Apples — Yield in Ireland
Ireland: Apples — Yield was 30,972 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Apples — Yield in Ireland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for apples — yield in Ireland is 30,972 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — yield in Ireland peaked at 34,032 kg/ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 9,667 kg/ha, in 1961.
Ireland ranks 14th of 96 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Apples — Yield in Ireland, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,667 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,333 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1963 | 11,667 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1964 | 12,000 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1965 | 14,000 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1966 | 17,000 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 1967 | 16,000 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1968 | 13,333 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1969 | 14,667 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1970 | 14,286 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1971 | 13,000 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1972 | 13,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 14,875 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1974 | 12,500 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 1975 | 12,875 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1976 | 13,500 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1977 | 16,333 kg/ha | +21.0% |
| 1978 | 12,625 kg/ha | -22.7% |
| 1979 | 12,500 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1980 | 14,833 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 1981 | 13,000 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1982 | 15,000 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1983 | 17,250 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1984 | 19,560 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1985 | 15,657 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1986 | 14,000 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1987 | 14,857 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1988 | 14,857 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 16,714 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1990 | 15,143 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1991 | 14,714 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1992 | 13,500 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1993 | 16,200 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1994 | 16,429 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 16,618 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 17,009 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 16,167 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1998 | 16,000 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 18,571 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 2000 | 18,243 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2001 | 26,351 kg/ha | +44.4% |
| 2002 | 17,274 kg/ha | -34.4% |
| 2003 | 11,886 kg/ha | -31.2% |
| 2004 | 29,318 kg/ha | +146.7% |
| 2005 | 23,344 kg/ha | -20.4% |
| 2006 | 28,571 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 2007 | 24,194 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 2008 | 25,161 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2009 | 21,129 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 2010 | 34,032 kg/ha | +61.1% |
| 2011 | 32,903 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2012 | 19,516 kg/ha | -40.7% |
| 2013 | 24,715 kg/ha | +26.6% |
| 2014 | 30,866 kg/ha | +24.9% |
| 2015 | 29,606 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2016 | 31,367 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2017 | 30,747 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 28,366 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2019 | 28,000 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 27,422 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 22,338 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 2022 | 32,676 kg/ha | +46.3% |
| 2023 | 30,972 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2024 | 30,972 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Ireland compared with similar countries
- Ireland's 30,972 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 19,710 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Ireland's 30,972 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 13,058 kg/ha, 2.4× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apples — Yield in Ireland changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +146.7% | 11,886 kg/ha | 29,318 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,185 kg/ha | 9,667 kg/ha | 17,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,549 kg/ha | 12,500 kg/ha | 16,333 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,573 kg/ha | 13,000 kg/ha | 19,560 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,035 kg/ha | 13,500 kg/ha | 18,571 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 22,547 kg/ha | 11,886 kg/ha | 29,318 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 29,012 kg/ha | 19,516 kg/ha | 34,032 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 28,876 kg/ha | 22,338 kg/ha | 32,676 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
- 11 Belgium 35,719 kg/ha compare
- 12 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 33,409 kg/ha compare
- 13 Australia and New Zealand 30,998 kg/ha compare
- 14 Caribbean 19,015 kg/ha compare
- 15 Brazil 30,177 kg/ha compare
- 16 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 29,511 kg/ha compare
- 17 Colombia 29,506 kg/ha 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 apples — yield in Ireland?
- Apples — yield in Ireland was 30,972 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — yield recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 34,032 kg/ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest apples — yield recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,667 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Ireland rank for apples — yield?
- Ireland ranks 14th out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apples — yield rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. 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 Apples — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.