Hop cones — Yield in Ireland
Ireland: Hop cones — Yield was 1,014 kg/ha in 2017. ▼ Falling
Hop cones — Yield in Ireland, 1978–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2017, hop cones — yield in Ireland stood at 1,014 kg/ha.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, hop cones — yield in Ireland peaked at 1,486 kg/ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 934.1 kg/ha, in 2013.
That places Ireland 33rd out of 39 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 40 years of available data.
Hop cones — Yield in Ireland, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 1,241 kg/ha | — |
| 1979 | 1,239 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1980 | 1,013 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 1981 | 1,027 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1982 | 1,173 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1983 | 1,467 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1984 | 1,447 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1985 | 1,486 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1986 | 1,206 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1987 | 1,206 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,143 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1989 | 1,143 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,094 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1991 | 1,028 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1992 | 1,036 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 1,042 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 1,049 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 1,056 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 1,063 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 1,070 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 1,077 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 1,084 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 1,091 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 1,098 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 1,105 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 1,112 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 1,122 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 1,120 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 1,125 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 1,106 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 1,097 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 1,089 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 1,081 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 1,072 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 1,048 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 934.1 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 2014 | 955.7 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 1,033 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2016 | 1,020 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 1,014 kg/ha | -0.6% |
Ireland compared with similar countries
- Ireland's 1,014 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 1,714 kg/ha, 59% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Ireland's 1,014 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,368 kg/ha, 74% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Hop cones — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | +25.0% | 1,173 kg/ha | 1,467 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1,240 kg/ha | 1,239 kg/ha | 1,241 kg/ha | 2 |
| 1980s | 1,231 kg/ha | 1,013 kg/ha | 1,486 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,060 kg/ha | 1,028 kg/ha | 1,094 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,106 kg/ha | 1,089 kg/ha | 1,125 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,020 kg/ha | 934.1 kg/ha | 1,081 kg/ha | 8 |
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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 hop cones — yield in Ireland?
- Hop cones — yield in Ireland was 1,014 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest hop cones — yield recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 1,486 kg/ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest hop cones — yield recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 934.1 kg/ha in 2013.
- How does Ireland rank for hop cones — yield?
- Ireland ranks 33rd out of 39 countries with data for 2017.
- Is hop cones — yield rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.3%. 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 Hop cones — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.