Cereals, primary — Yield in Ireland
Ireland: Cereals, primary — Yield was 7,325 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Ireland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Ireland recorded 7,325 kg/ha for cereals, primary — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 3.7% on the previous year and down 13.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Ireland peaked at 9,008 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 2,929 kg/ha, in 1964.
That places Ireland 12th out of 193 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,377 kg/ha | 2,929 kg/ha | 4,002 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,131 kg/ha | 3,582 kg/ha | 4,921 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,521 kg/ha | 4,650 kg/ha | 6,411 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,498 kg/ha | 5,728 kg/ha | 7,322 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,321 kg/ha | 6,567 kg/ha | 8,078 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,027 kg/ha | 6,741 kg/ha | 9,008 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,764 kg/ha | 7,063 kg/ha | 8,702 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Ireland
- 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)
- Rural population 35.4% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.0% (2025)
- Rural population 1.94 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.1% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 7.63 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 0 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Ireland?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Ireland was 7,325 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 9,008 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,929 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Ireland rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Ireland ranks 12th out of 193 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.5%. 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, primary — 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.