Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita in Ireland
Ireland: Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita was 0.6205 An per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita in Ireland, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in An per person.
Analysis
In 2024, fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita in Ireland stood at 0.6205 An per person.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and down 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita in Ireland peaked at 0.9288 An per person in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0.4672 An per person, in 1975.
Ireland ranks 6th of 150 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita in Ireland, year by year
| Year | An per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.5536 An per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.5942 An per person | +7.3% |
| 1963 | 0.5883 An per person | -1.0% |
| 1964 | 0.5957 An per person | +1.2% |
| 1965 | 0.6877 An per person | +15.5% |
| 1966 | 0.6207 An per person | -9.8% |
| 1967 | 0.5375 An per person | -13.4% |
| 1968 | 0.6121 An per person | +13.9% |
| 1969 | 0.7144 An per person | +16.7% |
| 1970 | 0.705 An per person | -1.3% |
| 1971 | 0.7583 An per person | +7.6% |
| 1972 | 0.7738 An per person | +2.0% |
| 1973 | 0.6841 An per person | -11.6% |
| 1974 | 0.6288 An per person | -8.1% |
| 1975 | 0.4672 An per person | -25.7% |
| 1976 | 0.5586 An per person | +19.6% |
| 1977 | 0.5949 An per person | +6.5% |
| 1978 | 0.6127 An per person | +3.0% |
| 1979 | 0.6813 An per person | +11.2% |
| 1980 | 0.6988 An per person | +2.6% |
| 1981 | 0.6814 An per person | -2.5% |
| 1982 | 0.6831 An per person | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 0.7178 An per person | +5.1% |
| 1984 | 0.6298 An per person | -12.3% |
| 1985 | 0.5988 An per person | -4.9% |
| 1986 | 0.6153 An per person | +2.8% |
| 1987 | 0.6345 An per person | +3.1% |
| 1988 | 0.6511 An per person | +2.6% |
| 1989 | 0.6346 An per person | -2.5% |
| 1990 | 0.6759 An per person | +6.5% |
| 1991 | 0.7603 An per person | +12.5% |
| 1992 | 0.8363 An per person | +10.0% |
| 1993 | 0.8584 An per person | +2.6% |
| 1994 | 0.8595 An per person | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.8318 An per person | -3.2% |
| 1996 | 0.8046 An per person | -3.3% |
| 1997 | 0.8343 An per person | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 0.9136 An per person | +9.5% |
| 1999 | 0.9288 An per person | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 0.8281 An per person | -10.8% |
| 2001 | 0.8419 An per person | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 0.7908 An per person | -6.1% |
| 2003 | 0.7186 An per person | -9.1% |
| 2004 | 0.6661 An per person | -7.3% |
| 2005 | 0.6363 An per person | -4.5% |
| 2006 | 0.622 An per person | -2.3% |
| 2007 | 0.5944 An per person | -4.4% |
| 2008 | 0.5741 An per person | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 0.5338 An per person | -7.0% |
| 2010 | 0.5827 An per person | +9.2% |
| 2011 | 0.6343 An per person | +8.8% |
| 2012 | 0.6462 An per person | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 0.628 An per person | -2.8% |
| 2014 | 0.6533 An per person | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 0.6861 An per person | +5.0% |
| 2016 | 0.6964 An per person | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 0.695 An per person | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.7037 An per person | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 0.6947 An per person | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 0.7037 An per person | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 0.722 An per person | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 0.6974 An per person | -3.4% |
| 2023 | 0.6235 An per person | -10.6% |
| 2024 | 0.6205 An per person | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.6116 An per person | 0.5375 An per person | 0.7144 An per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.6465 An per person | 0.4672 An per person | 0.7738 An per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6545 An per person | 0.5988 An per person | 0.7178 An per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8304 An per person | 0.6759 An per person | 0.9288 An per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6806 An per person | 0.5338 An per person | 0.8419 An per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.662 An per person | 0.5827 An per person | 0.7037 An per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6734 An per person | 0.6205 An per person | 0.722 An per person | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita in Ireland?
- Fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita in Ireland was 0.6205 An per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9288 An per person in 1999.
- What is the lowest fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4672 An per person in 1975.
- How does Ireland rank for fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita?
- Ireland ranks 6th out of 150 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ireland data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.