Rape or colza seed — Yield in Ireland
Ireland: Rape or colza seed — Yield was 4,076 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rape or colza seed — Yield in Ireland, 1975–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rape or colza seed — yield in Ireland stood at 4,076 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 6.6% on the previous year and up 12.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rape or colza seed — yield in Ireland peaked at 4,879 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 800 kg/ha, in 1979.
That places Ireland 2nd out of 69 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 923.64 kg/ha | 800 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1980s | 2,629 kg/ha | 1,250 kg/ha | 3,750 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,948 kg/ha | 1,923 kg/ha | 3,710 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,407 kg/ha | 3,042 kg/ha | 3,890 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,852 kg/ha | 3,354 kg/ha | 4,508 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,427 kg/ha | 4,076 kg/ha | 4,879 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
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 rape or colza seed — yield in Ireland?
- Rape or colza seed — yield in Ireland was 4,076 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rape or colza seed — yield recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 4,879 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest rape or colza seed — yield recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 800 kg/ha in 1979.
- How does Ireland rank for rape or colza seed — yield?
- Ireland ranks 2nd out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rape or colza seed — yield rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.0%. 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 Rape or colza seed — Yield. 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.