Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Ireland
Ireland: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 104,559 1000 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Ireland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Ireland is 104,559 1000 An, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.2% on the previous year and up 21.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Ireland peaked at 104,559 1000 An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 10,250 1000 An, in 1962.
That places Ireland 76th out of 207 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,898 1000 An | 10,250 1000 An | 19,190 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 25,255 1000 An | 19,280 1000 An | 30,870 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 36,378 1000 An | 31,560 1000 An | 45,160 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 62,453 1000 An | 46,860 1000 An | 77,960 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 85,535 1000 An | 77,120 1000 An | 89,089 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 86,904 1000 An | 82,407 1000 An | 97,705 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 102,409 1000 An | 99,470 1000 An | 104,559 1000 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Ireland
- 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)
- Rural population 35.4% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.0% (2025)
- Rural population 1.94 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.1% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 7.63 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 0 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Ireland?
- Meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Ireland was 104,559 1000 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 104,559 1000 An in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,250 1000 An in 1962.
- How does Ireland rank for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Ireland ranks 76th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ireland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. 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.