Europe, a difference of 2,114 kg/ha.
That makes Ireland's figure about 1.4 times Northern Europe's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Ireland ahead.
Ireland ranks 2nd and Northern Europe ranks 2nd of 124 countries.
Ireland has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ireland | Northern Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,624 kg/ha | 3,585 kg/ha | 38.98 kg/ha | Ireland |
| 1970s | 4,418 kg/ha | 4,370 kg/ha | 48.63 kg/ha | Ireland |
| 1980s | 6,659 kg/ha | 6,052 kg/ha | 606.97 kg/ha | Ireland |
| 1990s | 8,056 kg/ha | 6,494 kg/ha | 1,562 kg/ha | Ireland |
| 2000s | 8,836 kg/ha | 6,569 kg/ha | 2,268 kg/ha | Ireland |
| 2010s | 9,283 kg/ha | 6,412 kg/ha | 2,871 kg/ha | Ireland |
| 2020s | 9,015 kg/ha | 6,318 kg/ha | 2,697 kg/ha | Ireland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wheat — yield, Ireland or Northern Europe?
- Ireland, at 8,140 kg/ha against 6,026 kg/ha in Northern Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in wheat — yield between Ireland and Northern Europe?
- 2,114 kg/ha, with Ireland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and Northern Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Ireland and Northern Europe rank globally for wheat — yield?
- Ireland ranks 2nd and Northern Europe ranks 2nd of 124 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Wheat — 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.