All food groups (excluding beverages) — Phosphorus supply — Value in Ireland
Ireland: All food groups (excluding beverages) — Phosphorus supply — Value was 2,281 mg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Phosphorus supply — Value in Ireland, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in mg/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, all food groups (excluding beverages) — phosphorus supply — value in Ireland stood at 2,281 mg/cap/d.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.9% on the previous year and up 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups (excluding beverages) — phosphorus supply — value in Ireland peaked at 2,511 mg/cap/d in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1,992 mg/cap/d, in 2014.
Ireland ranks 6th of 163 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Phosphorus supply — Value in Ireland, year by year
| Year | mg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,054 mg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 2,051 mg/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 2,072 mg/cap/d | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 2,170 mg/cap/d | +4.7% |
| 2014 | 1,992 mg/cap/d | -8.2% |
| 2015 | 2,105 mg/cap/d | +5.7% |
| 2016 | 2,144 mg/cap/d | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 2,395 mg/cap/d | +11.7% |
| 2018 | 2,336 mg/cap/d | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 2,410 mg/cap/d | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 2,299 mg/cap/d | -4.6% |
| 2021 | 2,511 mg/cap/d | +9.2% |
| 2022 | 2,425 mg/cap/d | -3.4% |
| 2023 | 2,281 mg/cap/d | -5.9% |
Ireland compared with similar countries
- Ireland's 2,281 mg/cap/d is above the median for high income countries, which is 1,817 mg/cap/d, 1.3× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Ireland's 2,281 mg/cap/d is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,882 mg/cap/d, 1.2× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,173 mg/cap/d | 1,992 mg/cap/d | 2,410 mg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,379 mg/cap/d | 2,281 mg/cap/d | 2,511 mg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
- 3 China 2,508 mg/cap/d compare
- 3 Côte d'Ivoire 1,335 mg/cap/d compare
- 3 Viet Nam 1,621 mg/cap/d compare
- 4 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1,479 mg/cap/d compare
- 4 Montenegro 2,410 mg/cap/d compare
- 5 Finland 2,361 mg/cap/d compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,286 mg/cap/d compare
- 6 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,246 mg/cap/d compare
- 7 Belarus 2,270 mg/cap/d compare
- 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,216 mg/cap/d compare
- 8 Luxembourg 2,264 mg/cap/d compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 1,210 mg/cap/d compare
- 9 Micronesia (Federated States of) 1,182 mg/cap/d compare
- 9 Norway 2,209 mg/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Ireland
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 22.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0106 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,391 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.9559 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3541 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is all food groups (excluding beverages) — phosphorus supply — value in Ireland?
- All food groups (excluding beverages) — phosphorus supply — value in Ireland was 2,281 mg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest all food groups (excluding beverages) — phosphorus supply — value recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 2,511 mg/cap/d in 2021.
- What is the lowest all food groups (excluding beverages) — phosphorus supply — value recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,992 mg/cap/d in 2014.
- How does Ireland rank for all food groups (excluding beverages) — phosphorus supply — value?
- Ireland ranks 6th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups (excluding beverages) — phosphorus supply — value rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ireland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of All food groups (excluding beverages) — Phosphorus supply — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics can be found in the Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) dataset of FAOSTAT, as Total Population. Food availability quantities are derived from the SUA dataset. SUAs present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply and utilization during a specified reference period. The SUA shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per capita supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it.