Meat — Food supply in Ireland
Ireland: Meat — Food supply was 1.01 million million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Meat — Food supply in Ireland, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
Ireland recorded 1.01 million million Kcal for meat — food supply in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 15.3% on the previous year and up 55.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat — food supply in Ireland peaked at 1.01 million million Kcal in 2023 and was at its lowest, 573,210 million Kcal, in 2011.
That places Ireland 63rd out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 637,955 million Kcal | 573,210 million Kcal | 748,893 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 872,693 million Kcal | 784,116 million Kcal | 1.01 million million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
- 60 Uganda 1.02 million million Kcal compare
- 61 Burkina Faso 1.02 million million Kcal compare
- 62 Belgium 1.02 million million Kcal compare
- 64 Kenya 997,236 million Kcal compare
- 65 Switzerland 992,826 million Kcal compare
- 66 Papua New Guinea 959,266 million Kcal 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)
- Agriculture share gdp 1.06 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.06 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat — food supply in Ireland?
- Meat — food supply in Ireland was 1.01 million million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat — food supply recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 1.01 million million Kcal in 2023.
- What is the lowest meat — food supply recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 573,210 million Kcal in 2011.
- How does Ireland rank for meat — food supply?
- Ireland ranks 63rd out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is meat — food supply rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 55.7%. 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 Meat — Food supply (kcal). 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.