Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Ireland
Ireland: Fruit Primary — Area harvested was 940 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Ireland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Ireland recorded 940 ha for fruit primary — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.1% on the previous year and down 40.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — area harvested in Ireland peaked at 3,500 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 930 ha, in 2020.
Ireland ranks 179th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Ireland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,500 ha | -28.6% |
| 1965 | 2,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1966 | 1,500 ha | -25.0% |
| 1967 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 2,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1969 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,900 ha | -5.0% |
| 1971 | 1,500 ha | -21.1% |
| 1972 | 1,200 ha | -20.0% |
| 1973 | 1,300 ha | +8.3% |
| 1974 | 1,420 ha | +9.2% |
| 1975 | 1,420 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1,420 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,420 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,620 ha | +14.1% |
| 1979 | 1,620 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,420 ha | -12.3% |
| 1981 | 1,220 ha | -14.1% |
| 1982 | 1,400 ha | +14.8% |
| 1983 | 1,201 ha | -14.2% |
| 1984 | 1,315 ha | +9.5% |
| 1985 | 2,327 ha | +77.0% |
| 1986 | 2,322 ha | -0.2% |
| 1987 | 2,350 ha | +1.2% |
| 1988 | 2,290 ha | -2.6% |
| 1989 | 2,350 ha | +2.6% |
| 1990 | 2,282 ha | -2.9% |
| 1991 | 2,125 ha | -6.9% |
| 1992 | 2,054 ha | -3.3% |
| 1993 | 1,660 ha | -19.2% |
| 1994 | 1,938 ha | +16.7% |
| 1995 | 1,963 ha | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 2,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 1,835 ha | -8.2% |
| 1998 | 1,652 ha | -10.0% |
| 1999 | 1,972 ha | +19.4% |
| 2000 | 1,654 ha | -16.1% |
| 2001 | 1,665 ha | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 1,684 ha | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 1,718 ha | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 1,658 ha | -3.5% |
| 2005 | 1,682 ha | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 1,701 ha | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 1,689 ha | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 1,722 ha | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 1,869 ha | +8.5% |
| 2010 | 1,871 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 1,875 ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 1,512 ha | -19.4% |
| 2013 | 1,605 ha | +6.2% |
| 2014 | 1,589 ha | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 1,608 ha | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 1,652 ha | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 1,653 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 960 ha | -41.9% |
| 2019 | 940 ha | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 930 ha | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 930 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 950 ha | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 950 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 940 ha | -1.1% |
Ireland compared with similar countries
- Ireland's 940 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 19,080 ha, 5% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Ireland's 940 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 61,611 ha, 2% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Ireland changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +77.0% | 1,315 ha | 2,327 ha |
| 2018 | -41.9% | 1,653 ha | 960 ha |
| 1968 | +33.3% | 1,500 ha | 2,000 ha |
| 1964 | -28.6% | 3,500 ha | 2,500 ha |
| 1966 | -25.0% | 2,000 ha | 1,500 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,444 ha | 1,500 ha | 3,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,482 ha | 1,200 ha | 1,900 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,820 ha | 1,201 ha | 2,350 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,948 ha | 1,652 ha | 2,282 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,704 ha | 1,654 ha | 1,869 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,526 ha | 940 ha | 1,875 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 940 ha | 930 ha | 950 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
- 176 Luxembourg 1,380 ha compare
- 177 Antigua and Barbuda 1,375 ha compare
- 178 Saint Lucia 1,286 ha compare
- 180 Djibouti 884 ha compare
- 181 Eritrea 747 ha compare
- 182 Barbados 693 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Ireland
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.388 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.0796 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate -1.23 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.7634 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fruit primary — area harvested in Ireland?
- Fruit primary — area harvested in Ireland was 940 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 3,500 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 930 ha in 2020.
- How does Ireland rank for fruit primary — area harvested?
- Ireland ranks 179th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — area harvested rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ireland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Fruit Primary — Area harvested. 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.