Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Ireland
Ireland: Carrots and turnips — Area harvested was 910 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Ireland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Ireland recorded 910 ha for carrots and turnips — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and down 14.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — area harvested in Ireland peaked at 1,250 ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 500 ha, in 1961.
Ireland ranks 82nd of 133 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Ireland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,000 ha | +100.0% |
| 1970 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,060 ha | +6.0% |
| 1981 | 1,000 ha | -5.7% |
| 1982 | 1,250 ha | +25.0% |
| 1983 | 969 ha | -22.5% |
| 1984 | 1,056 ha | +9.0% |
| 1985 | 1,073 ha | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 1,124 ha | +4.8% |
| 1987 | 1,000 ha | -11.0% |
| 1988 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 1989 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 1,200 ha | +9.1% |
| 1992 | 900 ha | -25.0% |
| 1993 | 887 ha | -1.4% |
| 1994 | 937 ha | +5.6% |
| 1995 | 914 ha | -2.5% |
| 1996 | 991 ha | +8.4% |
| 1997 | 700 ha | -29.4% |
| 1998 | 617 ha | -11.9% |
| 1999 | 641 ha | +3.9% |
| 2000 | 1,200 ha | +87.2% |
| 2001 | 1,230 ha | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 1,160 ha | -5.7% |
| 2003 | 1,210 ha | +4.3% |
| 2004 | 1,210 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1,230 ha | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 1,230 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,230 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1,230 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1,150 ha | -6.5% |
| 2010 | 1,150 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1,140 ha | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 1,060 ha | -7.0% |
| 2013 | 1,060 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,063 ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 1,063 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1,248 ha | +17.4% |
| 2017 | 788 ha | -36.9% |
| 2018 | 730 ha | -7.4% |
| 2019 | 790 ha | +8.2% |
| 2020 | 770 ha | -2.5% |
| 2021 | 870 ha | +13.0% |
| 2022 | 890 ha | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 900 ha | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 910 ha | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 555.56 ha | 500 ha | 1,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,000 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,073 ha | 969 ha | 1,250 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 888.7 ha | 617 ha | 1,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,208 ha | 1,150 ha | 1,230 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,009 ha | 730 ha | 1,248 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 868 ha | 770 ha | 910 ha | 5 |
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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)
- Agriculture share gdp 1.06 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.06 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is carrots and turnips — area harvested in Ireland?
- Carrots and turnips — area harvested in Ireland was 910 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 1,250 ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 500 ha in 1961.
- How does Ireland rank for carrots and turnips — area harvested?
- Ireland ranks 82nd out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is carrots and turnips — area harvested rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.4%. 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 Carrots and turnips — 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.