Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in Ireland
Ireland: Cereals n.e.c. — Yield was 1,940 kg/ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in Ireland, 1991–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Ireland recorded 1,940 kg/ha for cereals n.e.c. — yield in 2017.
That represents a change of up 6.0% on the previous year and up 26.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals n.e.c. — yield in Ireland peaked at 2,000 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 1,360 kg/ha, in 2005.
Ireland ranks 25th of 67 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in Ireland, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 1,394 kg/ha | — |
| 1992 | 1,410 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 1,426 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 1,442 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 1,458 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 1,474 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 1,490 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 1,506 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 1,522 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 1,538 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 1,554 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 1,570 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 1,586 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 1,570 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 1,360 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 2006 | 1,367 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 1,534 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 2008 | 1,711 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2009 | 1,923 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 2010 | 1,750 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2011 | 1,917 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2012 | 2,000 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2013 | 1,636 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 2014 | 1,642 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 1,812 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2016 | 1,829 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 1,940 kg/ha | +6.0% |
Ireland compared with similar countries
- Ireland's 1,940 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 1,651 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Ireland's 1,940 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,636 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,458 kg/ha | 1,394 kg/ha | 1,522 kg/ha | 9 |
| 2000s | 1,571 kg/ha | 1,360 kg/ha | 1,923 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,816 kg/ha | 1,636 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
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 cereals n.e.c. — yield in Ireland?
- Cereals n.e.c. — yield in Ireland was 1,940 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals n.e.c. — yield recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 2,000 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest cereals n.e.c. — yield recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,360 kg/ha in 2005.
- How does Ireland rank for cereals n.e.c. — yield?
- Ireland ranks 25th out of 67 countries with data for 2017.
- Is cereals n.e.c. — yield rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.4%. 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 Cereals n.e.c. — Yield. 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.