Animal fats — Food supply in Ireland
Ireland: Animal fats — Food supply was 508,558 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Animal fats — Food supply in Ireland, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
In 2023, animal fats — food supply in Ireland stood at 508,558 million Kcal. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.9% on the previous year and up 74.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, animal fats — food supply in Ireland peaked at 508,558 million Kcal in 2023 and was at its lowest, 276,440 million Kcal, in 2010.
That places Ireland 46th out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Animal fats — Food supply in Ireland, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 276,440 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 286,533 million Kcal | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 297,933 million Kcal | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 292,358 million Kcal | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 331,144 million Kcal | +13.3% |
| 2015 | 312,741 million Kcal | -5.6% |
| 2016 | 292,431 million Kcal | -6.5% |
| 2017 | 309,869 million Kcal | +6.0% |
| 2018 | 283,031 million Kcal | -8.7% |
| 2019 | 308,221 million Kcal | +8.9% |
| 2020 | 303,968 million Kcal | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 355,995 million Kcal | +17.1% |
| 2022 | 499,047 million Kcal | +40.2% |
| 2023 | 508,558 million Kcal | +1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 299,070 million Kcal | 276,440 million Kcal | 331,144 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 416,892 million Kcal | 303,968 million Kcal | 508,558 million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
- 43 Chile 541,142 million Kcal compare
- 44 Azerbaijan 531,968 million Kcal compare
- 45 Iraq 530,045 million Kcal compare
- 47 Bangladesh 508,410 million Kcal compare
- 48 Kazakhstan 432,092 million Kcal compare
- 49 Finland 424,983 million Kcal 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 animal fats — food supply in Ireland?
- Animal fats — food supply in Ireland was 508,558 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest animal fats — food supply recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 508,558 million Kcal in 2023.
- What is the lowest animal fats — food supply recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 276,440 million Kcal in 2010.
- How does Ireland rank for animal fats — food supply?
- Ireland ranks 46th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is animal fats — food supply rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 74.0%. 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 Animal fats — Food supply (kcal). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet 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 caput 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. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.