Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in Ireland
Ireland: Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested was 840 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in Ireland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in Ireland is 840 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.5% on the previous year and down 16.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in Ireland peaked at 1,200 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 100 ha, in 1961.
Ireland ranks 49th of 97 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.
Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in Ireland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 400 ha | +300.0% |
| 1975 | 500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1976 | 600 ha | +20.0% |
| 1977 | 800 ha | +33.3% |
| 1978 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 850 ha | +6.2% |
| 1980 | 900 ha | +5.9% |
| 1981 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 920 ha | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 872 ha | -5.2% |
| 1985 | 824 ha | -5.5% |
| 1986 | 826 ha | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 900 ha | +9.0% |
| 1988 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1990 | 900 ha | -10.0% |
| 1991 | 1,100 ha | +22.2% |
| 1992 | 1,200 ha | +9.1% |
| 1993 | 1,100 ha | -8.3% |
| 1994 | 1,067 ha | -3.0% |
| 1995 | 1,005 ha | -5.8% |
| 1996 | 1,050 ha | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 950 ha | -9.5% |
| 1998 | 1,046 ha | +10.1% |
| 1999 | 818 ha | -21.8% |
| 2000 | 1,112 ha | +35.9% |
| 2001 | 1,123 ha | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 924 ha | -17.7% |
| 2003 | 924 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 924 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 975 ha | +5.5% |
| 2006 | 975 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 975 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 975 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1,014 ha | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 1,014 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1,014 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1,014 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1,014 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,004 ha | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 1,004 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 941 ha | -6.3% |
| 2017 | 812 ha | -13.7% |
| 2018 | 820 ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 770 ha | -6.1% |
| 2020 | 860 ha | +11.7% |
| 2021 | 800 ha | -7.0% |
| 2022 | 710 ha | -11.2% |
| 2023 | 760 ha | +7.0% |
| 2024 | 840 ha | +10.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 100 ha | 100 ha | 100 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 435 ha | 100 ha | 850 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 894.2 ha | 824 ha | 1,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,024 ha | 818 ha | 1,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 992.1 ha | 924 ha | 1,123 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 940.7 ha | 770 ha | 1,014 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 794 ha | 710 ha | 860 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 22.64 % change on previous year (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in Ireland?
- Cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in Ireland was 840 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 1,200 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 100 ha in 1961.
- How does Ireland rank for cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested?
- Ireland ranks 49th out of 97 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.3%. 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 Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested. 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.