Cheese (All Kinds) — Production in Ireland
Ireland: Cheese (All Kinds) — Production was 288,491 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Cheese (All Kinds) — Production in Ireland, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cheese (all kinds) — production in Ireland is 288,491 t, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 54.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cheese (all kinds) — production in Ireland peaked at 289,381 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 6,000 t, in 1961.
That places Ireland 19th out of 110 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cheese (All Kinds) — Production in Ireland, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 8,165 t | +36.1% |
| 1963 | 12,000 t | +47.0% |
| 1964 | 16,000 t | +33.3% |
| 1965 | 16,527 t | +3.3% |
| 1966 | 17,078 t | +3.3% |
| 1967 | 24,640 t | +44.3% |
| 1968 | 29,000 t | +17.7% |
| 1969 | 28,000 t | -3.4% |
| 1970 | 29,000 t | +3.6% |
| 1971 | 34,000 t | +17.2% |
| 1972 | 47,000 t | +38.2% |
| 1973 | 42,000 t | -10.6% |
| 1974 | 60,000 t | +42.9% |
| 1975 | 62,000 t | +3.3% |
| 1976 | 51,100 t | -17.6% |
| 1977 | 54,750 t | +7.1% |
| 1978 | 51,350 t | -6.2% |
| 1979 | 59,350 t | +15.6% |
| 1980 | 49,900 t | -15.9% |
| 1981 | 57,200 t | +14.6% |
| 1982 | 59,250 t | +3.6% |
| 1983 | 53,787 t | -9.2% |
| 1984 | 57,870 t | +7.6% |
| 1985 | 77,550 t | +34.0% |
| 1986 | 62,300 t | -19.7% |
| 1987 | 69,350 t | +11.3% |
| 1988 | 76,850 t | +10.8% |
| 1989 | 75,850 t | -1.3% |
| 1990 | 70,750 t | -6.7% |
| 1991 | 75,950 t | +7.3% |
| 1992 | 95,750 t | +26.1% |
| 1993 | 94,950 t | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 95,250 t | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 82,250 t | -13.6% |
| 1996 | 100,200 t | +21.8% |
| 1997 | 98,700 t | -1.5% |
| 1998 | 98,300 t | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 104,800 t | +6.6% |
| 2000 | 102,250 t | -2.4% |
| 2001 | 126,550 t | +23.8% |
| 2002 | 119,650 t | -5.5% |
| 2003 | 114,900 t | -4.0% |
| 2004 | 121,750 t | +6.0% |
| 2005 | 122,550 t | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 140,650 t | +14.8% |
| 2007 | 144,150 t | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 178,250 t | +23.7% |
| 2009 | 166,350 t | -6.7% |
| 2010 | 173,659 t | +4.4% |
| 2011 | 183,644 t | +5.7% |
| 2012 | 189,131 t | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 186,542 t | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 191,910 t | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 210,853 t | +9.9% |
| 2016 | 210,054 t | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 224,335 t | +6.8% |
| 2018 | 230,048 t | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 278,920 t | +21.2% |
| 2020 | 285,805 t | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 287,410 t | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 289,381 t | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 288,491 t | -0.3% |
Ireland compared with similar countries
- Ireland's 288,491 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 107,288 t, 2.7× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Ireland's 288,491 t is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 79,440 t, 3.6× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,490 t | 6,000 t | 29,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 49,055 t | 29,000 t | 62,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 63,991 t | 49,900 t | 77,550 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 91,690 t | 70,750 t | 104,800 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 133,705 t | 102,250 t | 178,250 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 207,910 t | 173,659 t | 278,920 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 287,772 t | 285,805 t | 289,381 t | 4 |
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 cheese (all kinds) — production in Ireland?
- Cheese (all kinds) — production in Ireland was 288,491 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cheese (all kinds) — production recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 289,381 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest cheese (all kinds) — production recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,000 t in 1961.
- How does Ireland rank for cheese (all kinds) — production?
- Ireland ranks 19th out of 110 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cheese (all kinds) — production rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 54.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ireland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cheese (All Kinds) — Production. 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.