Grand Total — Food supply in Ireland
Ireland: Grand Total — Food supply was 3,921 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Grand Total — Food supply in Ireland, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, grand total — food supply in Ireland stood at 3,921 kcal/cap/d.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grand total — food supply in Ireland peaked at 3,967 kcal/cap/d in 2019 and was at its lowest, 3,605 kcal/cap/d, in 2010.
That places Ireland 2nd out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Grand Total — Food supply in Ireland, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3,605 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 3,656 kcal/cap/d | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 3,659 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 3,678 kcal/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 3,687 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 3,762 kcal/cap/d | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 3,815 kcal/cap/d | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 3,948 kcal/cap/d | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 3,931 kcal/cap/d | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 3,967 kcal/cap/d | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 3,918 kcal/cap/d | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 3,886 kcal/cap/d | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 3,947 kcal/cap/d | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 3,921 kcal/cap/d | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 3,771 kcal/cap/d | 3,605 kcal/cap/d | 3,967 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,918 kcal/cap/d | 3,886 kcal/cap/d | 3,947 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
- 1 Belgium 3,921 kcal/cap/d compare
- 1 Türkiye 3,892 kcal/cap/d compare
- 2 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3,188 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 Serbia 3,879 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 Viet Nam 3,086 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Austria 3,756 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Polynesia 3,077 kcal/cap/d compare
- 5 Israel 3,754 kcal/cap/d 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 grand total — food supply in Ireland?
- Grand total — food supply in Ireland was 3,921 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grand total — food supply recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 3,967 kcal/cap/d in 2019.
- What is the lowest grand total — food supply recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,605 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- How does Ireland rank for grand total — food supply?
- Ireland ranks 2nd out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is grand total — food supply rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. 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 Grand Total — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.