Oats — Yield in Ireland
Ireland: Oats — Yield was 7,592 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oats — Yield in Ireland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Ireland recorded 7,592 kg/ha for oats — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 6.0% on the previous year and down 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oats — yield in Ireland peaked at 8,449 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 2,563 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Ireland 1st out of 78 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oats — Yield in Ireland, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,563 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,829 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1963 | 2,744 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1964 | 2,680 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1965 | 2,818 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1966 | 2,880 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1967 | 3,052 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1968 | 3,232 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1969 | 3,278 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1970 | 3,045 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1971 | 3,457 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1972 | 3,432 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1973 | 3,266 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1974 | 3,543 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1975 | 3,368 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1976 | 3,228 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1977 | 3,971 kg/ha | +23.0% |
| 1978 | 3,822 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1979 | 3,733 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1980 | 3,714 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1981 | 3,930 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1982 | 4,430 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1983 | 4,425 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 5,663 kg/ha | +28.0% |
| 1985 | 4,549 kg/ha | -19.7% |
| 1986 | 4,435 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1987 | 4,609 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1988 | 6,504 kg/ha | +41.1% |
| 1989 | 5,982 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1990 | 6,606 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1991 | 6,942 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1992 | 6,766 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1993 | 6,386 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1994 | 6,124 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1995 | 6,482 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1996 | 6,986 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1997 | 6,408 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1998 | 6,134 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1999 | 6,733 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2000 | 7,536 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 2001 | 7,066 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2002 | 7,106 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 7,386 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 7,760 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2005 | 6,714 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 2006 | 7,118 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2007 | 7,470 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2008 | 7,611 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 7,142 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2010 | 7,518 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2011 | 7,855 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2012 | 6,603 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 2013 | 7,210 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2014 | 8,048 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2015 | 8,449 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2016 | 7,901 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2017 | 8,389 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2018 | 6,629 kg/ha | -21.0% |
| 2019 | 8,104 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 2020 | 7,086 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 2021 | 8,088 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 2022 | 8,324 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 7,166 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 2024 | 7,592 kg/ha | +6.0% |
Ireland compared with similar countries
- Ireland's 7,592 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 3,136 kg/ha, 2.4× the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Ireland's 7,592 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,660 kg/ha, 2.9× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,897 kg/ha | 2,563 kg/ha | 3,278 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,487 kg/ha | 3,045 kg/ha | 3,971 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,824 kg/ha | 3,714 kg/ha | 6,504 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,557 kg/ha | 6,124 kg/ha | 6,986 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,291 kg/ha | 6,714 kg/ha | 7,760 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,671 kg/ha | 6,603 kg/ha | 8,449 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,651 kg/ha | 7,086 kg/ha | 8,324 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
- 1 Türkiye 2,735 kg/ha compare
- 2 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5,416 kg/ha compare
- 3 Chile 5,370 kg/ha compare
- 4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,520 kg/ha compare
- 4 New Zealand 5,279 kg/ha 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)
- 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 — yield in Ireland?
- Oats — yield in Ireland was 7,592 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oats — yield recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 8,449 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest oats — yield recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,563 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Ireland rank for oats — yield?
- Ireland ranks 1st out of 78 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oats — yield rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.7%. 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 Oats — 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.