Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing in Ireland
Ireland: Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing was 1.91 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing in Ireland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — producing in Ireland is 1.91 million An, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.9% on the previous year and up 9.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — producing in Ireland peaked at 2.13 million An in 1999 and was at its lowest, 488,500 An, in 1964.
That places Ireland 37th out of 190 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing in Ireland, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 640,100 An | — |
| 1962 | 585,600 An | -8.5% |
| 1963 | 598,900 An | +2.3% |
| 1964 | 488,500 An | -18.4% |
| 1965 | 490,700 An | +0.5% |
| 1966 | 617,700 An | +25.9% |
| 1967 | 952,000 An | +54.1% |
| 1968 | 816,000 An | -14.3% |
| 1969 | 831,700 An | +1.9% |
| 1970 | 903,900 An | +8.7% |
| 1971 | 914,700 An | +1.2% |
| 1972 | 782,900 An | -14.4% |
| 1973 | 869,900 An | +11.1% |
| 1974 | 1.36 million An | +56.1% |
| 1975 | 1.75 million An | +28.7% |
| 1976 | 1.30 million An | -25.9% |
| 1977 | 1.46 million An | +12.5% |
| 1978 | 1.47 million An | +1.1% |
| 1979 | 1.46 million An | -0.9% |
| 1980 | 1.67 million An | +14.2% |
| 1981 | 1.19 million An | -28.9% |
| 1982 | 1.24 million An | +4.3% |
| 1983 | 1.26 million An | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 1.40 million An | +10.8% |
| 1985 | 1.52 million An | +8.7% |
| 1986 | 1.70 million An | +11.7% |
| 1987 | 1.59 million An | -6.4% |
| 1988 | 1.45 million An | -8.4% |
| 1989 | 1.37 million An | -5.8% |
| 1990 | 1.58 million An | +15.3% |
| 1991 | 1.71 million An | +8.5% |
| 1992 | 1.72 million An | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 1.60 million An | -6.8% |
| 1994 | 1.44 million An | -10.2% |
| 1995 | 1.51 million An | +5.4% |
| 1996 | 1.65 million An | +9.0% |
| 1997 | 1.80 million An | +9.1% |
| 1998 | 1.92 million An | +6.8% |
| 1999 | 2.13 million An | +11.0% |
| 2000 | 1.89 million An | -11.6% |
| 2001 | 1.89 million An | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 1.78 million An | -5.9% |
| 2003 | 1.86 million An | +4.6% |
| 2004 | 1.81 million An | -2.6% |
| 2005 | 1.69 million An | -7.1% |
| 2006 | 1.77 million An | +5.3% |
| 2007 | 1.77 million An | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 1.66 million An | -6.0% |
| 2009 | 1.60 million An | -3.9% |
| 2010 | 1.72 million An | +7.3% |
| 2011 | 1.64 million An | -4.3% |
| 2012 | 1.48 million An | -9.7% |
| 2013 | 1.59 million An | +7.1% |
| 2014 | 1.75 million An | +10.1% |
| 2015 | 1.66 million An | -4.8% |
| 2016 | 1.74 million An | +4.8% |
| 2017 | 1.85 million An | +6.2% |
| 2018 | 1.90 million An | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 1.85 million An | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 1.88 million An | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 1.79 million An | -4.8% |
| 2022 | 1.91 million An | +6.7% |
| 2023 | 1.87 million An | -2.2% |
| 2024 | 1.91 million An | +1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 669,022 An | 488,500 An | 952,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.23 million An | 782,900 An | 1.75 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.44 million An | 1.19 million An | 1.70 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.71 million An | 1.44 million An | 2.13 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.77 million An | 1.60 million An | 1.89 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.72 million An | 1.48 million An | 1.90 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.87 million An | 1.79 million An | 1.91 million An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — producing in Ireland?
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — producing in Ireland was 1.91 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — producing recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 2.13 million An in 1999.
- What is the lowest meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — producing recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 488,500 An in 1964.
- How does Ireland rank for meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — producing?
- Ireland ranks 37th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — producing rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.0%. 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 of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. 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.