Oats — Area harvested in Ireland
Ireland: Oats — Area harvested was 29,770 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oats — Area harvested in Ireland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oats — area harvested in Ireland is 29,770 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 9.3% on the previous year and up 60.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oats — area harvested in Ireland peaked at 148,800 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 16,800 ha, in 2000.
Ireland ranks 38th of 79 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oats — Area harvested in Ireland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 148,800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 140,000 ha | -5.9% |
| 1963 | 134,200 ha | -4.1% |
| 1964 | 116,700 ha | -13.0% |
| 1965 | 115,088 ha | -1.4% |
| 1966 | 98,256 ha | -14.6% |
| 1967 | 96,200 ha | -2.1% |
| 1968 | 88,342 ha | -8.2% |
| 1969 | 76,687 ha | -13.2% |
| 1970 | 67,990 ha | -11.3% |
| 1971 | 59,933 ha | -11.9% |
| 1972 | 52,124 ha | -13.0% |
| 1973 | 49,655 ha | -4.7% |
| 1974 | 44,308 ha | -10.8% |
| 1975 | 48,986 ha | +10.6% |
| 1976 | 40,267 ha | -17.8% |
| 1977 | 34,500 ha | -14.3% |
| 1978 | 30,877 ha | -10.5% |
| 1979 | 28,126 ha | -8.9% |
| 1980 | 24,500 ha | -12.9% |
| 1981 | 22,900 ha | -6.5% |
| 1982 | 22,800 ha | -0.4% |
| 1983 | 22,600 ha | -0.9% |
| 1984 | 24,900 ha | +10.2% |
| 1985 | 23,300 ha | -6.4% |
| 1986 | 23,000 ha | -1.3% |
| 1987 | 23,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 22,600 ha | -1.7% |
| 1989 | 22,400 ha | -0.9% |
| 1990 | 21,800 ha | -2.7% |
| 1991 | 20,600 ha | -5.5% |
| 1992 | 20,100 ha | -2.4% |
| 1993 | 20,200 ha | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 20,900 ha | +3.5% |
| 1995 | 19,900 ha | -4.8% |
| 1996 | 20,900 ha | +5.0% |
| 1997 | 20,600 ha | -1.4% |
| 1998 | 19,400 ha | -5.8% |
| 1999 | 20,200 ha | +4.1% |
| 2000 | 16,800 ha | -16.8% |
| 2001 | 16,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 18,800 ha | +11.9% |
| 2003 | 21,000 ha | +11.7% |
| 2004 | 20,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 2005 | 16,800 ha | -16.0% |
| 2006 | 20,400 ha | +21.4% |
| 2007 | 21,300 ha | +4.4% |
| 2008 | 22,900 ha | +7.5% |
| 2009 | 20,400 ha | -10.9% |
| 2010 | 19,700 ha | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 21,400 ha | +8.6% |
| 2012 | 23,700 ha | +10.7% |
| 2013 | 26,700 ha | +12.7% |
| 2014 | 18,600 ha | -30.3% |
| 2015 | 23,400 ha | +25.8% |
| 2016 | 23,200 ha | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 24,443 ha | +5.4% |
| 2018 | 17,780 ha | -27.3% |
| 2019 | 23,820 ha | +34.0% |
| 2020 | 25,440 ha | +6.8% |
| 2021 | 28,370 ha | +11.5% |
| 2022 | 28,180 ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 27,230 ha | -3.4% |
| 2024 | 29,770 ha | +9.3% |
Ireland compared with similar countries
- Ireland's 29,770 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 48,360 ha, 62% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Ireland's 29,770 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 25,510 ha, 1.2× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 112,697 ha | 76,687 ha | 148,800 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 45,677 ha | 28,126 ha | 67,990 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 23,200 ha | 22,400 ha | 24,900 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 20,460 ha | 19,400 ha | 21,800 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 19,520 ha | 16,800 ha | 22,900 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,274 ha | 17,780 ha | 26,700 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 27,798 ha | 25,440 ha | 29,770 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
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 oats — area harvested in Ireland?
- Oats — area harvested in Ireland was 29,770 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oats — area harvested recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 148,800 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest oats — area harvested recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,800 ha in 2000.
- How does Ireland rank for oats — area harvested?
- Ireland ranks 38th out of 79 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oats — area harvested rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 60.1%. 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 Oats — Area harvested. 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.