Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Area harvested in Ireland
Ireland: Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Area harvested was 18,040 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Area harvested in Ireland, 1988–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested in Ireland stood at 18,040 ha. That is the highest value across all 37 years on record.
The figure is up 16.2% on the previous year and up 522.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested in Ireland peaked at 18,040 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,000 ha, in 1991.
Ireland ranks 27th of 73 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Area harvested in Ireland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 2,692 ha | — |
| 1989 | 1,354 ha | -49.7% |
| 1990 | 1,110 ha | -18.0% |
| 1991 | 1,000 ha | -9.9% |
| 1992 | 1,800 ha | +80.0% |
| 1993 | 4,100 ha | +127.8% |
| 1994 | 3,700 ha | -9.8% |
| 1995 | 3,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 3,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 3,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 6,000 ha | +62.2% |
| 1999 | 3,600 ha | -40.0% |
| 2000 | 1,000 ha | -72.2% |
| 2001 | 1,400 ha | +40.0% |
| 2002 | 1,200 ha | -14.3% |
| 2003 | 1,800 ha | +50.0% |
| 2004 | 1,600 ha | -11.1% |
| 2005 | 2,700 ha | +68.8% |
| 2006 | 3,200 ha | +18.5% |
| 2007 | 2,200 ha | -31.2% |
| 2008 | 1,800 ha | -18.2% |
| 2009 | 3,300 ha | +83.3% |
| 2010 | 3,400 ha | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 2,100 ha | -38.2% |
| 2012 | 3,400 ha | +61.9% |
| 2013 | 4,000 ha | +17.6% |
| 2014 | 2,900 ha | -27.5% |
| 2015 | 9,900 ha | +241.4% |
| 2016 | 11,500 ha | +16.2% |
| 2017 | 13,046 ha | +13.4% |
| 2018 | 7,790 ha | -40.3% |
| 2019 | 7,480 ha | -4.0% |
| 2020 | 12,950 ha | +73.1% |
| 2021 | 9,250 ha | -28.6% |
| 2022 | 10,290 ha | +11.2% |
| 2023 | 15,520 ha | +50.8% |
| 2024 | 18,040 ha | +16.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2,023 ha | 1,354 ha | 2,692 ha | 2 |
| 1990s | 3,241 ha | 1,000 ha | 6,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,020 ha | 1,000 ha | 3,300 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,552 ha | 2,100 ha | 13,046 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,210 ha | 9,250 ha | 18,040 ha | 5 |
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- 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 broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested in Ireland?
- Broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested in Ireland was 18,040 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 18,040 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 ha in 1991.
- How does Ireland rank for broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested?
- Ireland ranks 27th out of 73 countries with data for 2024.
- Is broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 522.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ireland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.