Animal Products — Food supply in Ireland
Ireland: Animal Products — Food supply was 1,397 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Animal Products — Food supply in Ireland, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Ireland recorded 1,397 kcal/cap/d for animal products — food supply in 2023.
The figure is down 9.8% on the previous year and up 30.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, animal products — food supply in Ireland peaked at 1,548 kcal/cap/d in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1,020 kcal/cap/d, in 2012.
Ireland ranks 4th of 164 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Animal Products — Food supply in Ireland, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,044 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 1,031 kcal/cap/d | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 1,020 kcal/cap/d | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 1,074 kcal/cap/d | +5.3% |
| 2014 | 1,054 kcal/cap/d | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 1,112 kcal/cap/d | +5.5% |
| 2016 | 1,076 kcal/cap/d | -3.2% |
| 2017 | 1,251 kcal/cap/d | +16.2% |
| 2018 | 1,188 kcal/cap/d | -5.1% |
| 2019 | 1,260 kcal/cap/d | +6.1% |
| 2020 | 1,292 kcal/cap/d | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 1,500 kcal/cap/d | +16.1% |
| 2022 | 1,548 kcal/cap/d | +3.2% |
| 2023 | 1,397 kcal/cap/d | -9.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,111 kcal/cap/d | 1,020 kcal/cap/d | 1,260 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,435 kcal/cap/d | 1,292 kcal/cap/d | 1,548 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
- 1 Denmark 1,540 kcal/cap/d compare
- 1 Polynesia 848.66 kcal/cap/d compare
- 2 Iceland 1,446 kcal/cap/d compare
- 2 Türkiye 723.82 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 Belgium 1,407 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 Republic of Moldova 609.36 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 536.45 kcal/cap/d compare
- 5 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1,321 kcal/cap/d compare
- 5 Viet Nam 528.23 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 Mongolia 1,283 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 Micronesia 509.88 kcal/cap/d compare
- 7 Montenegro 1,260 kcal/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 animal products — food supply in Ireland?
- Animal products — food supply in Ireland was 1,397 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest animal products — food supply recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 1,548 kcal/cap/d in 2022.
- What is the lowest animal products — food supply recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,020 kcal/cap/d in 2012.
- How does Ireland rank for animal products — food supply?
- Ireland ranks 4th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is animal products — food supply rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.1%. 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 Animal Products — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). 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.