Ireland vs Western Europe: Wheat — Yield
Wheat — Yield over time
- Ireland
- Western Europe
How they compare
Ireland currently reports 8,140 kg/ha against 6,342 kg/ha in Western Europe, a difference of 1,798 kg/ha.
That makes Ireland's figure about 1.3 times Western Europe's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Ireland ahead.
Ireland ranks 2nd and Western Europe ranks 1st of 124 countries.
Ireland has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ireland | Western Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,624 kg/ha | 3,291 kg/ha | 332.93 kg/ha | Ireland |
| 1970s | 4,418 kg/ha | 4,291 kg/ha | 127.56 kg/ha | Ireland |
| 1980s | 6,659 kg/ha | 5,613 kg/ha | 1,045 kg/ha | Ireland |
| 1990s | 8,056 kg/ha | 6,780 kg/ha | 1,276 kg/ha | Ireland |
| 2000s | 8,836 kg/ha | 7,097 kg/ha | 1,739 kg/ha | Ireland |
| 2010s | 9,283 kg/ha | 7,207 kg/ha | 2,075 kg/ha | Ireland |
| 2020s | 9,015 kg/ha | 6,998 kg/ha | 2,017 kg/ha | Ireland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wheat — yield, Ireland or Western Europe?
- Ireland, at 8,140 kg/ha against 6,342 kg/ha in Western Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in wheat — yield between Ireland and Western Europe?
- 1,798 kg/ha, with Ireland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and Western Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Ireland and Western Europe rank globally for wheat — yield?
- Ireland ranks 2nd and Western Europe ranks 1st 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.