Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Ireland
Ireland: Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 57 kcal/cap/d in 2024. ▼ Falling
Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Ireland, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Ireland recorded 57 kcal/cap/d for per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in 2024.
The figure is up 3.6% on the previous year and up 54.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in Ireland peaked at 88 kcal/cap/d in 2006 and was at its lowest, 13 kcal/cap/d, in 2015.
Ireland ranks 17th of 147 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Ireland, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 81 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2002 | 60 kcal/cap/d | -25.9% |
| 2003 | 61 kcal/cap/d | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 62 kcal/cap/d | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 72 kcal/cap/d | +16.1% |
| 2006 | 88 kcal/cap/d | +22.2% |
| 2007 | 66 kcal/cap/d | -25.0% |
| 2008 | 67 kcal/cap/d | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 48 kcal/cap/d | -28.4% |
| 2010 | 16 kcal/cap/d | -66.7% |
| 2011 | 22 kcal/cap/d | +37.5% |
| 2012 | 36 kcal/cap/d | +63.6% |
| 2013 | 37 kcal/cap/d | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 37 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 13 kcal/cap/d | -64.9% |
| 2016 | 21 kcal/cap/d | +61.5% |
| 2017 | 35 kcal/cap/d | +66.7% |
| 2018 | 78 kcal/cap/d | +122.9% |
| 2019 | 77 kcal/cap/d | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 59 kcal/cap/d | -23.4% |
| 2021 | 48 kcal/cap/d | -18.6% |
| 2022 | 64 kcal/cap/d | +33.3% |
| 2023 | 55 kcal/cap/d | -14.1% |
| 2024 | 57 kcal/cap/d | +3.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 67.22 kcal/cap/d | 48 kcal/cap/d | 88 kcal/cap/d | 9 |
| 2010s | 37.2 kcal/cap/d | 13 kcal/cap/d | 78 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 56.6 kcal/cap/d | 48 kcal/cap/d | 64 kcal/cap/d | 5 |
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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 per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in Ireland?
- Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in Ireland was 57 kcal/cap/d in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 88 kcal/cap/d in 2006.
- What is the lowest per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 13 kcal/cap/d in 2015.
- How does Ireland rank for per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Ireland ranks 17th out of 147 countries with data for 2024.
- Is per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 54.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ireland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.