Carrots and turnips — Yield in Ireland
Ireland: Carrots and turnips — Yield was 63,857 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Carrots and turnips — Yield in Ireland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, carrots and turnips — yield in Ireland stood at 63,857 kg/ha.
The figure is down 5.6% on the previous year and up 13.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — yield in Ireland peaked at 70,079 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 31,552 kg/ha, in 2002.
That places Ireland 6th out of 133 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Carrots and turnips — Yield in Ireland, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 34,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 34,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 34,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 34,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 34,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 34,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 34,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 34,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 35,000 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1970 | 35,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 35,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 35,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 35,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 35,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 35,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 35,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 35,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 36,000 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1979 | 38,000 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1980 | 38,019 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 36,000 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1982 | 38,400 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1983 | 36,843 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1984 | 38,640 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1985 | 37,563 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1986 | 38,044 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 39,200 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1988 | 38,182 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1989 | 36,091 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1990 | 35,818 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1991 | 37,500 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1992 | 39,889 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1993 | 37,528 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1994 | 36,290 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1995 | 35,564 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1996 | 34,293 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1997 | 31,857 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1998 | 35,660 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1999 | 38,066 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2000 | 35,167 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2001 | 35,041 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 31,552 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2003 | 37,273 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 2004 | 37,273 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 47,154 kg/ha | +26.5% |
| 2006 | 48,618 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 48,049 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 46,260 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2009 | 43,044 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2010 | 42,870 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 52,456 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 2012 | 44,057 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 2013 | 53,019 kg/ha | +20.3% |
| 2014 | 56,162 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2015 | 56,162 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 57,532 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 65,000 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 2018 | 64,822 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 67,076 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2020 | 66,571 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 69,598 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2022 | 70,079 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 67,622 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2024 | 63,857 kg/ha | -5.6% |
Ireland compared with similar countries
- Ireland's 63,857 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 35,062 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Ireland's 63,857 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 34,835 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Carrots and turnips — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +26.5% | 37,273 kg/ha | 47,154 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 34,111 kg/ha | 34,000 kg/ha | 35,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 35,400 kg/ha | 35,000 kg/ha | 38,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 37,698 kg/ha | 36,000 kg/ha | 39,200 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 36,246 kg/ha | 31,857 kg/ha | 39,889 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 40,943 kg/ha | 31,552 kg/ha | 48,618 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 55,915 kg/ha | 42,870 kg/ha | 67,076 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 67,545 kg/ha | 63,857 kg/ha | 70,079 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
- 3 Belgium 68,549 kg/ha compare
- 3 Syrian Arab Republic 27,546 kg/ha compare
- 4 Sweden 67,071 kg/ha compare
- 4 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 27,138 kg/ha compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 25,457 kg/ha compare
- 5 Uzbekistan 67,032 kg/ha compare
- 7 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 62,406 kg/ha compare
- 8 Austria 62,155 kg/ha compare
- 8 Polynesia 14,349 kg/ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 13,454 kg/ha compare
- 9 Germany 61,681 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 carrots and turnips — yield in Ireland?
- Carrots and turnips — yield in Ireland was 63,857 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — yield recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 70,079 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — yield recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 31,552 kg/ha in 2002.
- How does Ireland rank for carrots and turnips — yield?
- Ireland ranks 6th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is carrots and turnips — yield rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.7%. 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 — 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.