Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Ireland
Ireland: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 18,940 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Ireland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Ireland recorded 18,940 ha for pulses, total — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 16.6% on the previous year and up 441.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Ireland peaked at 18,940 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 30 ha, in 1975.
Ireland ranks 102nd of 169 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.
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Ireland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,600 ha | +23.1% |
| 1963 | 1,500 ha | -6.2% |
| 1964 | 1,600 ha | +6.7% |
| 1965 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,200 ha | -25.0% |
| 1967 | 1,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1968 | 700 ha | -30.0% |
| 1969 | 800 ha | +14.3% |
| 1970 | 900 ha | +12.5% |
| 1971 | 1,200 ha | +33.3% |
| 1972 | 400 ha | -66.7% |
| 1973 | 300 ha | -25.0% |
| 1974 | 400 ha | +33.3% |
| 1975 | 30 ha | -92.5% |
| 1976 | 100 ha | +233.3% |
| 1977 | 30 ha | -70.0% |
| 1978 | 100 ha | +233.3% |
| 1979 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 30 ha | -70.0% |
| 1982 | 400 ha | +1233.3% |
| 1983 | 342 ha | -14.5% |
| 1984 | 393 ha | +14.9% |
| 1985 | 400 ha | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 3,517 ha | +779.2% |
| 1989 | 2,053 ha | -41.6% |
| 1990 | 1,556 ha | -24.2% |
| 1991 | 1,500 ha | -3.6% |
| 1992 | 2,465 ha | +64.3% |
| 1993 | 4,860 ha | +97.2% |
| 1994 | 4,560 ha | -6.2% |
| 1995 | 4,638 ha | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 4,916 ha | +6.0% |
| 1997 | 4,841 ha | -1.5% |
| 1998 | 7,300 ha | +50.8% |
| 1999 | 4,200 ha | -42.5% |
| 2000 | 1,500 ha | -64.3% |
| 2001 | 1,900 ha | +26.7% |
| 2002 | 1,700 ha | -10.5% |
| 2003 | 2,800 ha | +64.7% |
| 2004 | 2,600 ha | -7.1% |
| 2005 | 3,700 ha | +42.3% |
| 2006 | 4,100 ha | +10.8% |
| 2007 | 2,900 ha | -29.3% |
| 2008 | 2,400 ha | -17.2% |
| 2009 | 4,100 ha | +70.8% |
| 2010 | 4,600 ha | +12.2% |
| 2011 | 2,800 ha | -39.1% |
| 2012 | 4,100 ha | +46.4% |
| 2013 | 4,500 ha | +9.8% |
| 2014 | 3,500 ha | -22.2% |
| 2015 | 10,700 ha | +205.7% |
| 2016 | 12,500 ha | +16.8% |
| 2017 | 13,717 ha | +9.7% |
| 2018 | 8,500 ha | -38.0% |
| 2019 | 8,130 ha | -4.4% |
| 2020 | 13,750 ha | +69.1% |
| 2021 | 9,740 ha | -29.2% |
| 2022 | 10,830 ha | +11.2% |
| 2023 | 16,250 ha | +50.0% |
| 2024 | 18,940 ha | +16.6% |
Ireland compared with similar countries
- Ireland's 18,940 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 16,874 ha, 1.1× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Ireland's 18,940 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 22,184 ha, 85% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Ireland changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | +1233.3% | 30 ha | 400 ha |
| 1988 | +779.2% | 400 ha | 3,517 ha |
| 1976 | +233.3% | 30 ha | 100 ha |
| 1978 | +233.3% | 30 ha | 100 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,256 ha | 700 ha | 1,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 356 ha | 30 ha | 1,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 803.5 ha | 30 ha | 3,517 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,084 ha | 1,500 ha | 7,300 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,770 ha | 1,500 ha | 4,100 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,305 ha | 2,800 ha | 13,717 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,902 ha | 9,740 ha | 18,940 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 pulses, total — area harvested in Ireland?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Ireland was 18,940 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 18,940 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 30 ha in 1975.
- How does Ireland rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Ireland ranks 102nd out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 441.1%. 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 Pulses, Total — 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.