Fruit Primary — Yield in Ireland
Ireland: Fruit Primary — Yield was 30,936 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Yield in Ireland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, fruit primary — yield in Ireland stood at 30,936 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 37.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — yield in Ireland peaked at 32,610 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 8,744 kg/ha, in 1986.
Ireland ranks 9th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Yield in Ireland, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,143 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,000 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1963 | 12,857 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1964 | 14,040 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1965 | 16,100 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1966 | 18,867 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 1967 | 18,000 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1968 | 14,800 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 1969 | 17,000 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1970 | 17,105 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 17,867 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1972 | 21,833 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 1973 | 19,000 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1974 | 16,972 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1975 | 17,676 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1976 | 17,676 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 15,775 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1978 | 14,321 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1979 | 14,815 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1980 | 16,338 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1981 | 14,836 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1982 | 16,000 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1983 | 19,456 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 1984 | 21,506 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1985 | 10,164 kg/ha | -52.7% |
| 1986 | 8,744 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 1987 | 8,936 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 9,127 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1989 | 9,872 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1990 | 10,079 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 11,406 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1992 | 10,077 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1993 | 11,767 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 1994 | 12,443 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1995 | 12,989 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1996 | 13,093 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 12,508 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1998 | 12,091 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1999 | 12,731 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2000 | 12,012 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2001 | 15,831 kg/ha | +31.8% |
| 2002 | 13,606 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 2003 | 12,303 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2004 | 18,810 kg/ha | +52.9% |
| 2005 | 16,852 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 2006 | 18,976 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2007 | 16,838 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 2008 | 17,242 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 15,622 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2010 | 20,038 kg/ha | +28.3% |
| 2011 | 19,568 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 17,850 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2013 | 19,940 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 2014 | 22,501 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 2015 | 21,960 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 22,852 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2017 | 22,761 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 27,417 kg/ha | +20.5% |
| 2019 | 28,021 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 28,118 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 24,495 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 2022 | 32,610 kg/ha | +33.1% |
| 2023 | 30,505 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2024 | 30,936 kg/ha | +1.4% |
Ireland compared with similar countries
- Ireland's 30,936 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 10,164 kg/ha, 3.0× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Ireland's 30,936 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 8,675 kg/ha, 3.6× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,979 kg/ha | 11,143 kg/ha | 18,867 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 17,304 kg/ha | 14,321 kg/ha | 21,833 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,498 kg/ha | 8,744 kg/ha | 21,506 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,918 kg/ha | 10,077 kg/ha | 13,093 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,809 kg/ha | 12,012 kg/ha | 18,976 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,291 kg/ha | 17,850 kg/ha | 28,021 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 29,333 kg/ha | 24,495 kg/ha | 32,610 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
- 6 Martinique 31,328 kg/ha compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 14,650 kg/ha compare
- 7 Guatemala 31,261 kg/ha compare
- 8 Honduras 31,136 kg/ha compare
- 8 Caribbean 15,510 kg/ha compare
- 8 Melanesia 10,810 kg/ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 10,428 kg/ha compare
- 10 Kuwait 27,231 kg/ha compare
- 11 Indonesia 26,839 kg/ha compare
- 11 Syrian Arab Republic 7,582 kg/ha compare
- 12 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 7,465 kg/ha compare
- 12 Dominican Republic 26,222 kg/ha compare
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 fruit primary — yield in Ireland?
- Fruit primary — yield in Ireland was 30,936 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — yield recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 32,610 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — yield recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,744 kg/ha in 1986.
- How does Ireland rank for fruit primary — yield?
- Ireland ranks 9th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — yield rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.5%. 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 Fruit 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.